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James Bacchus
James Bacchus
James Bacchus is senior fellow with the Centre for International Governance Innovation, adjunct scholar with the Cato Institute, professor at the University of Central Florida, and former chairman of the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization.

If Japan goes through with its threat to lodge a complaint with the world trade body, it could push WTO jurists to make important new rulings on the conditions and extent to which countries can take anti-trade actions to protect life and health.

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New US and EU tariffs and other restrictions on ‘dirty’ steel and aluminium could presage a climate-focused trade war. China can help avoid this and boost the climate change fight by pressing the WTO to take up the steel overcapacity issue.

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