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Withdrawing From Nafta, Alison Peck
Withdrawing From Nafta, Alison Peck
Faculty & Staff Scholarship
Since the 2016 campaign, Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw from NAFTA. Can he? The question is complex. For one thing, NAFTA is not a treaty negotiated under the Treaty Clause of the Constitution, but rather a congressional–executive agreement, a creature of dubious con- stitutionality and ill-defined withdrawal and termination parameters. This Article reviews the scope of those restrictions and concludes that unilateral presidential withdrawal from NAFTA, although not without support, is ultimately unlawful. On one hand, unilateral presidential withdrawal would be valid as a matter of international law, and the NAFTA Implementation Act appears to be designed to terminate …
The North American Free Trade Agreement: What It Means For U.S. Coal Exports, Moya Phelleps
The North American Free Trade Agreement: What It Means For U.S. Coal Exports, Moya Phelleps
West Virginia Law Review
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