Trade Investment

The International Trade Field in the American Encyclopedia of Law

The instruments of international trade practice and policy in the United States, such as border taxes (tariffs) and restrictions on the volume of imports or exports (quotas) are in the hands of the U.S. government and the U.S. Congress. This topic includes an overview of the United States legal system regarding international trade, and a general normative approach to the legal rules regulating trade. Particular issues covered by this topic in the American encyclopedia of law cover international trade investments, antidumping and subsidies rules, international trade litigation, the escape clause for troubled industries, nontariff barriers, the most-favored-nation principle, trade customs, non-discrimination obligations in international trade, technical barriers to trade, the importance of the International Trade Commission, international political risk and international dispute resolution in the trade legal area.