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United Kingdom Regulation Of Transnational Corporate Concentration, J. Denys Gribbin

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article begins by describing the United Kingdom's policy toward outward and inward direct investment and then sets out the essentials of the competition laws that are among the major, nondiscriminatory regulatory mechanisms that affect corporate behavior and planning. The article also analyzes the development of competition policy as a microeconomic instrument along with its application to monopoly, oligopoly, and cartels involving transnational corporations. Competition policy, except for cartels, is shown to be relatively benign toward mergers until recently, and with respect to monopoly and oligopoly has sought remedies in regulation of prices and behavior rather than through structural change. …

Supranational Regulation Of Transnational Corporations: The Unctad And Ctc Efforts, James D. Kurek

Michigan Journal of International Law

The focus of this article is the current United Nations’ efforts designed to influence the activities of transnational corporations (TNCs) and other participants in the foreign investment arena, with special attention being given to those provisions which deal with concentration. The efforts to be discussed are primarily centered in the U. N. Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the U. N. Economic and Social Council's Commission on Transnational Corporations (CTC). Since the approach and methods employed by these two bodies differ in several significant respects, each will be considered separately. The concluding discussion examines a variety of views on …

Regulating Multinational Corporate Concentration-The European Economic Community, John Temple Lang

Michigan Journal of International Law

It is the purpose of this article to discuss the policies and goals of the efforts of the European Communities to regulate multinational corporate concentration. For reasons that will become clear in the course of the article, it is necessary to start by outlining the means available to the European Communities, both presently and potentially, to promote these policies. It is not possible to see what those policies might be or how they are likely to develop without understanding the practical implications of the various legal rules on which the Community might rely in the future. This article does not …

Canadian Merger Policy And Its International Implications, Eric K. Gressman

Michigan Journal of International Law

The implications of Canadian merger policy are of deep concern to U.S. and other foreign investors who have invested or are considering investing in Canada. U.S. interests own 60 percent of Canada's manufacturing industry. In 1978, approximately 250 mergers in Canada involved a foreign-owned or foreign-controlled buyer (usually U.S.). Therefore, it is not surprising that Canada's merger policy is no less important to the decisions of foreign investors in Canada than the Justice Department's policies are to domestic investors in the United States. At the same time, the Canadian government and public are concerned with their merger policy as a …

Regulation Of Concentration Through Merger Control: Germany's Continuing Efforts, Kurt Stockmann

Michigan Journal of International Law

The Federal Republic of Germany's Law Against Restraints on Competition (the ARC), establishes an extensive regime for regulating market-dominating enterprises. Therefore, large corporations, both national and multinational, are the subject of particular scrutiny in the Federal Republic. Rather than identify and address all the provisions pertinent to corporate concentration (a task whose tedium would be matched only by its enormity), this analysis will undertake three tasks: (1) briefly describe the general scope of West German merger law, (2) discuss the application of the law to cases of transnational concentration, and (3) explain the proposed Fourth Amendment to the ARC as …

Book Reviews, Edward C. Brewer, Iii., W. Paul Gormley, Allaire U. Karzon.

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

DIRECT INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE U.S.: A GUIDE TO INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, LAWS AND RESTRICTIONS 1980-1981

Raymond Waldmann

Washington D.C.: Transnational Investments, Ltd.; London: Kluwer Publishing, 1980. Pp. viii, 443. $75.00, London £45 plus £1 surface mail.

Reviewed by Edward C. Brewer, III.

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NUCLEAR ENERGY AND NUCLEAR WEAPON PROLIFERATION

Frank Barnaby, Jozef Goldblat, Bhupendra Jasani, and Joseph Rotblat,eds. Published for the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. London: Taylor & Francis, 1979. Pp. xxiv, 462.

Reviewed by W. Paul Gormley

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INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF U.S. INCOME TAXATION Vois. I and III

Elisabeth Owens Boston, Mass.: Harvard Law School, 1980. Pp.305. …

Vietnam's Legal Regulation Of Foreign Trade And Investment, John Quigley

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Trade Between Market And Non-Market Economies: East-West Trade - U.S.-U.S.S.R. Maritime Accord, Gary Klopf

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Special Problems Of International Trade, Investment And World Order. Trade Between Developed And Less Developed Countries: North-South Trade - Recent Developments In Third World Trade Organizations, Shelly Todd

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

United States-Romania Trade Agreements, Gary Klopf

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Eec Law - Export Credits - Community Has Exclusive Power To Negotiate Export Credit Agreements: Local Cost Standard Advisory Opinion, Re The Oecd Understanding Of A Local Cost Standard, David Simon

Maryland Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

Changes In The Investment Climate In Developing Nations, Jack Baranson

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The changes of the 1960's point to two important trends in the 1970's--the continuing erosion of the foreign investment base and an expanding drive toward technological self-reliance. These tendencies have important implications for future operational modes of multinational corporations and for further adjustments in the world economy. First, developing countries will continue their efforts to eliminate foreign ownership and control of their industries and their preference for licensing arrangements and management services will continue to erode the foreign investment base. Secondly, developing countries will not be satisfied with the transfer of manufacturing techniques and related management systems. They will want …

Fulda & Schwartz: Regulation Of International Trade And Investment, Cases And Materials, Sigmund Timberg

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Regulation of International Trade and Investment, Cases and Materials by Carl H. Fulda and Warren F. Schwartz

Lafave & Hay, Eds: International Trade, Investment, And Organization, Carl H. Fulda

Michigan Law Review

A Review of International Trade, Investment, and Organization edited by W.R. LaFave and P. Hay