Posts tagged…Disputes
NZ Apples, at last! But…
Mon, Apr 12 2010"THE World Trade Organisation has overturned Australia's 90-year-long ban on importing New Zealand apples, according to NZ media reports, which are branding the decision 'a win against Australia" Extract from Australia's ban on New Zealand apples overturned by World Trade Organisation - report | The Daily Telegraph
The Apples Case should never have arisen because we should have welcomed NZ…
Read more…The limits of WTO litigation
Sat, Mar 27 2010Good sense from a former Chair of the WTO Appellate Body.
"It is in the best interest of both countries to continue negotiating on the currency issue rather than resorting to litigation at the WTO. On this issue especially, litigation should be the last resort." Extract from James Bacchus in the WSJ
Alhougth I'm sure a lot of trade law geeks like me would like to see Article XV litigated,…
Apple’s patent protectionism
Thu, Mar 04 2010In an action before the U.S. Federal courts and the International Trade Commission, Apple Inc. is attacking a Taiwanese manufacturer of Google's Android Phone for alleged abuse of 20 software patents. It seems the suits are aimed at slowing the growth of competition for the iPhone and, possibly, aimed at Google's proposed web operating system.
The prosecution of software patents, especially…
Dolphin-Tuna: here we go again…
Thu, Mar 12 2009The Mexican government has called for a reprise of one of the most controversial 'environmental' disputes ever bought to the GATT: the US—Dolphin-Tuna case. The case, then and now, concerns an attempt by the United States to use an import barrier to extend it's own 'dolphin-friendly' fishing regulations in an extra-territorial way to Mexican fishermen… or maybe just to block the entry of…