Question 1

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Tax credits extended by the government of India to Indian companies in order to assist in the reduction of greenhouse gases emitted during the manufacturing process.

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Question 2

Identify and evaluate the importance of the several factors taken into account in an ITC proceeding to impose import restrictions.

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Question 3

The President of the United States is concerned about the declining number of American companies engaged in the manufacture of computer chips. In order to reinvigorate U.S. computer chip manufacturers, the President has proposed that the United States unilaterally impose an absolute ban upon the importation of computer chips from Japan for an indefinite period of time to be determined in his complete discretion. The President has asked you whether his proposal is legal pursuant to the GATT. What is your response? Please explain the basis for your conclusions.

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Question 4

Weigh the strengths and weaknesses of all possible actions a country can take to protect its market against unfair trade.

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Question 5

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Loan guarantees by the French government to French filmmakers who utilize French equipment in the making of their movies.

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Question 6

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario An across-the-board reduction by the United States in the corporate tax rate.

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Question 7

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Reduced rate loans offered by U.S. banks to U.S. businesses willing to relocate their operations to economically depressed inner cities.

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Question 8

Consider the relative merits of including debt expenses in the calculation of the fair market value of an imported product. Consider this both in terms of the business exporting the good and the business importing the good.

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Question 9

Draft a statute or treaty defining a non-market or state-controlled economy OR identifying which factors should be considered in making such a determination and how they should be applied.

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Question 10

Draft a statue defining a domestic industry. Draft statutes from the perspective of Westernized, developed nations and from developing nations.

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Question 11

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Tax credits extended by the Japanese government to Japanese computer chip manufacturers on the basis of the volume of their chip sales in the United States.

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Quiz 11: Regulating Import Competition and Unfair Trade

Identify and evaluate the importance of the several factors taken into account in an ITC proceeding to impose import restrictions.

Weigh the strengths and weaknesses of all possible actions a country can take to protect its market against unfair trade.

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Loan guarantees by the French government to French filmmakers who utilize French equipment in the making of their movies.

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario An across-the-board reduction by the United States in the corporate tax rate.

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Reduced rate loans offered by U.S. banks to U.S. businesses willing to relocate their operations to economically depressed inner cities.

Consider the relative merits of including debt expenses in the calculation of the fair market value of an imported product. Consider this both in terms of the business exporting the good and the business importing the good.

Draft a statute or treaty defining a non-market or state-controlled economy OR identifying which factors should be considered in making such a determination and how they should be applied.

Draft a statue defining a domestic industry. Draft statutes from the perspective of Westernized, developed nations and from developing nations.

The USTR has requested your advice on whether the following are legal pursuant to the GATT. Please explain each of your answers. Scenario Tax credits extended by the Japanese government to Japanese computer chip manufacturers on the basis of the volume of their chip sales in the United States.