• Iceland is thinking of unilaterally, and uninvitedly, adopting the Euro, which, if it happens, will put the Mid-Atlantic firmly in the E-denominated camp.  Will the Maritimes retain their affection for the Canadian dollar?  HT: Trade Diversion.

• As if Doha didn't have enough problems, they're trying for a services breakthrough too.  Interestingly, the negotiations have been delegated to rich countries, and the division appears to be the old US-EU one.  HT: BNA.

• It took until 2008 before China - now the most sued and most countervaling dutied WTO member - lost its first case.

• Dissatisfaction with the fundamentalist options in Pakistan leads Dan Drezner to conclude that "fundamentalist parties stink at governance."  I'm not sure that anti-corruption advocates would agree.  I'd be interested in knowing whether fundamentalist parties tend to pursue statist/dirigiste domestic policies or relatively free-market-but-closed-on-sabbath ones.

• And congratulations from the Glom to IntLawGrrls, which has just celebrated a first birthday and turns out interesting content every single day.

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