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Refining Statutory Interpretation: How Natural Gas Export Regulations Violate U.S. International Trade Obligations, Amanda L. Tharpe Sep 2016

Refining Statutory Interpretation: How Natural Gas Export Regulations Violate U.S. International Trade Obligations, Amanda L. Tharpe

Catholic University Law Review

As a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the United States is required to abide by nondiscriminatory trade policies when exporting products to other WTO members. Current U.S. policy regulating natural gas exports impose burdensome and lengthy licensing procedures on those requesting approval of a permit to export natural gas to countries with which the U.S. does not have a free trade agreement. A similar commodity, crude oil, is regulated by different regulations that allow for U.S. oil producers to freely export crude oil overseas. This Comment analyzes the differences in federal laws and regulations governing the export of …


Alternative Forum: A Colorado Farmer And The Itc’S Excellent Adventure, Brady P. Gleason Jun 2016

Alternative Forum: A Colorado Farmer And The Itc’S Excellent Adventure, Brady P. Gleason

Catholic University Law Review

As marijuana regulation at the local level becomes at odds with federal policy, an interesting question arises regarding the drug’s potential classification as an article of commerce. Resulting of this potential shift is the existence of an unexpected legal question as to whether the U.S. International Trade Commission, via the agency’s section 337 investigatory and remedial authorities, may regulate marijuana that has been illegally imported into the United States. While avoiding any stance on the contentious issue of marijuana legalization, this essay explores this legal ramification by surmising a fictional narrative of two Colorado marijuana farmers, and investigating the ITC’s …


Exporting Internet Law Through International Trade Agreements: Recalibrating U.S. Trade Policy In The Digital Age, Markham C. Erickson, Sarah K. Leggin May 2016

Exporting Internet Law Through International Trade Agreements: Recalibrating U.S. Trade Policy In The Digital Age, Markham C. Erickson, Sarah K. Leggin

Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology

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The Twilight Of The China's Decade?, Rett R. Ludwikowski Jan 2016

The Twilight Of The China's Decade?, Rett R. Ludwikowski

Scholarly Articles

The main goal of this article is to present to the European reader the implications of the crisis of the Chinese banking system which peaked in August 2015, and triggered a period of high volatility in the US. stockmarket. As a result, trade relations between China and the US. have deteriorated, which raises the question of whether the Chinese economic system will implode and contribute to the global crisis, or whether it can be controlled by Beijing?

The article assumes two things: that subsidies are at the core of US. criticism of Chinese trade priorities; and that to understand recent …