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2008 International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Area Summaries, Jarrod Goldfeder Jan 2009

2008 International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit A Review Of Recent Decisions Of The United States Court Of Appeals For The Federal Circuit: Area Summaries, Jarrod Goldfeder

American University Law Review

The United States is the world’s largest importing country, with nearly $2 trillion in imports of goods during 2007. Given the ever- increasing volume of international trade, the United States has put in place an intricate body of laws designed to regulate the flow of goods and has created federal agencies responsible for the enforcement of those laws, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the U.S. Department of Commerce (“Commerce”), the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC” or “Commission”), and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”). Each agency is charged with different responsibilities over the fair and efficient …


International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit: 2006 Cases And Highlights Of 2003-2005, Alexandra E.P. Baj Jan 2007

International Trade Decisions Of The Federal Circuit: 2006 Cases And Highlights Of 2003-2005, Alexandra E.P. Baj

American University Law Review

Over the past four years, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) has, as it has done since its establishment in 1982, exercised its jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1295(a)(5) to review decisions of the United States Court of International Trade (“CIT”) regarding U.S. regulation of international trade. While trade cases currently make up only about six percent of the docket of the Federal Circuit, decisions in these cases can have a significant discernable impact on the day-to-day investigation and regulation of trade matters of the three U.S. agencies featured most prominently in the trade …