International Trade and Investment in a Nutshell

by Folsom, Ralph H.

• ISBN13: 9780314240941
• ISBN10: 0314240942
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Table of Cases	xvii
Introduction. From Brockton and Burbank to Brasilia and Bombay	1	(17)
World Trade and Multinational Enterprises	18	(37)
Patterns of World Trade	21	(7)
United States Trade Laws	28	(6)
Foreign Investment Law	34	(6)
The Multinational Enterprise (MNE)	40	(7)
Forms of the MNE	47	(1)
The Role of Corporate Counsel to a MNE	48	(4)
A Hypothetical Day for MNE Corporate Counsel	52	(3)
The World Trade Organization (WTO)	55	(41)
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade: History and Provisions	58	(5)
The GATT Multinational Trade Negotiations (Rounds)	63	(3)
The World Trade Organization (WTO) and GATT 1994	66	(2)
WTO Decision-Making	68	(5)
WTO Agreements and U.S. Law	73	(1)
Dispute Settlement Under WTO	74	(13)
Import Quotas and Licenses Under the WTO	87	(1)
GATT/WTO Nontariff Trade Barrier Codes	88	(3)
The Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture	91	(2)
WTO Public Procurement Code	93	(3)
Restrictions on Imports	96	(53)
The Origins of United States Tariffs	96	(2)
United States Tariff Rates	98	(1)
Column 1 Tariffs and The GATT	99	(1)
Foreign Trade Zones	100	(1)
Customs Classification	101	(1)
Customs Valuation and Rules of Origin	102	(3)
Generalized Preferences for Developing Nations	105	(3)
Caribbean Basin and Andean Trade Preferences	108	(1)
Goods Incorporating United States Components	109	(2)
Duty Free Access to the United States	111	(1)
U.S. Import Quotas	112	(2)
United States Participation in Trade Negotiations-The United States Trade Representative	114	(4)
Public Procurement	118	(4)
Product Standards	122	(3)
Responses of Domestic Producers to Import Competition	125	(2)
Dumping and Antidumping Duties	127	(6)
Subsidies and Countervailing Duties	133	(10)
Escape Clause Proceedings	143	(4)
The Court of International Trade	147	(2)
Controls on Exports	149	(25)
The President Versus the Congress	151	(1)
The Export Administration Act and Regulations	152	(2)
The Process of Licensing Exports	154	(4)
Export License Application Review	158	(1)
Sanctions for EAA Violations	159	(1)
Boycott Provisions and the Export Laws	160	(2)
Antiboycott Provisions of the Export Laws	162	(3)
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act	165	(3)
Section 301 and Super 301	168	(6)
Variations on Foreign Investment	174	(43)
Defining the Foreign Investment	174	(2)
Reasons for Establishing a Foreign Investment	176	(2)
Restrictions on Foreign Investment---Developing Nations	178	(7)
Restrictions on Foreign Investment---non-market and Transition Economy Nations	185	(6)
Privatization: The Focus of the 1990s	191	(4)
Policy Versus Law: Dealing With the Operational Code or the Way Things Work	195	(1)
Restrictions on Foreign Investment in Developed, Market Economy Nations	195	(8)
The Role of Bilateral Investment Treaties	203	(4)
Foreign Investment Under the North American Free Trade Agreement	207	(2)
Foreign Investment Under the GATT/World Trade Organization	209	(2)
The OECD and the Multilateral Agreement on Investment	211	(1)
The Settlement of Investment Disputes	212	(1)
The Settlement of Investment Disputes: NAFTA	212	(2)
The Settlement of Investment Disputes: ICSID	214	(1)
Conclusion	215	(2)
The Taking of Foreign Investment Property by Governments	217	(32)
Nationalizations in International Practice	219	(6)
Assessing the Risk of Nationalization	225	(2)
Text of Libyan Law Nationalizing Bunker Hunt Interests	227	(4)
Nationalization and Expropriation in International Law	231	(7)
Forum for Valuation of Nationalized Property	238	(3)
United States Foreign Claims Settlement Commission	241	(1)
Computing the Value of a Taken Investment	242	(3)
United States Laws Affecting the Nationalization Process	245	(4)
Insuring Against the Risks of Foreign Investment Losses	249	(26)
Opic History and Structure	254	(4)
Investor Eligibility	258	(1)
Opic Insurance Programs	259	(3)
OPIC Investment Insurance Terms	262	(1)
Eligible Investments	263	(2)
OPIC Claims and Dispute Settlement	265	(3)
OPIC and Private Insurers	268	(2)
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency: OPIC Theory on an International Level	270	(5)
The European Union	275	(46)
Three Communities	276	(2)
Europe Without Internal Frontiers	278	(4)
The Council of Ministers	282	(2)
The Commission and Law-making	284	(2)
The European Parliament	286	(4)
The European Court of Justice and Court of First Instance	290	(5)
The Nature of European Law	295	(3)
Law Enforcement	298	(3)
Free Movement of Goods	301	(4)
Intellectual Property	305	(2)
Free Movement of Workers	307	(1)
Right of Establishment	308	(1)
Freedom to Provide Services	309	(2)
Free Movement of Capital	311	(1)
Common Transport Policy	312	(1)
Common Agricultural Policy	313	(2)
Taxation	315	(1)
Trade Relations	316	(2)
EU Conventions	318	(1)
Business Organizations Law	319	(2)
Business Competition Rules---Extraterritorial Antitrust Laws	321	(32)
Article 81 and Its Exemptions	325	(6)
Article 82	331	(4)
Negative Clearances and Individual Exemptions	335	(5)
Commission Regulation of Concentrations	340	(3)
The Extraterritorial Reach of Articles 81 and 82	343	(2)
The Effects Test in United States and European Law	345	(2)
Extraterritorial Antitrust Laws, Blocking Statutes and International Solutions	347	(6)
NAFTA	353	(40)
Canada---U.S. Free Trade	354	(1)
The CFTA Agreement in Outline	355	(7)
Dispute Settlement Under CFTA	362	(3)
North American Free Trade	365	(3)
The NAFTA Agreement in Outline	368	(1)
Trade in Goods	368	(7)
Trade in Services	375	(3)
Cross-Border Investment	378	(3)
Financial Services	381	(1)
Intellectual Property	382	(1)
Other NAFTA Provisions	383	(3)
Dispute Settlement Under NAFTA	386	(3)
The Side Agreements on Labor and the Environment	389	(2)
Comparison With the European Union	391	(2)
Regional Economic Integration	393	(28)
Developing World Integration	394	(6)
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations [ASEAN]	400	(2)
ASEAN Trade Rules and Industrial Projects	402	(3)
Asean Complementation Schemes and Joint Ventures	405	(4)
The Andean Common Market (ANCOM)	409	(4)
ANCOM Trade Rules and Industrial Development Programs	413	(3)
Decision No. 24	416	(2)
Andean Multinationals and Intellectual Property	418	(1)
East Asian Integration	419	(2)
Movement of People Across National Borders	421	(22)
Discriminatory Employment Practices	422	(2)
International Labor Organization Standards	424	(2)
International Labor Agreements	426	(2)
Employment of Local Personnel	428	(2)
Passports	430	(1)
Visas	431	(3)
U.S. Immigration Laws	434	(3)
Expatriate Compensation Planning	437	(2)
The International Employment Agreement	439	(4)
Index	443