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Canadian Softwood Lumber And Free Trade Under Nafta, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
Canadian Softwood Lumber And Free Trade Under Nafta, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
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Canada and the United States have been involved in a long-running dispute over U.S. efforts to protect U.S. producers of softwood lumber by imposing high duties on imports of Canadian-origin softwood lumber. This dispute was prolonged by virtue of the fact that Canada and the United States not only are parties to the North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA"), but also are members of the World Trade Organization ("WTO"). NAFTA contains provisions for the resolution of a trade dispute by an arbitration panel. A WTO agreement known as the Dispute Settlement Understanding ("DSU") separately provides for the creation of panels …
The Promotion Of Free-Trade Areas Viewed In Terms Of Most-Favored-Nation Treatment And Imperial Preference, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
The Promotion Of Free-Trade Areas Viewed In Terms Of Most-Favored-Nation Treatment And Imperial Preference, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
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Legal Services In The Doha Round, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
Legal Services In The Doha Round, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
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As a subcategory of professional services and a sub-subcategory of business services, legal services, when supplied transnationally, are the subject of negotiation in the current round of multilateral trade negotiation known as the Doha Round. The negotiations on legal services that take place in the Doha Round have considerable potential for affecting the economics and activities of lawyers and law firms, and for influencing the content of local professional rules governing the practice of law. This article examines that potential.
The Asbestos Case And Dispute Settlement In The World Trade Organization: The Uneasy Relationship Between Panels And The Appellate Body, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
The Asbestos Case And Dispute Settlement In The World Trade Organization: The Uneasy Relationship Between Panels And The Appellate Body, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
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This article deals with dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) and, in particular, with the relationship between panels and the Appellate Body. Its point of departure is the Asbestos case initially decided by a WTO panel in September 2000 and, on appeal, by the WTO Appellate Body in March 2001.