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INT’L TRADE LAW BASIC GATT PILLARS I

INT’L TRADE LAW BASIC GATT PILLARS I. Prof David K. Linnan USC LAW # 665 Unit Four. GATT PILLARS. FOUR PILLARS Idea of four pillars within GATT/WTO system: 1. Most Favored Nations 2. National Treatment 3. Trade Liberalization (negotiated tariff reductions in trade rounds)

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INT’L TRADE LAW BASIC GATT PILLARS I

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  1. INT’L TRADE LAW BASIC GATT PILLARS I Prof David K. Linnan USC LAW # 665 Unit Four

  2. GATT PILLARS FOUR PILLARS Idea of four pillars within GATT/WTO system: 1. Most Favored Nations 2. National Treatment 3. Trade Liberalization (negotiated tariff reductions in trade rounds) 4. Non-Tariff Barriers & “Fair Trade” CONSIDER WTO VIDEO AS PRINCIPLES ACROSS DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS, IDEA ALMOST OF CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES

  3. GATT AS CONST I LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST GATT 1947 AGREEMENT I Most Favored Nations II Schedules of Concessions (tariff reductions) III National Treatment (internal taxation & regs)

  4. GATT AS CONST II LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT IV Movies V Freedom of Transit VI Antidumping & Counterveiling Duties

  5. GATT AS CONST III LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT VII Customs Valuation VIII Import/Export Fees IX Marks of Origin

  6. GATT AS CONST IV LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT X Trade Regulation Publication (clear laws) XI Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions (tariffication) XII Balance of Payments & Safeguard Provisions

  7. GATT AS CONST V LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT XIII Non-Discrim Admin of Quant restrictions XIV Non-Discrim Exceptions (mostly monetary basis) XV IMF Exchange Arrangements XVI Subsidies

  8. GATT AS CONST VI LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT XVII State Trading Enterprises XVIII LDCs & deviation XIX Emergency Surge Protection

  9. GATT AS CONST VII LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT XX Exceptions a. Public Morals b. protecting human, animal or plant life/health c. import/export gold d. intellectual property protection e. Prison Labor Goods f. National Treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value g. Exhaustible Natural Resources h. Commodities agreements i. Local Market Materials j. Material Shortages

  10. GATT AS CONST VIII LOOK AT ARTICLES I & II, WALK THROUGH THE GATT LIKE WOULD US CONST (CONTD) GATT 1947 AGREEMENT XXI National Security XXII Good Faith Negotiation/Consultation XXIII Nullification or impairment XXIV Customs Unions & FTAs

  11. MFN BACK TO ARTICLE I GATT 1947 AGREEMENT

  12. TARIFF ISSUES I TARIFF BINDINGS (STATE LEVEL) Later we talk about tariffs at enterprise level as customs, here we talk about govt schedule level of tariff negotiations: Problems: 1. Since there are different kinds of tariffs possible, can the govt negotiate under GATT/WTO one variety of tariff bindings, but then switch their tariff system and be in compliance still (US-Argentina proceedings re textiles & footwear)? 2. How to deal with the general problem that tariff schedules are negotiated by category rather than individual product, but then on a product level what do you do about disagreements whether individual products are placed in correct categories (bearing in mind that certain newer products present special problems, since when the categories were negotiated in 1960s the newer products had not yet been invented (US-EU proceedings re LAN as computer versus telecommunications products)?

  13. TARIFF ISSUES II TARIFF BINDINGS (STATE LEVEL)(Cont’d) Note at state level the references to the Vienna Convention on treaties for technical rules for interpreting GATT/WTO as int’l agreement: 1. Normal rule is go with plain meaning of text, purpose of the treaty (in context) 2. In cases of ambiguity, can refer to treaty negotiations, etc. (legislative history equivalents) US LAWYERS NOTE THAT TREATY INTERPRETATION RULES DIVERGE FROM OUR LEGISLATIVE INTERPRETATION RULES, FOLLOWING INSTEAD CIVIL LAW PRACTICE

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