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Black Cat, White Cat: The Identity Of The Wto Judges, Louise Johannesson, Petros C. Mavroidis

Faculty Scholarship

WTO judges are proposed by the WTO Secretariat and elected to act as ‘judges’ if either approved by the parties to a dispute, or by the WTO Director-General in case no agreement between the parties has been possible. They are typically ‘Geneva crowd’, that is, they are either current or former delegates representing their country before the WTO. This observation holds for both first- as well as second-instance WTO judges (e.g. Panelists and members of the Appellate Body). In that, the WTO evidences an attitude strikingly similar to the GATT. Whereas the legal regime has been heavily ‘legalized’, the people …

A Technical Barriers To Trade Agreement For Services?, Bernard Hoekman, Petros C. Mavroidis

Faculty Scholarship

Services are regulated for a variety of reasons. Regulation is typically influenced by political economy forces and may thus at times reflect protectionist motivations. Similar considerations arise for goods, but the potential for protectionist capture may be greater in services as many sectors are self-regulated by domestic industry. There are specific disciplines on regulation of goods (product standards) in the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT). This encourages the use of international standards and requires that norms restrict trade only to the extent necessary to achieve the regulatory objective. WTO disciplines on domestic regulation of services are weaker …

Standing For Human Rights Abroad, Evan J. Criddle

Faculty Publications

When may states impose coercive measures such as asset freezes, trade embargos, and investment restrictions to protect the human rights of foreign nationals abroad? Drawing inspiration from Hugo Grotius’s guardianship account of humanitarian intervention, this Article offers a new theory of states’ standing to enforce human rights abroad: under some circumstances, international law authorizes states to impose countermeasures as fiduciary representatives, asserting the human rights of oppressed foreign peoples for the benefit of those peoples. The fiduciary theory explains why all states may use countermeasures to vindicate the human rights of foreign nationals abroad despite the fact that they do …

The Risks We Are Willing To Eat: Food Imports And Safety, Alexia Brunet Marks

Publications

Recent efforts to regulate the safety of U.S. food imports have not kept up with the complexity of global trade and the risks that accompany globalization. Congress drafted the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2011 ("FSMA") in response to heightened food safety risks, surging imports, and an outdated food import safety system. While the FSMA provides the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") additional authority to regulate food facilities, establish standards for safe produce, recall contaminated foods, and oversee imported foods, vulnerabilities still exist.

This article exposes problems with the old system of food import rules and significant challenges facing the …

How Local Discrimination Can Promote Global Public Goods, Timothy Meyer

Faculty Scholarship

International negotiations struggle to keep pace with global problems like climate change. To fill this gap, local governments increasingly take matters into their own hands. For example, to promote the benefits of clean energy, a local government might give subsidies to renewable energy companies. Since 2001, California has given $2 billion in such subsidies, while states ranging from Minnesota to Kansas and Mississippi have doled out hundreds of millions of dollars each. Cities, such as Austin and Los Angeles, have also gotten into the act, contributing millions to renewable energy firms. To build support for these measures, the local government …

Port Readiness In Facing Globalization: Indonesian Case Study, Melda Kamil Ariadno, Arie Afriansyah, Yetty Komalasari Dewi

Indonesia Law Review

International trade cannot be separated from the role of international shipping. More than 80% of goods transported through sea from a region to another, from one Country to another Country. Since the dawn of the voyage, port cannot be separated from the voyage itself. Adequate port will ensure a good international shipping. Increasing number of international shipping also means increasing volume of international trade. With a variety of factors such as geographical factor, natural resources, and population, Indonesia should be a key player in international trade by sea. However, the reality is still far from ideal, especially when compared with …

Theoretical Review On Indonesian Academic Legal Education In Conjunction With Asean Economic Community Era, Ariawan Gunadi

Indonesia Law Review

Indonesia will be welcoming the ASEAN Economic Community in 2015 as a multilateral agreement to create integrated regions such as: (a) a single market and production base, (b) a highly competitive economic region, (c) a region of equitable economic development, and (d) a region fully integrated into the global economy. These characteristics are interrelated and mutually reinforcing in a sense that overall development would not be complete without total completion of the previous sector. This article discusses the participation of Indonesia as part of ASEAN as a single market and production base, through free flow of services which targets higher …

Appendix C - Office Of The United States Trade Representative Washington, D.C.-Fact Sheet, "Special 301" On Intellectual Property, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Iii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

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International Trade In Services From The Japanese Viewpoint, Masato Dogauchi

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Trade In Services--Perspective Of The Developing World, Peter Gakunu

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Trade In Telecommunications Services, Jonathan D. Aronson

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Perspective Of The Private Sector--Banking, F. William Hawley

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Multilateral Negotiations On Trade In Services: Concepts, Goals, Issues, Bernard Ascher

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Trade In Services And The Uruguay Round, Mario A. Kakabadse

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Introduction To Panel Iii, Gabriel M. Wilner

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Panel Ii--General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

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Intellectual Property: Perspective Of The Developing World, Peter Gakunu

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Need For Adequate And Effective Protection Of Intellectual Property: Perspective Of The Private Sector - Patents, Peter C. Richardson

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Towards An Intellectual Property Agreement In The Gatt: View From The Private Sector, Carol J. Bilzi

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Intellectual Property Protection: A United States Priority, Richard A. Morford

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Panel I--General Discussion, Georgia Journal Of International And Comparative Law

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Congressional Perspective On Multilateral Trade Negotiations, Edgar L. Jenkins

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Impetus In The United States For The Liberalization Of International Trade In Services, Gordon J. Cloney

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Services, Intellectual Property And The Major Issues Of The Uruguay Round, Claude E. Barfield

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The Trade Act Of 1988 And The Mtns: Long-Term Planning And Reform, Charles A. Hunnicutt

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Current Status Of The Uruguay Round, Mario Kakabadse

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Introduction To Panel I, Louis B. Sohn

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Book Review: Uniform Sales Law: The U.N. Convention On Contracts For The International Sale Of Goods. Dr. Peter Schlechtriem, Manzsche Verlags - Und Universitatsbuchhandlung, Vienna 1986, Pp. 120., Michael C. Doland

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Omnibus Trade And Competitiveness Act Of 1988: Putting The Brakes On Foreign Investment, Christopher J. Foreman

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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