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Human Rights In China In The Context Of The Rule Of Law: Hearing Before The Congressional-Executive Commission On China, 107th Cong., Feb. 7, 2002 (Statement Of James V. Feinerman, Prof Of Law, Geo. U. L. Center), James V. Feinerman
Testimony Before Congress
No abstract provided.
Foreign Direct Investment In Latin America Overview And Current Status, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Martin B. Tittle
Foreign Direct Investment In Latin America Overview And Current Status, Reuven S. Avi-Yonah, Martin B. Tittle
Other Publications
More firms than ever, and in more industries and countries, are expanding abroad through [foreign] direct investment [FDI]. Although FDI in 1980 was equivalent to only 5% of world GDP, by the end of the 1990's, that percentage had more than tripled to 17%. In 1993, the total US dollar value of world FDI was only US$ 200 billion, but by the year 2000, it had risen to US$ 1.3 thousand billion. Developing countries received around 25% of these inflows, mostly in the form of "greenfield" investments, where a new enterprise is essentially created from scratch.
Introduction: Globalization Of Administrative And Regulatory Practice, Charles H. Koch Jr.
Introduction: Globalization Of Administrative And Regulatory Practice, Charles H. Koch Jr.
Faculty Publications
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World Trade Organization's Anti-Discrimination Jurisprudence: Free Trade, National Sovereignty, And Environmental Health In The Balance, The , Ari Afilalo, Sheila Foster
World Trade Organization's Anti-Discrimination Jurisprudence: Free Trade, National Sovereignty, And Environmental Health In The Balance, The , Ari Afilalo, Sheila Foster
Faculty Scholarship
A discussion of how the World Trade Organization (WTO) resolves disputes centering on the tension between the free trade commit ment of the General Agreement on the Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and domestic policies regarding such matters as environmental, health, consumer, and labor protection. This article describes this evolving jurisprudential framework and the cases that comprise it, and illustrates how this framework articulates and applies an anti-discrimination norm that pervades the GATT. If properly articulated and applied, we argue, the anti-discrimination jurisprudence of the WTO will foster the trade interests that underlie the GATT up to the point where the …
International Labor Standards In The Wto's New World Order: Towards Development-Based Standard Setting, Carlin Meyer
International Labor Standards In The Wto's New World Order: Towards Development-Based Standard Setting, Carlin Meyer
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.
Trans-Parliamentary Associations In Global Functional Agencies, Steve Charnovitz
Trans-Parliamentary Associations In Global Functional Agencies, Steve Charnovitz
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This article examines a new phenomenon, transparliamentary activism that focuses on particular international issues or international organizations. For example, the Parliamentary Conference on the World Bank. Such parliamentary organizing has a political significance beyond the usual transnational NGO activities because parliamentarians are elected officials. The transparliamentary activism discussed here differs from the traditional interparliamentary association going back over a hundred years. The article discusses the recent developments in the World Trade Organization and the World Bank.
Regulatory Purpose And 'Like Products' In Article Iii:4 Of The Gatt (With Additional Remarks On Article Ii:2), Donald H. Regan
Regulatory Purpose And 'Like Products' In Article Iii:4 Of The Gatt (With Additional Remarks On Article Ii:2), Donald H. Regan
Articles
In European Communities-Measures Affecting Asbestos and Asbestos-Containing Products (EC-Asbestos) the Appellate Body has told us that (1) in interpreting Article 111:4 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), we must take explicit account of the policy in Article 111:1 that measures should not be applied "so as to afford protection to domestic production" [hereafter just "so as to afford protection"]. In Chile--Taxes on Alcoholic Beverages (Chile--Alcohol) the Appellate Body has told us that (2) in deciding whether a measure is applied "so as to afford protection", we must consider "the purposes or objectives of a Member's legislature and …
Perceptions About The Wto Trade Institutions, John H. Jackson
Perceptions About The Wto Trade Institutions, John H. Jackson
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article, based on a lecture given at the inauguration ceremony for the new Advisory Centre on WTO Law, describes the broader world trading landscape into which this new Centre emerges. Taking into account the possible implications of the events on September 11, this article provides a brief analysis of the current trade policy climate, asserting the necessity of institutions for the successful functioning of markets. After a short institutional history of the GATT/WTO, the author describes the importance of institutional rules, treaty text, and practice for the success of the WTO and presents the current debate over what the …
Afterword: The Linkage Problem – Comments On Five Texts, John H. Jackson
Afterword: The Linkage Problem – Comments On Five Texts, John H. Jackson
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The problem of linkage between "non trade" subjects and the World Trade Organization is certainly one of the most pressing and challenging policy puzzles for international economic relations and institutions today. It is extensively and harshly debated by political leaders and diplomats, at both the national and the international levels of discourse, and is one of several issues that derailed the WTO Third Ministerial Conference in Seattle in late 1999. It also posed problems for the Fourth Ministerial Conference in Doha, Qatar, in November of 2001, and it threatens to derail the successful functions of the WTO itself. With the …
Triangulating The World Trade Organization, Steve Charnovitz
Triangulating The World Trade Organization, Steve Charnovitz
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article presents an analytic method for considering proposals to expand the scope of the WTO. In doing so, the Article organizes competing ideas concerning the rationale for the WTO and shows how varying assumptions can lead to different conclusions on the proper content of international trade law. This Article seeks to advance the debate by comparing these assumptions and also considering the key literature about trade linkage. The Article proceeds in three parts. Part I shows why the purpose of the WTO is not self-evident and how a framework can be useful for improving the debate about the organization's …
The Legal Status Of The Doha Declarations, Steve Charnovitz
The Legal Status Of The Doha Declarations, Steve Charnovitz
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article evaluates the uncertain legal status of two ministerial declarations approved at the Doha Conference. The Article proceeds by explaining the broad meaning and purpose of ministerial declarations, as well as the specific implications of the Doha Declarations. I conclude that the Doha Declarations may be considered either (1) the political statements or moral commitments of trade ministers or (2) as part of the constitutive process of decision-making by the WTO organization. Under the first view, the WTO Declarations are analogous to G-7 Declarations or the Malmö Declaration of environmental ministers. Under the second view, the Ministerial Conference can …
The Law Of Environmental 'Ppms' In The Wto: Debunking The Myth Of Illegality, Steve Charnovitz
The Law Of Environmental 'Ppms' In The Wto: Debunking The Myth Of Illegality, Steve Charnovitz
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
This Article explains and appraises the WTO law of Processes and Production Methods (“PPMs”). A better understanding of the law and of how PPMs operate can help governments and stakeholders improve the management of outwardly directed PPMs. Governments presently have divergent views about WTO rules. These diverging views have led to an inside-out debate from which a political consensus cannot easily emerge. This Article examines the relevant WTO case law on the issue of PPMs and concludes that PPMs are, contrary to some commentators, not prohibited by the WTO. Finally, the Article shows how a correct legal reading may enable …
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.
Articles & Chapters
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.
The Greening Of The World Trade Organization, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
The Greening Of The World Trade Organization, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.
The Greening Of The World Trade Organization, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
The Greening Of The World Trade Organization, Sydney M. Cone Iii.
Articles & Chapters
No abstract provided.