CommLaw Monitor
The EU and Canada Blueprint for Interim WTO Dispute Settlement
The World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute settlement process risks collapse by the end of this year as the United States continues to block appointments to the WTO Appellate Body. Once the terms of two of the three…
FCC to Deny Chinese Telecom Provider Access to U.S. Market, Citing National Security Concerns
The FCC plans to bar a Chinese telecommunications provider from offering international telecommunications service between the United States and foreign points based on national security concerns at its next open…
Senate Finance Committee Asks USTR Lighthizer: What is the Future of the WTO?
On Tuesday, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer testified before the Senate Finance Committee to discuss a question that is central to the Trump Administration’s trade policy agenda: What is the future of the…
Trump Issues 2019 Trade Agenda: China, USMCA, WTO Reform, and More
The Trump Administration has issued its 2019 trade policy agenda in a several hundred page report to the Congress. The report covers a broad range of trade topics, many of which have been at the forefront of the…
Global Trade Flows Are Expanding, But Is There a Reason for Optimism?
Last Friday, the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, as part of its World Trade Monitor, reported that global trade flows – the volume of export and imports of goods – was 4.5% higher in 2017 than in…