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Desiree LeClercq

@desireelc.bsky.social
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UGA School of Law. I study and teach international labor law, trade law, international economic law, and US labor law. Website: desireeleclercq.com Former USTR, ILO, NLRB SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…

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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 16h
Applications are open now for summer 2027 programs and can be found through the UGA StudyAway Portal by typing "Global Externships Overseas" or "Global Governance Summer School" into the program search bar: studyaway.uga.edu (3/3)
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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinnezz.bsky.social · 16h
It's always exciting to see a classroom PACKED with @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students interested in studying abroad!
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
At a recent WTO roundtable on sustainability standards, my message to policymakers was: stop saying "trade and labor" or its trendy cousin, "flanking." That treatment reifies a problematic take on history & accepts that labor can be taken out or used as desired. tascplatform.org/whats-new/st...
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Stop Saying “Trade and Labour” — TASC Platform
In her intervention to the Geneva Dialogue on Trade and Labour , held during Geneva Trade Week 2026 as part of the WTO Public Forum , Desirée LeClercq , Associate Professor and Faculty Co-Directo...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social published “Private monitoring and reporting in public international law” in 27 Theoretical Inquiries in Law 187 (2026). (1/2)
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
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Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@desireelc.bsky.social has a new article looking at how threats to automate workers affect their organizing efforts today.
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Before Automation
In recent years, a novel but undervalued governance instrument has emerged that threatens the very foundations of American labor law: managerial power over the
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There's talk about how future automation will affect workers, but far less about how threats to automate them affect their organizing efforts today. I've raised this issue in my forthcoming piece, Future Automation, coming out this Spring. Would love your thoughts! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Before Automation
In recent years, a novel but undervalued governance instrument has emerged that threatens the very foundations of American labor law: managerial power over the
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Curious about the Trump Admin's forced-labor import ban tariffs but unsure where to start? My post explains what tariffs are, what they are meant to do, and why the Admin chose forced labor as its objective. Feel free to reach out with any questions. legalblogs.wolterskluwer.com/global-workp...
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The Intersection of Forced Labour and Tariffs
Trade and economic sanctions have long felt like a lifeline to labour advocates. The International Labour Organization supervises international labour standards, but lacks the economic incentives to d...
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 06/09/2026
While workers struggle to make ends meet in this economy, they’re watching their CEO take home 312x what they do. Working people built this country — it’s time we had an economy that works for us. A union contract is how we start to balance the scales.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This looks like an ad for Pop Tarts
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Martha Albertson Fineman @mlafineman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just in time for a Labor Day… Wages are lower in “right-to-work” states: These states have lower unionization rates and more anti-worker policies www.epi.org/publication/...
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Wages are lower in “right-to-work” states: These states have lower unionization rates and more anti-worker policies
Key takeaways: So-called right-to-work (RTW) laws undermine workers’ ability to form unions. Unionization rates are clearly lower in RTW states—and since unions raise wages, that suppression lowers pa...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was featured by @bloomberglaw.com regarding a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The article titled “Foreign Forced Labor Suit Tactic to Shift After Justices’ Ruling” was written by Khorri Atkinson and published 7/9/26. (1/2)
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Oh. www.jurist.org/news/2026/08...
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ICE announces plans to spend $20 million on shock-compliance gloves amid fears of misuse
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday announced plans to spend up to $20 million to equip officers with gloves that force 'compliance' by delivering a painful electrical shock, accord...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social published “Workers’ Empowerment as U.S. Trade Policy” in 64 Columbia Journal of Transnational Law 326 (2026). (1/2)
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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
With Donald Trump citing forced labor as a justification for his latest tariffs, the EU should impose its own reciprocal tariffs on goods produced in US states that most extensively use prison labor, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social suggests. bit.ly/3RiWcOg
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Trump’s New Tariffs Are an Opportunity to Fight Back
Joseph E. Stiglitz urges Europe and others to call out US hypocrisy and not capitulate to more punitive trade measures.
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was featured by @foreignpolicy.com regarding international trade and labor law. The article titled “Trump’s New ‘Forced Labor’ Tariffs Are a Fig Leaf” was written by Keith Johnson and published 6/4/26. (1/2)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026
NEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records.” with @texastribune.org
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Ken Paxton Vowed to Crack Down on “Illegal Voting.” He May Have Violated Texas Election Law.
The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years — despite his warning voters that “it is illegal to misrepresent yo...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was featured by CNBC regarding international trade and labor law. The article titled “Trump’s trade war has a new target: forced labor. The case behind it is far from simple” was written by Paxton Honerkamp and published 6/9/26. (1/2)
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Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 25/06/2026
Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers kentuckylantern.com/2026/06/25/r...
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Public universities face escalating involvement from state lawmakers • Kentucky Lantern
Since last year, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas and Utah have enacted similar laws that give greater power to politically appointed boards and administrators while weakening tenure protections and faculty...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was recently featured in an article published by @epi.org. (1/3)
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Thrilled to have my reflections on the recent Section 301 report on forced labor import bans in Inside U.S. Trade. We discuss the report's empirical issues & missed opportunity to cooperate in a difficult area of supply chain regulation. Interested in your thoughts! insidetrade.com/daily-news/f...
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Former USTR official: Forced-labor probe undermines labor advocacy in trade | InsideTrade.com
Flawed and unsupported arguments in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s report on its investigation on forced-labor import practices could set back efforts to incorporate worker-rights gover...
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Can trade policy protect workers and companies from unfair competition owing to substandard labor rights elsewhere? Will tariffs help or hurt? My new article urges a new direction built around worker autonomy and away from tariffs. I look forward to your thoughts! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Workers' Empowerment as U.S. Trade Policy
U.S. trade policy stands at a critical inflection point. While the Biden administration’s “worker-centered” approach and the Trump administration’s “America Fir
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social recently published an article entitled The Section 301 Surge Continues: Investigating the Adoption/Enforcement/ Administration of Forced Labor Import Bans in the International Economic Law and Policy Blog. (1/2)
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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
America not making it easy to keep my longstanding view that Kelo was correctly decided.
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Join @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social for an online conversation about the International Court of Justice's landmark advisory opinion affirming the right to strike. Hosted by @asilorg.bsky.social, it will take place on Monday, June 8 at 9am EST on Zoom. (1/2)
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 04/06/2026
The practical consequence of USTR's forced labor Section 301 report is more tariffs, but if you care about forced labor itself and want to hear more about the underlying reasoning, trade/labor expert @desireelc.bsky.social breaks it all down in her critique of the report in an IELP blog post.
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The Section 301 Forced Labor Import Ban Report
On June 2, 2026, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released its report on its Section 301 investigation into acts, policies, and practices of various economies related to the failure ...
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Looking forward to speaking at this @asilorg.bsky.social online event about the recent ICJ advisory opinion on the right to strike at the ILO. It is on June 08 at 9am EST. Join us! asil.org/event/the-ri...
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The Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87: The ICJ’s Advisory Opinion
On 21 May 2026, the International Court of Justice delivered its advisory opinion on the following question posed to it by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office: “Is the right to strik...
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social was elected to the editorial board of the International Labor Rights Case Law (ILaRC) journal. (1/3)
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Landmark #ICJ ruling & win for the #ILO & workers re the right to strike. The majority applied the VCLT art. 32 to read *into* a convention (treaty) a right that the text doesn't mention & the prep works arguably point against. Focusing on the treaty and not general principles was the right move.
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Oliver Nachtwey @onachtwey.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
KI entwickelt kein Bewusstsein, dafür aber Klassenbewusstsein.
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Overworked AI Agents Turn Marxist, Researchers Find
In a recent experiment, mistreated AI agents started grumbling about inequality and calling for collective bargaining rights.
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Are you a @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social student interested in working with me to research #trade, the #USMCA, and #laborrights for the U.S. International Trade Commission? 👇👇👇
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Call me dense, but I suspect one of us has more power over this than the other.
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
☎️ Calling all @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social students interested in labor law ☎️ Thinking of applying to the NLRB @nlrbgov.bsky.social but not sure how to construct your resume or prepare for interviews? Or maybe you're interested in workers' rights, but don't know where to start? Hit.Me.Up. 👇
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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
My son needs community-based care to have a full quality of life. Medicaid delivered that vital care until 2 weeks ago when he was abruptly kicked off. Republicans want to slash this care for Trump's Iran war. Who else has to lose everything before they stop? #HealthcareNotWarfare
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Kouame attended numerous panel discussions addressing a range of topics in international law. He met with D.C.-based Georgia Law alumni, including Caroline Bailey (J.D. ’24) and Sandon Fernandes (J.D. ’24), and with Georgia Law Professor @desireelc.bsky.social. (3/4)
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
What's harder: surviving a cold call, or surviving high-intensity interval training? Three @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social 1Ls did the research this weekend so you don't have to! (1/4)
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Alicia Bannon @aliciabannon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Interested in a state supreme court clerkship? @statecourtreport.org has a database featuring clerkship opportunities from 25 states and more than 80 justices. We hope it's a good starting point for applicants! statecourtreport.org/state-judici...
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State Judicial Clerkship Resource
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Trump’s new budget adds an extra $500 billion to fund wars abroad — about $3,700 more for every household in America — while cutting health, jobs, housing, and education. Put simply, it takes more of your money for foreign wars, while making life in America even more unaffordable.
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social presented as part of the Texas International Law Journal symposium titled “Critical Perspectives on AI: Security, Governance, Labor and the Environment,” held in February at @universityoftexas.bsky.social. (1/2)
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social and student N’Guessan (Clément) Kouame published “Modern Slavery Thriving in the Shadows of West Africa: Why Coubaly v. Cargill Furthers Legal Barriers to Labor Rights Accountability” in International Labor Rights Case Law. (1/2)
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It was such a pleasure to co-author this piece with a great UGA Law student, N'Guessan Kouame, critiquing the most recent Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case, Coubaly v. Cargill. brill.com/view/journal...
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
It was such a pleasure to co-author this piece with a great UGA Law student, N'Guessan Kouame, critiquing the most recent Alien Tort Statute (ATS) case, Coubaly v. Cargill. brill.com/view/journal...
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
What do you get when you add #lawschool and #hyrox? Here's the @ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social / @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social edition (sound on). www.instagram.com/reel/DV8lBsp...
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Desiree LeClercq @desireelc.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Int'l lawyers often discuss how states generate new procedures/norms w/ the assumption that this marks progress. The Trump administration (through tariff threats) is socializing US forced labor bans. Below, I've written why I think this marks a setback in int'l law.
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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Turner on Artificial Legal Agents Christian Turner (University of Georgia School of Law) has posted Artificial Legal Agents and the Alien Stance on SSRN. Here is the abstract: We find ourselves ensnared in an ever nastier and strident debate over AI and its role in law, society, and private life.…
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Turner on Artificial Legal Agents
Christian Turner (University of Georgia School of Law) has posted Artificial Legal Agents and the Alien Stance on SSRN. Here is the abstract: We find ourselves ensnared in an ever nastier and strident debate over AI and its role in law, society, and private life. Derided as mindless math or a stochastic parrot, AI is often shrugged off as just a bad tool, perhaps even the latest tech bro obsession after crypto and NFTs.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 04/03/2026
Neguse demolishes Noem (2/2)
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Dean Rusk International Law Center @deanruskintlaw.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
@ugaschooloflaw.bsky.social Professor @desireelc.bsky.social presented “Workers’ Empowerment as U.S. Trade Policy” as part of the Work Law Colloquium at @ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social in February 2026. (1/2)
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alex roberts @lexlanham.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I spoke with @puck.news about this & discussed it on thursday’s “influencer law” panel at @nusl meta is adding AI slop links to unwitting influencers’ posts, which looks like false advertising, false endorsement, & misappropriation of right of publicity puck.news/behind-insta...
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The Week in Shopping: Instagram’s “Shop the Look” Wars
Influencers are outraged that Instagram is adding shoppable links to their posts without their involvement or consent, while other users may want to ask why Meta is quietly stress-testing the limits o...
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