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Japan In The Ec: Changing Strategies For Changing Times, Andrea R. Reichel
Japan In The Ec: Changing Strategies For Changing Times, Andrea R. Reichel
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Note addresses the effects of European integration on Japanese-Community trade relations. It explores, in order, the effects of the customs union and the common customs tariff, the changing quota system, the Community's anti-dumping legislation and rules of origin, and voluntary export restraint agreements. The Note also considers the effect of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) on these trade relations. While recognizing that the Community is taking steps to impede Japanese investment in the Community, the author observes that some of these measures may be neither legal nor effective. The author concludes that Japan is well-positioned to …
Emerging Conflicts Over Intellectual Property In Recent Gatt Negotiations, Sonia Baldia
Emerging Conflicts Over Intellectual Property In Recent Gatt Negotiations, Sonia Baldia
LLM Theses and Essays
This thesis describes the "intellectual property problem" and how it came to be a focus of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. It addresses the concerns of the developed and the developing world regarding a reform in their intellectual protection regimes. One of the results of this thesis is that reforms that do not stem from developing countries' perceptions of their own interests and needs, and that are not articulated in keeping with broader economic and technological policies, are unlikely to result in stable and predictable rules or to be properly enforced.