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Nafta & The Environmental Side Agreement: Fusing Economic Development With Ecological Responsibility, Reid A. Middleton Nov 1994

Nafta & The Environmental Side Agreement: Fusing Economic Development With Ecological Responsibility, Reid A. Middleton

San Diego Law Review

This Comment presents a substantive analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement and its Environmental Side Agreement. It addresses the environmental questions surrounding the agreement and recognized the agreement's capacity to provide both economic and ecological enrichment in the U.S.- Mexican environment. The Comment analyzes the environmental criticisms of NAFTA, and illustrates why these criticisms are inaccurate. Through examination of the enforcement mechanisms of the Environmental Side Agreement, this Comment illustrates how Mexico's capacity and desire to fulfill its own environmental obligations, coupled with the necessary financing, will allow Mexico to independently put an end to decades of ecological …


Taiwan's Application To The Gatt: A New Urgency With The Conclusion Of The Uruguay Round, Susanna Chan Oct 1994

Taiwan's Application To The Gatt: A New Urgency With The Conclusion Of The Uruguay Round, Susanna Chan

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


International Environmental Agreements And The Gatt: An Analysis Of The Potential Conflict And The Role Of A Gatt "Waiver" Resolution, Douglas Jake Caldwell Jan 1994

International Environmental Agreements And The Gatt: An Analysis Of The Potential Conflict And The Role Of A Gatt "Waiver" Resolution, Douglas Jake Caldwell

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


U.S. Intellectual Property Protection In China: Legal Framework And Dynamics, Yun Xu Jan 1994

U.S. Intellectual Property Protection In China: Legal Framework And Dynamics, Yun Xu

LLM Theses and Essays

This thesis explores the complex landscape of intellectual property protection in the context of the U.S-China trade relations. U.S. intellectual property protection in China has emerged as a critical issue in the U.S.-China trade relations, impacting tensions and becoming a critical point. The thesis examines the challenges posed by China’s historical attitudes towards intellectual property rights. China’s historical lack of respect for intellectual property rights, compounded by the Communist political culture, has led to widespread piracy, particularly as China pursues the market-driven economics of U.S. intellectual property protection in China. The Agreements on Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights …


Patents In Health Care - Subsidy And Victimisation?, Michael Henry Davis Jan 1994

Patents In Health Care - Subsidy And Victimisation?, Michael Henry Davis

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

In theory, a patent provides a monopoly over a product or a process in return for the disclosure of an inventive discovery. In practice, however, it is an indirect form of government intervention in healthcare which carries enormous calculable costs but whose benefits are entirely a matter of faith. It is ironic that in healthcare of all areas, where the guiding principle is the application of the scientific method, extraordinary investments are made in a system which so far has not been subjected to any scientific test.


Gattmembership For China?, Donald C. Clarke Jan 1994

Gattmembership For China?, Donald C. Clarke

Seattle University Law Review

This Article will explore some of the conflicts between the premises of the GATT and China's current economic, legal, and political structure, as well as the extent to which China's institutions are moving in a GATT-compatible direction. It will conclude that while GATT membership would in itself promote the reforms that would make China's institutions more compatible with the GATT, such reforms are the object of considerable domestic opposition.


Product Standards To Protect The Local Environment--The Gatt And The Uruguay Round Sanitary And Phytosanitary Agreement, John J. Barceló Iii Jan 1994

Product Standards To Protect The Local Environment--The Gatt And The Uruguay Round Sanitary And Phytosanitary Agreement, John J. Barceló Iii

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Fatal Flaw In Nafta, Gatt And All Other Trade Agreements, Robert W. Mcgee Jan 1994

The Fatal Flaw In Nafta, Gatt And All Other Trade Agreements, Robert W. Mcgee

Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business

Although the North American Free Trade Agreement, (NAFTA), contains more detailed environmental provisions than any previous trade agreement,' only some of them are mandatory. These mandatory NAFTA environmental rules purport to prevent the use of environmental policy instruments as disguised barriers to trade. Since most human activities have some impact on the environment, a vast array of government regulation could potentially be characterized as relating to the environment. This fact increases the risk that domestic industries will exploit political discretion over environmental policy implementation to put foreign competitors at a disadvantage by raising non-tariff barriers to trade. It is important …