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Ec Customs Classification Rules: Should Ice Cream Melt?, Edwin A. Vermulst
Ec Customs Classification Rules: Should Ice Cream Melt?, Edwin A. Vermulst
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article will demonstrate that these classification conflicts seldom have definitive solutions by examining European Community (EC or Community) classification rules in light of the international framework. This approach is justified because the EC's customs classification system, centered on the Combined Nomenclature (CN), is based on the most commonly used international system of classification, the Harmonized System (HS).
Hidden Agenda: The Expansion Of Product Scope In International Trade Proceedings, Timothy A. Harr
Hidden Agenda: The Expansion Of Product Scope In International Trade Proceedings, Timothy A. Harr
Michigan Journal of International Law
Part II of this Article examines current legal standards. It concludes that U.S. product scope rulings are nominally made pursuant to a set of objective legal/factual standards, but that because of the breadth of these standards, the Commerce Department has considerable discretion in making such decisions. Part III examines recent Commerce Department product scope rulings, which highlights a policy goal of prevention of evasion by foreign suppliers. The Department, which technically has no authority to expand the product scope and no formal authority to consider evasion, is uncomfortable with this current situation. This has caused the Administration to propose amendments …