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The Future Of Free Enterprise: Can It Survive Government Interventionism?, Baron Edmond De Rothschild
The Future Of Free Enterprise: Can It Survive Government Interventionism?, Baron Edmond De Rothschild
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
Free enterprise is the indispensable prerequisite for personal freedom, which I dare believe is still highly valued by most people. Hence, it is also the only economic system which is compatible with the democratic governments of Europe and America. However, the vitality of free enterprise is being threatened by government interventionism on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, this manifests itself in taxation, nationalization, restrictive policies, subsidization, labor laws, and the growth of the public sector. In America, we find much of the same, excepting nationalization. In order to restore vigor to the weakened private sector, we must return …
United States Foreign Trade Policy: A Delicate Balancing Act, Robert S. Strauss
United States Foreign Trade Policy: A Delicate Balancing Act, Robert S. Strauss
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
World trade today involves one-sixth of everything that is grown or manufactured on this planet. Translated into dollars, this amounted to a value last year of one trillion dollars. Of this amount, $150 billion belongs to American agriculture and industry. The enormous stake of the United States in maintaining and encouraging the growth of its exports has led the present Administration to chart an enlightened and courageous trade policy of promoting free and fair trade. Rather than take the politically expedient course of protectionism, this Administration has embarked on the course of lowering barriers to fair trade to ensure the …
The Retroactive Application Of The Antidumping Act Of 1921, Thomas E. Johnson
The Retroactive Application Of The Antidumping Act Of 1921, Thomas E. Johnson
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
In 1921, the United States Congress enacted the Antidumping Act which provides for the imposition of dumping duties on imports sold to United States merchants at prices below their fair value. The Act permits the assessment of dumping duties retroactively on merchandise imported up to one hundred and twenty days before a complaint of dumping has been filed with the Commissioner of Customs. Mr. Johnson examines the retroactive provisions of the Act and its regulations, the case law surrounding those provisions, and the constitutionality of the provisions. Against this background, he concludes that the retroactive application of the Act, particularly …