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Fast Track Derailed: The 1997 Attempt to Renew Fast Track Legislation, Abridged
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS302-EEconomicsIn the United States, the president has the Constitutional authority to negotiate international trade agreements. But the Congress has the ultimate authority over trade. This arrangement blunts the negotiating power of the United States in trade talks because other countries know that any commitments made at the table could be altered or rejected by Congress. Therefore, from 1974 to 1993, Congress granted the president fast track authority by com...Starting at €8.20
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International Trade Meets Intellectual Property: The Making of the TRIPS Agreement (Abridged)
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS432-EThis is an abridged version of note NR15-02-1661.0. The focus of international trade negotiations was once quotas and tariffs - how much of a particular product could be imported and the duty levied at the border. As the world economy has experienced deeper integration, attention has shifted away from tariffs and quotas to the complex policies and rules that affect the international movement of goods, services and investment. Such policies incl...Starting at €8.20
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The Eagle and the Dragon: The November 1999 US-China Bilateral Agreement and the Battle over PNTR, Abridged
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-HKS475-EThis is an abridged version of note NR14-04-1771.0. On December 11, 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization. Many say the 1999 US-China bilateral trade agreement and the vote in Congress to permanently establish normal trade relations with China paved the way for China''s WTO accession. Even though China was not a WTO member, the United States had granted China Most Favored Nation trading status (MFN) since 1979. However, unde...Starting at €8.20
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Setting the Standard in Free Trade: The Making of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Datla, Anjani; Lawrence, RobertCase HBS-KS1142-EEconomicsIn July 2013, more than 150 negotiators from the European Union and the United States converged in Washington, D.C. to begin crafting what could become the world's largest free trade agreement-the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). Billed as a transformational trade accord, the TTIP would go beyond tariffs to cut non-tariff barriers, expand trade in services, streamline regulatory standards, and incorporate trade elements to s...Starting at €8.20
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Food Fight: The US, Europe, and Trade in Hormone-Treated Beef (Abridged)
Devereaux, Charan; Lawrence, Robert; Watkins, MichaelCase HBS-HKS434-EEconomicsThose familiar with transatlantic trade relations are well aware of the longstanding US-EU dispute over trade in beef. This note traces the history of the quarrel, beginning with the introduction of the use of growth-promoting hormones for raising beef cattle. In 1989, Europe banned the use of these hormones. The ban covered all beef, including meat imported from the United States where growth-enhancing hormones were widely used. In retaliation, ...Starting at €8.20