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The Antidumping Law: Repeal It Or Revise It, John J. Barceló Iii Dec 2014

The Antidumping Law: Repeal It Or Revise It, John J. Barceló Iii

John J. Barceló III

No abstract provided.


A History Of Gatt Unfair Trade Remedy Law--Confusion Of Purposes, John J. Barceló Iii Dec 2014

A History Of Gatt Unfair Trade Remedy Law--Confusion Of Purposes, John J. Barceló Iii

John J. Barceló III

This paper presents an analytical history of anti-dumping and anti-subsidy law in GATT and its member countries. In recent years this body of ‘unfair trade remedy’ law has flourished in the western trading system. Important trading countries have adopted new or expanded anti-dumping and anti-subsidy laws and imposed trade-blocking remedies under them more frequently than ever before. I try to explain in this essay how and why these laws--which I view as protectionist--have prospered and become so rooted in GATT and its member countries.


Subsidies And Countervailing Duties--Analysis And A Proposal, John J. Barceló Iii Dec 2014

Subsidies And Countervailing Duties--Analysis And A Proposal, John J. Barceló Iii

John J. Barceló III

The author recommends a new scheme for regulating the use of government subsidies and countervailing duties in international trade, an area presently regulated by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. He contends that these rules should be based to a large extent on principles of free trade and economic efficiency. In addition to setting out proposed regulations, the author analyzes the strength and weaknesses of free trade theory and of the present GATT rules regarding subsidies and countervailing duties.


Antidumping Laws As Barriers To Trade--The United States And The International Antidumping Code, John Barceló Iii Dec 2014

Antidumping Laws As Barriers To Trade--The United States And The International Antidumping Code, John Barceló Iii

John J. Barceló III

No abstract provided.


The Status Of Wto Rules In U.S. Law, John J. Barceló Iii Dec 2014

The Status Of Wto Rules In U.S. Law, John J. Barceló Iii

John J. Barceló III

Under U.S. implementing legislation and recent court decisions the WTO agreements and rulings have neither direct nor even indirect effect within the U.S. legal system. Political-economic theory can explain this result and the paradox of Congressional support (even mandate) for the more legally binding WTO dispute settlement regime that emerged from the Uruguay Round appearing side-by-side with Congressional insistence on a firewall of separation between WTO law and the U.S. legal system. It can also explain the few exceptional cases - for example, the TRIPS and Government Procurement Agreements - in which the parties adopted a form of quasi-direct effect. …