Simon Lester

WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor

Co-founder

VA

United States

SCHOLARLY PAPERS

32

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Scholarly Papers (32)

1.

Review of Dani Rodrik, 'The Globalization Paradox: Democracy and the Future of the World Economy'

World Trade Review, Vol. 10, pp. 409-417, 2011
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 28 Jun 2011
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 2,349 (12,756)

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International Trade

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The Role of the International Trade Regime in Global Governance

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 May 2011
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 1,182 (36,479)
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international trade, global governance

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The Problem of Subsidies as a Means of Protectionism: Lessons from the WTO EC — Aircraft Case

Melbourne Journal of International Law, Vol. 12, No. 2, 2011
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Dec 2011
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 747 (68,972)
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WTO, Subsidies

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Trade Policy Under the Biden Administration

Cato Institute, Free Trade Bulletin No. 76 (2020)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 10 Jul 2020
Cato Institute and Simon Lester
Cato Institute and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 549 (102,080)

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trade, trade law, congress, executive trade actions, WTO, World Trade Organization, trade agreements, trade policy, Joe Biden, Biden

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Is the Doha Round Over? The WTO's Negotiating Agenda for 2016 and Beyond

Cato Institute Free Trade Bulletin No. 64
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 May 2016
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 533 (105,904)

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WTO, Doha Round, trade liberalization

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Disciplining China's Trade Practices at the WTO: How WTO Complaints Can Help Make China More Market-Oriented

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 28 Sep 2018
James Bacchus, Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
Cato Institute, WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 440 (133,356)
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Appellate Body

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A Proposal for 'Rebalancing' To Deal With 'National Security' Trade Restrictions

Fordham International Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 May 2019
Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 264 (232,298)

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WTO, National Security

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Can Interim Appeal Arbitration Preserve the WTO Dispute System?

Cato Institute, Free Trade Bulletin No. 77, 2020
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 07 Nov 2020
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 257 (238,698)
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WTO, World Trade Organization, International Law, Trade Law, International Trade, Trade, Tariffs, Dispute Resolution, Rule Enforcement

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Access to Trade Justice: Fixing NAFTA's Flawed Dispute Settlement Process

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 05 Oct 2017
Simon Lester, Inu Manak and Andrej Arpas
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor, Council on Foreign Relations and Cato Institute
Downloads 254 (241,440)
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NAFTA, Dispute Settlement, Chapter 20

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The Challenges of Negotiating a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

Cato Institute Free Trade Bulletin No. 51, February 26, 2013
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 05 Mar 2013
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 203 (299,339)

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US-Europe trade agreement, WTO negotiations, transatlantic trade agreements, European Union exports, international trade liberalization, U.S. imports, American tariffs, protectionism

11.

Closing Pandora's Box: The Growing Abuse of the National Security Rationale for Restricting Trade

Cato Institute Policy Analysis, No. 874, 2019
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 02 Jan 2020
Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 164 (362,374)
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Trade Tariffs, Trade Regulation, Protectionism, Department of Commerce, World Trade Organization, WTO, Trade Expansion Act of 1962, Section 232

12.

Adjudication vs. ‘Frontier Justice’ in International Economic Law Disputes: The Trump Administration’s Push for Unilateralism in Trade Enforcement

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Mar 2020
Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 155 (379,907)

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US-China trade deal, Section 301, Unilateral enforcement, International adjudication

13.

Trump's First Trade Deal: The Slightly Revised Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

Cato Institute Free Trade Bulletin, No. 73
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 04 Jan 2020
Simon Lester, Inu Manak and Kyounghwa Kim
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor, Council on Foreign Relations and Korea International Trade Association
Downloads 142 (408,066)
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KORUS, Korea-U.S Free Trade Agreement, US-Korea, foreign relations, Trump foreign policy, U.S.-Korea, Trade Expansion Act of 1962, Premium Pricing Policy for Global Innovative Drugs, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific partnership, ISDS, World Trade Organization, WTO

14.

One Year into the TTIP Negotiations: Getting to Yes

Cato Institute Free Trade Bulletin No. 59
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 15 Jan 2015
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 137 (419,683)

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trade agreement, regulatory trade barriers, ISDS mechanism, globalization

15.

The Trump Administration Gets (Legal) Real(ist) On Trade Enforcement and Adjudication

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 22 Apr 2020
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 135 (424,617)

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Trade Disputes, Appellate Body, US-China Trade, USMCA

16.

Digital Trade Agreements and Domestic Policy

Cato Institute, Free Trade Bulletin No. 79
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 19 Apr 2021
Cato Institute and Simon Lester
Cato Institute and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 133 (429,625)

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WTO, World Trade Organization, international trade, e-commerce, international commerce, nondiscrimination in tradeglobalization

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Liberalizing Cross-Border Trade in Higher Education: The Coming Revolution of Online Universities

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 720
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 25 Apr 2013
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 131 (434,701)

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Massive Open Online Course, MOOC, online classes, higher education, international universities, college courses, globalization, US education policy, American University system

18.

Debate 2016: To TPP or Not TPP? Should the U.S. Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Other Trade Agreements

16 Journal of International Business and Law 52 (2016)
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Apr 2017
University of Kansas - School of Law, New York University School of Law, WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Downloads 113 (493,073)

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TPP, Trans-Pacific Partnership

19.

Free Trade in Environmental Goods: The Trade Remedy Problem

Cato Institute Free Trade Bulletin No. 54
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 29 Apr 2014
Simon Lester and K. Watson
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 113 (486,652)

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antidumping, countervailing duties, trade remedies, environmental goods, antidumping tariffs

20.

Liberalization or Litigation? Time to Rethink the International Investment Regime

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 730
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 27 Nov 2013
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 111 (493,073)

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International Investment Obligations, investment treaties, Draft Convention, Bilateral Investment Treaty, investor-state complaints, Liberal Foreign Investment Policy, state-state dispute settlement

21.

Trade Justice Delayed is Trade Justice Denied

Free Trade Bulletin No. 75
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Dec 2019
Cato Institute, Simon Lester and James Baachus
Cato Institute, WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and University of Central Florida
Downloads 107 (506,468)

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international law, WTO, World Trade Organization, trade law, DSB, Dispute Settlement Body, DSU, Dispute Settlement Understanding

22.

Original Meanings and the Film Dispute: The Drafting History, Textual Evolution, and Application of the Non-Violation Nullification or Impairment Remedy

George Washington Journal of International Law & Economics, Vol. 32, p. 211, 1999
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 22 Feb 2011
Simon Lester and James Durling
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 101 (527,844)

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WTO, Japan, Film, Non-Violation Remedy

23.

China - Tariff Rate Quotas for Certain Agricultural Products: Against the Grain: Can the WTO Open Chinese Markets? A Contaminated Experiment

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2020/91
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 10 Dec 2020
Joseph W. Glauber and Simon Lester
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 90 (568,515)
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US-China trade relations; agriculture; transparency obligations; WTO dispute settlement; tariff-rate quotas

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Meet the New Geoeconomics, Same as the Old Geoeconomics

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 11 Jun 2020
Simon Lester and Inu Manak
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Council on Foreign Relations
Downloads 89 (572,521)

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Geoeconomics, economic statecraft

25.

Rethinking the Length of Patent Terms

American University International Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 14 Feb 2019 Last Revised: 20 May 2019
Simon Lester and Huan Zhu
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and Cato Institute
Downloads 86 (584,676)
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Patent Terms, International Law, Patents

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WTO Dispute Settlement: Emerging Practice and Procedure in Decisions of the Appellate Body - Chapter 6

DUE PROCESS IN WTO DISPUTE SETTLEMENT, J. Cameron and K. Campbell (eds), Cameron May 2000, pp 119-140.
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Mar 2013
Debra P. Steger and Simon Lester
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 79 (614,697)

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WTO, Appellate Body, dispute settlement, international arbitration, procedure

27.

Should Free Traders Support the Trans-Pacific Partnership? An Assessment of America's Largest Preferential Trade Agreement

CATO Working Paper No. 39
Number of pages: 78 Posted: 24 Sep 2016
Cato Institute, WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor, Cato Institute, Cato Institute and Cato Institute
Downloads 78 (619,109)
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Free Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership, TPP

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Free Trade and Tobacco: Thank You for Not Smoking (Foreign) Cigarettes

Free Trade Bulletin No. 49, August 15, 2012
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 26 Feb 2013
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 68 (670,900)

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U.S. trade policy, United States tobacco policy, tobacco regulation, protectionism, imports, public health, tariffs, trade agreements, American health policy, government regulation

29.

Does Safeguards Need Saving? Lessons from the Ukraine - Passenger Cars Dispute

Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2016/52
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 17 Oct 2016
European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)Leibniz Universität Hannover - Faculty of Economics and Management and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 65 (681,135)
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Safeguards, WTO disputes, Trade remedies, trade protection, Ukraine.

30.

The Ideal US–UK Free Trade Agreement

Institute of Economic Affairs
Number of pages: 239 Posted: 04 Jun 2021
Daniel J. Ikenson, Simon Lester and Daniel Hannan
Cato Institute, WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 63 (691,754)
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UK, Britain, US, USA, free trade, Brexit, international trade, economic integration, international agreement

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In Search of the Next Cordell Hull

Paradise Lost or Found? The Post-WTO International Legal Order (Utopian & Dystopian Possibilities), Fletcher School, Tufts University (2019)
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 24 Jul 2019
Simon Lester
WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 63 (697,151)

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WTO

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Of Precedent and Persuasion: The Crucial Role of an Appeals Court in WTO Disputes

Free Trade Bulletin, No. 74, 2019
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 21 Sep 2021
James Baachus and Simon Lester
University of Central Florida and WorldTradeLaw.net, China Trade Monitor
Downloads 38 (855,694)

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World Trade Organization, WTO, world trading system, WTO dispute, international law, international trade, international trade law, international Appellate Body, WTO Appellate Body, World Trade Organization Appellate Body, Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization