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1983

International Law

Banking

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Perspectives On Foreign Banking In The United States, Henry C. Wallich Jan 1983

Perspectives On Foreign Banking In The United States, Henry C. Wallich

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Foreign banking has had a great expansion in the United States. This evolution has been accompanied by a variety of questions and concerns on the part of the public, American legislators and regulators, and American bankers. Many of these concrns have been allayed by the passage of the International Banking Act. Some nevertheless remain. To evalute them, I will begin by setting forth the benefits that foreign banks have brought to the United States. Then I will take a look at the principles that have guided and, I believe, should continue to guide United States' policy in this regard.


Exports, Banking And Antitrust: The Export Trading Company Act - A Modest Tool For Export Promotion, George E. Garvey Jan 1983

Exports, Banking And Antitrust: The Export Trading Company Act - A Modest Tool For Export Promotion, George E. Garvey

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

There is an almost universally held perceptoin that expanded export trade is essential to a robust United States economy. President Carter, for example, stated in a report to Congress that export expansion is critical to the health of our economy. Huge balance of payments deficits in recent years, the increasingly successfuly and visible penetration of United States markets by foreign producers, and substantial unemployment in basic industry have all fuedl this concern. These conditions have led naturally to a two-pronged response by the public and members of Congress: first, the call for greater protection against foreign competition; and second, a …