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How To Think About Ppms (And Climate Change), Donald H. Regan
How To Think About Ppms (And Climate Change), Donald H. Regan
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The European Commission has apparently backed off from a proposal to tax imported goods produced by methods that generate excessive greenhouse gas emissions. So the issue of whether such a tax would be legal under the WTO has become slightly less urgent than it recently appeared. But Pascal Lamy the Director-General of the WTO still thought the possibility of some countries imposing emission-based trade restrictions was worth mentioning prominently in his speech to the Trade Ministers Conference in conjunction with the Bali Conference on climate change after Kyoto. And at that same conference, an official of the European Commission may …
Are Eu Trade Sanctions On Burma Compatible With Wto Law?, Robert L. Howse, Jared M. Genser
Are Eu Trade Sanctions On Burma Compatible With Wto Law?, Robert L. Howse, Jared M. Genser
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article will explore the European Union's approach to Burma. The European Union, until recently, has implemented quite limited trade sanctions against the Burmese junta. According to the most recent figures, E.U. countries still import €306 million ($454 million) of commodities and products, ninety-five percent of which are textiles, timber, gems, and precious metals. However, the Common Position of November 19, 2007, strengthens considerably E.U. measures against the Burmese regime and contains a ban on the importation of these goods from Burma. Further, the Common Position requires E.U. countries to prohibit intentional and knowing "participation" in activities that "directly or …
The Problems With Scorecards: How (And How Not) To Measure The Cost-Effectiveness Of Economic Sanctions, Richard W. Parker
The Problems With Scorecards: How (And How Not) To Measure The Cost-Effectiveness Of Economic Sanctions, Richard W. Parker
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article looks "beneath the bridge" of sanctions law and policy to investigate these foundational questions. Part I will look briefly behind the currently prevailing estimate for the direct economic cost of high foreign policy export sanctions for the U.S. economy. It will demonstrate that the most widely reported aggregate cost estimate of $15-20 billion per year and 200,000 U.S. jobs lost is unsubstantiated. Moreover, the evidence is clear that environmental trade sanctions, i.e., import restrictions deployed for environmental purposes, have cost U.S. companies and workers virtually nothing. Trade sanctions may impose very significant costs on individual companies, and these …
Mrs. Watu: Seven Steps To Trade Sanctions Analysis, Raj Bhala
Mrs. Watu: Seven Steps To Trade Sanctions Analysis, Raj Bhala
Michigan Journal of International Law
An earlier version of this article was published as MRS. WATU and International Trade Sanctions, 33 INT'L LAW Spring 1999. The first draft of this article was presented in Washington, D.C. on 14 May 1998 at The Department of Commerce-George Washington University Third Annual Institute on International Trade and Investment.
Developing A Standard For Politically Related State Economic Action, Clinton E. Cameron
Developing A Standard For Politically Related State Economic Action, Clinton E. Cameron
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Note will give an analysis of the scholarship that has appeared in this field, as well as the actual practice of States, to determine if any fixed rules have been established in this area, and if so, what they are. It will do so by looking at the debates that have taken place concerning the application of the language and underlying principles of the U.N. Charter in order to see if these norms of State action prohibit economic diplomacy. The Note will then look to the actual practice of States to determine whether it provides adequate evidence of opinion …