Georgetown Journal of International Law articles from September 2007

Georgetown Journal of International Law archives from September 2007

The emergence of a tradition in the discourse on the Court of International Trade.
September 22, 2007... The year 2006 witnessed the Georgetown Journal of International Law's publication of the first annual review of the decisions of the U.S. Court of International Trade. (1) The publication of the annual review was, and is, an important step in...

Customs cases: decisions under 28 U.S.C. s. 1581(a) and 28 U.S.C. s. 1582.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States Court of International Trade examined several of aspects of substantive Customs law and litigation in the past year which implicated 28 U.S.C....

19 U.S.C. 1581(c) - judicial review of antidumping & countervailing duty determinations issued by the department of commerce.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION While the U.S. Court of International Trade ("CIT") decided many notable cases on novel legal issues in 2006, it also clarified the law on several traditional trade remedy issues regarding the administration of antidumping...

Judicial review of the International Trade Commission's determinations in antidumping and countervailing duty proceedings: an overview of decisions in 2006.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION In 2006, the U.S. Court of International Trade ("CIT") and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit" or "CAFC") issued approximately 15 published decisions reviewing the U.S. International Trade...

Trade adjustment assistance cases: 28 U.S.C. (section) 1581(d) - Department of Labor and Department of Agriculture decisions under the trade adjustment assistance statutes.
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Trade adjustment assistance ("TAA") statutes were created by Congress to assist workers suffering from the adverse effects of increased competition from imports or shifts in production to other countries. Eligible workers...

Developments during 2006 concerning 28 U.S.C. (section) 1581(i).
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION Two thousand and six was an active year for the Court of International Trade ("CIT") and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") with regard to the CIT's jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. [section]...

WTO winners and losers: the trade and development disconnect.
September 22, 2007... "There must be something in the pie for everyone. Not pie in the sky when we die, but pie on the table." (1) I. INTRODUCTION The World Trade Organization ("WTO" or the "Organization") is premised upon increasing prosperity by opening...

After Corus Staal - is there any role, and should there be - for WTO jurisprudence in the review of U.S. trade measures by U.S. courts?
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION After a series of decisions by the Court of International Trade ("CIT") and the Court of appeals for the Federal Circuit ("CAFC") in 2004 suggesting that the Charming Betsy doctrine gives the jurisprudence of the World...

China IPR enforcement: hard as steel or soft as tofu? Bringing the question to the WTO under TRIPs. (intellectual property rights, Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights)
September 22, 2007... I. INTRODUCTION The protection of intellectual property rights (IPR) is one of the main issues on the international trade agenda, particularly with respect to China. Currently, China is under severe scrutiny for the implementation and...