Minilateralism by Chris Brummer – a book on finance, trade and monetary diplomacy
Chris Brummer shares How Trade Alliances, Soft Law and Financial Engineering are Redefining Economic Statecraft
Professor of Law : Georgetown University, and Director, Institute of International Economic Law
A Bitcoin rally is underway due to the FSB’s suggestion to the G20 that it refrain from regulating bitcoin. However, as Professor writes in an op-ed for Cointelegraph, traders are almost certainly reading too much into the comments.
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Professor Chris Brummer delivered testimony on the proper regulation of cryptocurrencies and ICOs before Congress’s House Financial Services Subcommittee. The testimony was broadcast on C-SPan and covered in a number of venues, including here. The full written testimony can be found here.
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Chris Brummer wrote an op-ed for Cointelegraph on What Should Be in an ICO White Paper? a preview of his Congressional testimony on Bitcoin broadcast on CSPAN.
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In a wide-ranging discussion for dozens of media outlets, the IIEL’s Faculty and Senior Fellows addressed the implications of the tariffs for WTO and regional trade initiatives, prospects for retaliation and how the current regime compares to past U.S. tariffs in the steel and aluminum sectors. You can listen to a recording of the press call here.
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The United States has reasserted its argument that the real problem at the WTO Appellate Body is that members stay on to finish cases that began before their terms expired. IIEL’s recently released Issue Brief, a product of discussions between Georgetown faculty, students and stakeholders, provides a solution to the problem without taking sides in the debate over whether the Appellate Body’s current practice of appointing hold-overs is or is not permissible under the current rules.
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Members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) have been unable to agree on the appointment of new members to the seven-person Appellate Body (AB) in a timely fashion. IIEL’s recently released Issue Brief, a product of discussions between Georgetown faculty, students and stakeholders, provides a solution to the problem without taking sides in the debate over whether the Appellate Body’s current practice of appointing hold-overs from earlier appointments is or is not permissible under the current rules. It proposes a single amendment to the DSU that represents a compromise—limiting the use of hold-overs while creating incentives for the timely replacement of ABMs whose terms of office are coming to an end.
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The European Union will reportedly refuse to sign trade deals with countries that do not ratify the Paris climate change agreement and take steps to combat global warming, under a new Brussels policy. With the United States the sole holdout, the stance could permanently derail TTIP negotiations already halted under the Trump administration.
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According to various news sources, NAFTA appears set for renegotiation, not cancellation. Senior officials from Treasury, the Agriculture Department and USTR have all signaled that the chances of termination have diminished.
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The new TPP could create a new force for treatymaking unaligned with either China or the United States, according to new analysis from Bannon’s.
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Although the US is opening the door to TPP, joining the accord now will take time. Analysis of some of the challenges is here.
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