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The United States Policy Toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment, Harvey E. Bale, Jr.
The United States Policy Toward Inward Foreign Direct Investment, Harvey E. Bale, Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This paper presents the perspective of the author, a trade and investment policy official, on the most significant aspects of the United States policy toward foreign direct investment. The summary in this section is presented to give the author's policy viewpoint in order to assist the reader in evaluating the paper's arguments... United States policy, at both the federal and local levels, reflects a strong positive attitude concerning the general benefits of inward foreign direct investment. While foreign ownership of United States assets is restricted in certain sectors, the general United States approach is one of "national treatment"--i.e., foreign investors …
The Cartel Restriction Act Of 1979: Response To A Global Economic Problem, Albert Gore, Jr.
The Cartel Restriction Act Of 1979: Response To A Global Economic Problem, Albert Gore, Jr.
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The potential for workable cartels presently exists in several commodities, and host-countries and multinationals have already initiated or attempted cartel activities in minerals and agricultural goods. The recent success of the OPEC cartel was a significant factor influencing the formation of the uranium cartel by easing corporate and governmental inhibitions against cartel activities. Given the increasing exploitative attitude among developed countries and what has been termed the "irrational solidarity" among developing countries, it is not unreasonable to expect more imitations of OPEC success wherever market conditions would allow a group of producers to extract monopoly rents from consuming nations. Such …