International Economic Law and Policy

1. A Sudden Surge of Safeguard Investigations

   I don't follow domestic safeguards investigation that closely, but I had been noticing some coming out of places that don't do them very often (e.g., Australia, Canada, and New Zealand), so I wondered if there has been an overall increase in these measures.

2. Call for Papers: Brooklyn International Business Law Scholars Roundtable

   This is from Irene Ten Cate, the co-director of the Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School:

   📢 Call for Papers! The Block Center for the Study of International Business Law at Brooklyn Law School invites scholars to submit proposals for the

3. Tracking Exports under Trump: Country Comparisons

   In a previous post, I noted that one of the reasons some traditionally pro-trade members of Congress may be supporting Trump's trade policies is because they are hoping these aggressive policies will pry open foreign markets and lead to increased U.S. exports of agricultural and other products.

4. The IMF vs. Greer on Budget Deficits and Trade Deficits

   In a recent piece published on the IMF website, U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer argues that "[t]rade theory must catch up with tariffs, industrial policy, and the costs of globalization." There's a lot to discuss in there, but I'm going to focus

5. Is State Capitalism Coming to AI?

   U.S. government ownership of AI companies would trigger an industrial policy competition, and would be a bad idea in and of itself.