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Non-Tariff Import Restrictions: Remedies Available In United States Law, Craig Mathews
Non-Tariff Import Restrictions: Remedies Available In United States Law, Craig Mathews
Michigan Law Review
Since World War II, a fundamental objective of the foreign policy of the United States has been to strengthen political and economic relationships among free-world nations. An integral element of this policy has been the expansion of international trade on mutually beneficial terms. The legal and practical problems of reducing or eliminating restrictions on the international movement of commodities have therefore assumed a major importance.
International commodity transactions have traditionally been subject to a wide range of such restrictions. In the case of imports, the most familiar barriers are tariffs and formal quotas or embargoes imposed by national governments. In …