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United States Foreign Trade Policy: A Delicate Balancing Act, Robert S. Strauss
United States Foreign Trade Policy: A Delicate Balancing Act, Robert S. Strauss
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
World trade today involves one-sixth of everything that is grown or manufactured on this planet. Translated into dollars, this amounted to a value last year of one trillion dollars. Of this amount, $150 billion belongs to American agriculture and industry. The enormous stake of the United States in maintaining and encouraging the growth of its exports has led the present Administration to chart an enlightened and courageous trade policy of promoting free and fair trade. Rather than take the politically expedient course of protectionism, this Administration has embarked on the course of lowering barriers to fair trade to ensure the …
New Developments In Law In The People's Republic Of China, Stanley B. Lubman
New Developments In Law In The People's Republic Of China, Stanley B. Lubman
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Recently, Chinese leaders have begun to promote the development of legal standards andformal legal institutions for China. In this article, Mr. Lubman explores the background and current status of the role of law in China and assesses its relationship to China's economic development, domestic politics, and international economic relations. Mr. Lubman suggests that students of Chinese law must create new theoreticalperspectives to study the new developments.
The Law Of Non-Recognition: The Case Of Taiwan, Victor H. Li
The Law Of Non-Recognition: The Case Of Taiwan, Victor H. Li
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The United States and the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations on January 1, 1979, while official United States ties with Taiwan terminated on the same day. In this article, Professor Li examines two possible American rationales for continued unofficial ties with Taiwan and the possible legal consequences of adopting either rationale.
European Views Of United States Anti-Bribery And Anti-Boycott Legislation, E. Ernest Goldstein
European Views Of United States Anti-Bribery And Anti-Boycott Legislation, E. Ernest Goldstein
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Today, the United States Congress has made an attempt to legislate against corrupt practices and to encourage other countries to do the same. During the past year, I have had the opportunity to meet with numerous European groups in conferences, seminars, conventions, and one-day study sessions to discuss the most recent American legislation dealing with immoral business practices: the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the anti-boycott legislation within the Export Administration Amendments of 1977. This perspective is not intended to reproduce the remarks made on such occasions to European businessmen and lawyers, nor is it a scientific survey of European …
German Merger Control: A European Approach To Anticompetitive Takeovers, Rolf Belke, W. David Braun
German Merger Control: A European Approach To Anticompetitive Takeovers, Rolf Belke, W. David Braun
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
European free-market countries recently have begun to enact more laws regulating mergers and joint-ventures, with Germany at the forefront. In this article, Messrs. Belke and Braun intensively analyze the German merger control law, including the criteria that necessitate a report to the German Cartel Office, its application of the substantive merger control rules, and possible exceptions to an anti-merger ruling. They also explore the impact of the German law on international mergers and joint-ventures. Finally, they discuss in detail the first two German Supreme Court decisions that construed the substantive rules and contrast them with similar American cases.
China's Changing Constitution , Jerome Alan Cohen
China's Changing Constitution , Jerome Alan Cohen
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
In 1978, the People's Republic of China promulgated its third constitution since the communist revolution. In many respects, the new constitution reflects the attitudes andpolicies of Peking's current leadershp. In this article, Professor Cohen analyzes the changes wrought by the new constitution in property relations, restraints on executive power, and the protection of individual liberties by comparing it with its predecessors.