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    NAFTA and free trade in the Americas in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.

    • Title:NAFTA and free trade in the Americas in a nutshell / by Ralph H. Folsom.
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    • Author/Creator:Folsom, Ralph Haughwout.
    • Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West, a Thomson Business, ©2012.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Foreign trade regulation--North America.
      Tariff--Law and legislation--North America.
      Free trade--North America.
      North America--Economic integration.
      North America--Commercial treaties.
    • Edition:4th ed.
    • Description:xvi, 546 p. ; 19 cm.
    • Series:Nutshell series.
    • Notes:Includes index.
    • ISBN:9780314277466
      0314277463
    • Contents:Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Pre-Nafta
      Canada and the United States
      Mexico and the United States
      Merging Economies
      Different Legal Traditions
      Private Sector
      Conclusion
      ch. 2 Cusfta
      Core Commitments
      -Federalism, Supremacy and Nondiscrimination
      Trade in Goods
      Tariffs and Quotas
      Origin of Goods
      Product Standards
      Free Trade Exceptions
      Canadian Cultural Industries Exclusion
      Canadian Cultural Industries Exclusion-U.S. Responses
      Procurement
      Temporary Import Restraints
      Wine, Beer and Spirits
      Energy
      Motor Vehicles
      Services
      Financial Services
      Investment
      Movement of Business Persons
      CUSFTA Dispute Settlement
      ch. 18 Dispute Settlement
      Arbitration Decisions under Chapter 18
      ch. 19 Dispute Settlement
      Binational Panel and Extraordinary Challenge Committee Decisions Under Chapter 19
      Softwood Lumber Dispute
      ch. 3 Getting To Nafta, The Peso Crash
      Ratifying NAFTA
      Interpreting NAFTA
      NAFTA, The Uruguay Round and Other International Agreements
      NAFTA Chapters and WTO Agreements
      Peso Crash, A Common Currency?
      ch. 4 Goods
      Tariffs and Customs
      Impact on Maquiladoras
      Regulatory and Tax Treatment, Quotas
      Rules of Origin
      Regional Value Content
      Textiles and Apparel
      Electronics
      Exporting From Mexico to Latin America, Europe and Japan
      Proof of Origin
      Procurement
      Motor Vehicles
      Energy Goods
      State Monopolies and Enterprises
      Agricultural Goods
      Food Standards (SPS)
      Product and Service Standards
      -Related Measures (SRM)
      Exceptions to Free Trade
      Temporary Import Restraints (Escape Clauses)
      Corn Broom Case
      Special Escape Clauses
      ch. 5 Services
      Service Provider Rights
      Licensing and Certification
      Foreign Legal Consultants
      Land Transportation
      Enhanced and Basic Telecommunications
      General Exceptions
      Financial Services
      Treatment of Financial Services Providers
      Financial Services Dispute Settlement
      NAFTA Business Visas
      Business Visitors
      Traders and Investors
      Intracompany Transferees
      Professionals
      ch. 6 Investment
      NAFTA Investment Rights
      Treatment of Investors and Investments
      Expropriation
      Investment Law Exceptions and Reservations, The Environment
      Arbitration of Investor
      -State Disputes
      Arbitration Procedures, Appeals and Remedies
      Investor Claims Against States Under NAFTA
      Metalclad
      Ethyl and Methanex
      Loewen
      Pope and Talbot
      S.D. Myers
      Mondev
      Glamis
      Corn Syrup Sweeteners
      AbitibiBowater
      ch. 7 Intellectual Property
      Controversy Over Intellectual Property Rights
      General Obligations
      Counterfeiting
      Gray Market Trading
      Patents
      Copyrights
      Trademarks
      Trade Secrets
      ch. 8 Dispute Settlement
      ch. 19 Antidumping and Countervailing Duties, Binational Panels
      Selecting Panels
      -Conflicts of Interest
      Standards of Review
      -Judge Wilkey Dissents
      Mexico and Chapter 19
      Tomatoes Dispute
      ch. 20 Intergovernmental Dispute Settlement
      ch. 20 Arbitrations
      Private Commercial Disputes
      ch. 9 Environment
      NAFTA Provisions on the Environment
      North American Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
      Article 13 Reports
      Article 14 Citizen and NGO Submissions
      Factual Records
      Environmental Council of Ministers
      Environmental Arbitrations, Monetary Penalties
      Summary
      Mexico
      -United States Border Environmental Cooperation Agreement
      ch. 10 Labor
      North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation
      NAALC Commission and Secretariat
      Citizen, Union and NGO Submissions, NAO Reports
      Ministerial Consultations, Expert Reports
      Limited Labor Law Enforcement Arbitrations, Monetary Penalties
      Summary
      Labor Law Enforcement Submissions
      -Union Organizing
      NAO Submission Strategies
      Pregnancy Discrimination Case
      Trade Adjustment Assistance
      ch. 11 Free Trade And The Americas
      Chile, Fast Track and Bilateral Free Trade Agreements
      Free Trade and the Americas, MERCOSUR and ALBA v. NAFTA
      Cuba
      U.S. Free Trade in the Americas
      U.S. Free Trade Agreements
      -NAFTA Plus and Minus
      Quebec and NAFTA
      Conclusion
      NAFTA/Free Trade in the Americas Timeline.
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