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Global Laws, Local Lives: Impact Of The New Regionalism On Human Rights Compliance, Stephen J. Powell, Patricia Camino Pérez Dec 2014

Global Laws, Local Lives: Impact Of The New Regionalism On Human Rights Compliance, Stephen J. Powell, Patricia Camino Pérez

Stephen Joseph Powell

Continuation of the brisk pace of international economic growth with its necessarily increased use of natural resources—often at unsustainable levels—and its higher levels of pollution—often at the cost of citizen health—combine with the rules of the global trading system to threaten human rights to health, to freedom from forced or child labor, to non-discrimination, to a fair wage, to a healthy environment, even to democratic governance and participation in the political process. As a result, in recent years a growing number of economists begrudgingly acknowledge the incontrovertible—although presently dysfunctional—linkage between trade and human rights and the need to integrate these …


The Role Of United States Trade Laws In Resolving The Florida-Mexico Tomato Conflict, Stephen J. Powell, Mark A. Barnett Dec 2014

The Role Of United States Trade Laws In Resolving The Florida-Mexico Tomato Conflict, Stephen J. Powell, Mark A. Barnett

Stephen Joseph Powell

For discussion purposes, we have been asked to assume that the agreement entered into in October 1996 between the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) and Mexican tomato exporters, which resulted in suspension of an antidumping investigation of tomatoes from Mexico, has ended. The new owner of many of Florida's winter vegetable producers, concerned with the continuing rise in market share represented by Mexican imports, is considering further action under the trade remedy and other laws. This article will discuss the potential role of the antidumping and countervailing duty laws in these deliberations, as well as the operation of the dispute …


Is The Wto Quietly Fading Away?: The New Regionalism And Global Trade Rules, Stephen J. Powell, Trisha Low Dec 2014

Is The Wto Quietly Fading Away?: The New Regionalism And Global Trade Rules, Stephen J. Powell, Trisha Low

Stephen Joseph Powell

While scholars and governments alike view the liberalization of international trade as a positive development, they disagree on the medium that will accomplish this objective with the highest economic returns. Some experts believe that multilateralism through the 150+ member World Trade Organization (WTO) is the only way to achieve truly open and efficient trade. Others view multilateralism as but an aspiration and find that regionalism offers the only viable prospect for the meaningful further opening of markets. In light of what we label the "new regionalism," our paper explores in detail the positive and negative effects of regional trade arrangements …


The Cotton And Sugar Subsidies Decisions: Wto's Dispute Settlement System Rebalances The Agreement On Agriculture, Stephen J. Powell, Andrew Schmitz Dec 2014

The Cotton And Sugar Subsidies Decisions: Wto's Dispute Settlement System Rebalances The Agreement On Agriculture, Stephen J. Powell, Andrew Schmitz

Stephen Joseph Powell

As far back as David Ricardo's shattering insight as to comparative advantage in 1817, agriculture has enjoyed special favor in trade. The unique place of farming was so well established by the time the 1947 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ("GATT") was negotiated that GATT's tight disciplines on government interference with free trade not only exempted government protections to growers, but in fact were drafted to be fully consistent with the agricultural policies of the major signatories. While it would be an exaggeration to argue that GATT' s first half century was without impact on agricultural benefits, the sector …


Development Through Trade Disputes: Building A Reputation Using The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement System, Jason L. Holliday Dec 2014

Development Through Trade Disputes: Building A Reputation Using The World Trade Organization's Dispute Settlement System, Jason L. Holliday

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Limiting Anticompetitive Government Interventions That Benefit Special Interests, D. Daniel Sokol Nov 2014

Limiting Anticompetitive Government Interventions That Benefit Special Interests, D. Daniel Sokol

D. Daniel Sokol

When government regulates, it may either intentionally or unintentionally generate restraints that reduce competition ("public restraints"). Public restraints allow a business to cloak its action in government authority and to immunize it from antitrust regulation. Private businesses may misuse the government's grant of antitrust immunity to facilitate behavior that benefits businesses at consumers' expense. One way is by obtaining government grants of immunity from antitrust scrutiny. A recent series of Supreme Court decisions has made this situation worse by limiting the reach of antitrust law in favor of sector regulation. This is true even though the Supreme Court refers to …


Gatt/Wto Rules For Border Tax Adjustment And The Proposed European Directive Introducing A Tax On Carbon Dioxide Emissions And Energy, Christian Pitschas Oct 2014

Gatt/Wto Rules For Border Tax Adjustment And The Proposed European Directive Introducing A Tax On Carbon Dioxide Emissions And Energy, Christian Pitschas

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The World Trade Organization: Elevating Property Interests Above Human Rights, Marjorie Cohn Oct 2014

The World Trade Organization: Elevating Property Interests Above Human Rights, Marjorie Cohn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The World Trade Organization And Its Interpretation Of The Article Xx Exceptions To The General Agreement Of Tariffs And Trade, In Light Of Recent Developments, Brandon L. Bowen Oct 2014

The World Trade Organization And Its Interpretation Of The Article Xx Exceptions To The General Agreement Of Tariffs And Trade, In Light Of Recent Developments, Brandon L. Bowen

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Raging Hormones: A Discussion Of The World Trade Organization's Decision In The European Union-United States Beef Dispute, George H. Rountree Oct 2014

Raging Hormones: A Discussion Of The World Trade Organization's Decision In The European Union-United States Beef Dispute, George H. Rountree

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


The Dispute Settlement Systems Of Wto And Nafta - Analysis And Comparison, Patrick Specht Oct 2014

The Dispute Settlement Systems Of Wto And Nafta - Analysis And Comparison, Patrick Specht

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Agricultural Trade Liberalization In The Doha Round: The Search For A Modalities Draft, Cody A. Thacker Oct 2014

Agricultural Trade Liberalization In The Doha Round: The Search For A Modalities Draft, Cody A. Thacker

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


International Trade Law And The U.S.-Eu Gmo Debate: Can Africa Weather This Storm?, Michelle K. Mcdonald Sep 2014

International Trade Law And The U.S.-Eu Gmo Debate: Can Africa Weather This Storm?, Michelle K. Mcdonald

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


A Barren Harvest For The Developing World? Presidential "Trade Promotion Authority" And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Agriculture Negotiations In The Doha Round, Clete D. Johnson Sep 2014

A Barren Harvest For The Developing World? Presidential "Trade Promotion Authority" And The Unfulfilled Promise Of Agriculture Negotiations In The Doha Round, Clete D. Johnson

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Taming The Counterfeit Dragon: The Wto, Trips And Chinese Amendments To Intellectual Property Laws, Andrew Evans Sep 2014

Taming The Counterfeit Dragon: The Wto, Trips And Chinese Amendments To Intellectual Property Laws, Andrew Evans

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Globalization And International Law, Charles A. Hunnicutt Sep 2014

Globalization And International Law, Charles A. Hunnicutt

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-Wto China, And The Avoidable Cycle Of Futility, Peter K. Yu Sep 2014

Still Dissatisfied After All These Years: Intellectual Property, Post-Wto China, And The Avoidable Cycle Of Futility, Peter K. Yu

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


An Overview Of The Draft China Antimonopoly Law, H. Stephen Harris Jr. Sep 2014

An Overview Of The Draft China Antimonopoly Law, H. Stephen Harris Jr.

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Textile Trade With China - The Challenge Of Textile Safeguards, William A. Gillon Sep 2014

Textile Trade With China - The Challenge Of Textile Safeguards, William A. Gillon

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Foreign Precedents In The Federal Judiciary: The Case Of The World Trade Organization's Dsb Decisions, James Thuo Gathii Sep 2014

Foreign Precedents In The Federal Judiciary: The Case Of The World Trade Organization's Dsb Decisions, James Thuo Gathii

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Sailing The Seas Of Protectionism: The Simultaneous Application Of Antidumping And Countervailing Duties To Nonmarket Economies - An Affront To Domestic And International Laws, Christopher Blake Mcdaniel Sep 2014

Sailing The Seas Of Protectionism: The Simultaneous Application Of Antidumping And Countervailing Duties To Nonmarket Economies - An Affront To Domestic And International Laws, Christopher Blake Mcdaniel

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Worth Keeping Around? The United States' Biofuel Policies And Compliance With The World Trade Organization, Kelly Christian Sep 2014

Worth Keeping Around? The United States' Biofuel Policies And Compliance With The World Trade Organization, Kelly Christian

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Justice For All In The Dispute Settlement System Of The World Trade Organization, Kim Van Der Borght Sep 2014

Justice For All In The Dispute Settlement System Of The World Trade Organization, Kim Van Der Borght

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Moving All-In With The World Trade Organization: Ignoring Adverse Rulings And Gambling With The Future Of The Wto, Paul Rothstein Sep 2014

Moving All-In With The World Trade Organization: Ignoring Adverse Rulings And Gambling With The Future Of The Wto, Paul Rothstein

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Us - Tuna: Implications For The Definition Of Technical Regulation And For Developing Countries, Henri Joel Nkuepo Aug 2014

Us - Tuna: Implications For The Definition Of Technical Regulation And For Developing Countries, Henri Joel Nkuepo

Henri Joel Nkuepo

Before US – Tuna, defining a technical regulation was less confusing. Developing countries could rely on the guidelines provided by both the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the Panel could rely on the definition of technical regulation as explained in EC – Asbestos by the Appellate Body (AB). The paper at hand shows how the AB’s definition of a technical regulation in US – Tuna will affect future cases and examines its impact on developing countries’ understanding of Annex 1.1 of the Technical Barrier to Trade Agreement (TBT).


Administrative Deference To Liberalizing And Maintaining Free Trade: An Argument For Allowing The Department Of Commerce To Bestow Retroactively Calculated Remedies Upon Importers Under Section 129(C)(1) Of The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Daniel J. Olds May 2014

Administrative Deference To Liberalizing And Maintaining Free Trade: An Argument For Allowing The Department Of Commerce To Bestow Retroactively Calculated Remedies Upon Importers Under Section 129(C)(1) Of The Uruguay Round Agreements Act, Daniel J. Olds

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


China's Anti-Dumping Regime And Compliance With Anti-Dumping Principles: An Analysis Using Agricultural Dumping Case Studies, Adam Soliman May 2014

China's Anti-Dumping Regime And Compliance With Anti-Dumping Principles: An Analysis Using Agricultural Dumping Case Studies, Adam Soliman

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

The paper assesses China's anti-dumping regime, one of the important structures implemented by China in order to become a full member of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Section One sets forth the WTO's anti-dumping principles as well as analyzes the differences between the WTO principles and the definition of "dumping" as understood by economists. In significant respects, the WTO principles allow situations that do not actually constitute dumping-in an economic sense-to be treated as "dumping," leading to the imposition of duties and sanctions. Next, the paper evaluates the degree to which the separate anti-dumping regimes of China and the U.S. …


Acuerdo De Facilitación Al Comercio De La Omc: Eficiencia En Las Cadenas De Suministro Mundiales, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Feb 2014

Acuerdo De Facilitación Al Comercio De La Omc: Eficiencia En Las Cadenas De Suministro Mundiales, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea

Rodolfo C. Rivas

The author provides a brief overview of the negotiation process of the Trade Facilitation Agreement under the WTO and the bringing to a successful conclusion of the agreement during the Ninth Ministerial Conference hosted by Indonesia. The author then delves into the general contents of the agreement and the possible benefits it can bring to the private sector, specifically in relation to the Global value chains. ////////////////////////////////////// El autor ofrece un breve panorama general del proceso de negociación del Acuerdo de Facilitación del Comercio (AFC) de la OMC y la exitosa conclusión del acuerdo durante la Novena Conferencia Ministerial en …


Us-China Trade Relations—Litigation In The Wto 2001–2014., Stuart Malawer Feb 2014

Us-China Trade Relations—Litigation In The Wto 2001–2014., Stuart Malawer

stuart malawer

No abstract provided.


Behavioral International Law, Tomer Broude Feb 2014

Behavioral International Law, Tomer Broude

Tomer Broude

Economic analysis and rational choice have in the last decade made significant inroads into the study of international law and institutions, relying upon standard assumptions of perfect rationality of states and decision-makers. This approach is inadequate, both empirically and in its tendency towards outdated formulations of political theory. This article presents an alternative behavioral approach that provides new hypotheses addressing problems in international law while introducing empirically grounded concepts of real, observed rationality. First, I address methodological objections to behavioral analysis of international law: the focus of behavioral research on the individual; the empirical foundations of behavioral economics; and behavioral …