NAFTA and free trade in the Americas in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.
2012
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NAFTA and free trade in the Americas in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.
Published
St. Paul, MN : West Group, 2012.
Call Number
KDZ944 .F653 2012
Edition
Fourth edition.
ISBN
9780314277466
0314277463
0314277463
Description
xvi, 546 pages ; 19 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)755874218
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Table of Contents
Preface
iii
Acknowledgments
v
Web Resources
vii
Table of Cases
xv
ch. 1
Pre-Nafta
1
Canada and the United States
1
Mexico and the United States
5
Merging Economies
9
Different Legal Traditions
12
The Private Sector
16
Conclusion
18
ch. 2
Cusfta
19
Core Commitments---Federalism, Supremacy and Nondiscrimination
20
Trade in Goods
23
Tariffs and Quotas
24
The Origin of Goods
26
Product Standards
30
Free Trade Exceptions
31
Canadian Cultural Industries Exclusion
33
Canadian Cultural Industries Exclusion-U.S. Responses
36
Procurement
39
Temporary Import Restraints
39
Wine, Beer and Spirits
41
Energy
42
Motor Vehicles
44
Services
45
Financial Services
47
Investment
50
Movement of Business Persons
53
CUSFTA Dispute Settlement
53
ch. 18
Dispute Settlement
55
Arbitration Decisions under Chapter 18
57
ch. 19
Dispute Settlement
59
Binational Panel and Extraordinary Challenge Committee Decisions Under Chapter 19
64
Softwood Lumber Dispute
66
ch. 3
Getting To Nafta, The Peso Crash
68
Ratifying NAFTA
69
Interpreting NAFTA
71
NAFTA, The Uruguay Round and Other International Agreements
72
NAFTA Chapters and WTO Agreements
74
The Peso Crash, A Common Currency?
76
ch. 4
Goods
80
Tariffs and Customs
81
Impact on Maquiladoras
84
Regulatory and Tax Treatment, Quotas
85
Rules of Origin
87
Regional Value Content
91
Textiles and Apparel
94
Electronics
95
Exporting From Mexico to Latin America, Europe and Japan
97
Proof of Origin
97
Procurement
100
Motor Vehicles
103
Energy Goods
106
State Monopolies and Enterprises
110
Agricultural Goods
112
Food Standards (SPS)
115
Product and Service Standards---Related Measures (SRM)
118
Exceptions to Free Trade
123
Temporary Import Restraints (Escape Clauses)
125
The Corn Broom Case
126
Special Escape Clauses
128
ch. 5
Services
130
Service Provider Rights
131
Licensing and Certification
132
Foreign Legal Consultants
134
Land Transportation
136
Enhanced and Basic Telecommunications
139
General Exceptions
143
Financial Services
144
Treatment of Financial Services Providers
147
Financial Services Dispute Settlement
152
NAFTA Business Visas
153
Business Visitors
154
Traders and Investors
156
Intracompany Transferees
157
Professionals
157
ch. 6
Investment
159
NAFTA Investment Rights
160
Treatment of Investors and Investments
162
Expropriation
166
Investment Law Exceptions and Reservations, The Environment
167
Arbitration of Investor---State Disputes
168
Arbitration Procedures, Appeals and Remedies
171
Investor Claims Against States Under NAFTA
174
Metalclad
175
Ethyl and Methanex
176
Loewen
178
Pope and Talbot
178
S.D. Myers
179
Mondev
180
Glamis
181
Corn Syrup Sweeteners
182
AbitibiBowater
182
ch. 7
Intellectual Property
184
The Controversy Over Intellectual Property Rights
185
General Obligations
187
Counterfeiting
189
Gray Market Trading
190
Patents
192
Copyrights
195
Trademarks
197
Trade Secrets
199
ch. 8
Dispute Settlement
201
ch. 19
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, Binational Panels
202
Selecting Panels---Conflicts of Interest
205
Standards of Review---Judge Wilkey Dissents
208
Mexico and Chapter 19
212
The Tomatoes Dispute
214
ch. 20
Intergovernmental Dispute Settlement
215
ch. 20
Arbitrations
218
Private Commercial Disputes
220
ch. 9
The Environment
221
NAFTA Provisions on the Environment
222
The North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
223
Article 13
Reports
224
Article 14
Citizen and NGO Submissions
225
Factual Records
227
Environmental Council of Ministers
229
Environmental Arbitrations, Monetary Penalties
230
Summary
231
The Mexico---United States Border Environmental Cooperation Agreement
231
ch. 10
Labor
234
The North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
235
The NAALC Commission and Secretariat
237
Citizen, Union and NGO Submissions, NAO Reports
237
Ministerial Consultations, Expert Reports
238
Limited Labor Law Enforcement Arbitrations, Monetary Penalties
239
Summary
240
Labor Law Enforcement Submissions---Union Organizing
241
NAO Submission Strategies
247
The Pregnancy Discrimination Case
248
Trade Adjustment Assistance
252
ch. 11
Free Trade And The Americas
257
Chile, Fast Track and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
258
Free Trade and the Americas, MERCOSUR and ALBA v. NAFTA
259
Cuba
262
U.S. Free Trade in the Americas
262
U.S. Free Trade Agreements---NAFTA Plus and Minus
263
Quebec and NAFTA
267
Conclusion
269
A NAFTA/Free Trade in the Americas Timeline
269
Appendix I
North American Free Trade Agreement (1994)
273
Appendix II
North American Agreement On Environmental Cooperation (1994)
479
Appendix III
North American Agreement On Labor Cooperation (1994)
509
Index
533