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Using Free Trade Agreements To Control Capital Account Restrictions: Summary Of Remarks On The Relationship To The Mandate Of The Imf, Deborah E. Siegel
Using Free Trade Agreements To Control Capital Account Restrictions: Summary Of Remarks On The Relationship To The Mandate Of The Imf, Deborah E. Siegel
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The United States recently signed separate Free Trade Agreements (FTA' s) with Singapore and Chile. The agreements contain similar chapters on invest- ment rules.
Introduction To The Ilw Panel On "New Initiatives In Investment Law: Using Trade Agreements To "Control" Capital Movement Restrictions", Cynthia Lichtenstein
Introduction To The Ilw Panel On "New Initiatives In Investment Law: Using Trade Agreements To "Control" Capital Movement Restrictions", Cynthia Lichtenstein
ILSA Journal of International & Comparative Law
The Panel speakers on this topic were Deborah Siegel, Esq., Senior Coun- sel, Legal Department, International Monetary Fund (whose paper follows), Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, University Professor, Columbia University (giving the viewpoint of an economist), and Mr. James Wallace, standing in for Randall Quarels, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs, United States Department of the Treasury.
Challenges For Democracy And Trade: The Case Of The United States, Chantal Thomas
Challenges For Democracy And Trade: The Case Of The United States, Chantal Thomas
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Predominant political theory holds that legislators are protectionist regarding international trade because susceptibility to minority interest groups leads them to vote in ways that protect domestic industries at the expense of free trade. Because free trade is widely regarded as beneficial to the majority, the protectionist tendency of the legislature is believed to be a disservice to most Americans. These two theories have led to policies that restrict the role of the legislature in the formulation of trade policy, specifically, the creation of the fast track framework for trade policy legislation that exists today. This Essay challenges these two theories, …