Transcript Researching Legal Issues in U.S. Trade with China & India

Researching Legal Issues in U.S.
Trade with China & India
Bobbi Weaver, J.D., M.S.L.S.
Foreign & International Law Reference
Librarian, California Western School of Law
[email protected]
Overview
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Researching bilateral agreements with
China and India regarding trade issues
Researching international treaties
Hot legal topics—China
Hot legal topics—India
Practice guides
Bilateral Agreements
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Listed by country in Part 1 of Treaties in Force,
available online at
http://www.state.gov/s/l/treaty/treaties/2009/i
ndex.htm
Part 1 organized first by country name, then by
topic
Look under “Trade” AND topics related to the
products in question.
Provides
Westlaw
citation
Kavass’ Guide to U.S. Treaties in Force
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More comprehensive resource
Provides KAV numbers for unpublished
agreements, which can then be found on
HeinOnline’s “Treaties and Agreements” library
Available as a print resource and online as part
of HeinOnline’s “Treaties and Agreements”
library. [For more information, see the vendor’s
web site at http://heinonline.org/]
Multilateral Treaties
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Listed in Part 2 of the Treaties in Force.
Organized by treaty subject.
Also indexed more comprehensively in
Kavass’ Guide to Treaties in Force
Commerce, trade, finance and other
related treaties may include China, India
and/or United States among the
signatories.
Other ways for finding int’l agreements/treaties
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Search for citations in legal periodical articles using
Lexis-Nexis or Westlaw.
Some legal treatises reprint all or significant parts of
international agreements (e.g., Benedict on Admiralty)
“Nutshells” dealing with international topics sometimes
have tables of treaties
International Legal Materials –Available in print,
Westlaw, Lexis & HeinOnline’s Treaty & Agreements
library (Lexis & HeinOnline has the most
comprehensive online coverage)
Congressional research materials such as
Congressional Information Service volumes and/or
Lexis Congressional. May also find citations through
legal periodical search.
China: Hot Topics
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Tire Tariff: Dyer & Braithwaite, “U.S. tyre duties spark China
clash,” Financial Times (Sept. 13, 2009),
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f67c6fe6-a024-11de-b9ef00144feabdc0.html
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Dry Wall: Ross, “Chinese drywall drives Boynton Beach family
from home,” Miami Herald (Oct. 23, 2009),
http://www.miamiherald.com/1460/story/1296665.html
[references pending federal class action case]
Rejection of U.S. Food Products: Xu Shenglan, “China rejects
baby formula, cookies,” Global Times (Sept. 21, 2009),
http://life.globaltimes.cn/health/2009-09/469828.html
India Trade: Hot Topics
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Generic Drug Safety: Reinberg, “FDA Halts New Applications from Indian
Drug Maker’s Plant,” U.S. News & World Report (Feb. 25, 2009),
http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/healthday/2009/02/25/fda-haltsnew-applications-from-indian-drug.html
Drug Patents: Bidwai, “Novartis Patents Case Far From Dead,” IPS News
(Aug. 9, 2007), http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38840; “India: Patent
Rejection Raises Hopes for Cheaper HIV/AIDS Drugs,” Doctors Without
Borders, Sept. 1, 2009,
http://doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=3912&cat=field-news
Service Outsourcing: Timmons, India Feels Less Vulnerable as
Outsourcing Presses On, New York Times, June 2, 2009,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/03/business/global/03outsource.html ;
“India’s New Information Technology Law Impacts Outsourcing
Transactions,” Technology Law Section: State Bar of Georgia (June 6, 2009),
http://www.technologybar.org/2009/06/indias-new-information-technologylaw-impacts-outsourcing-transactions/; Christina Stephenson, “Reproductive
Outsourcing to India: WTO Obligations in the Absence of US National
Legislation” 43 Journal of World Trade 189 (2009) [Talks about outsourcing
surrogacy to Indian women—blog on article available at
http://indiainthewto.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/the-wto-and-reproductiveoutsourcing-by-us-consumers-to-india/ ]
Practice Materials: China
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Wu, Anti-dumping Law and Practice of China (2008) [ISBN:
9041127909 ]
Sweet & Maxwell publications on China Trade:
http://www.sweetandmaxwell.com.hk/BookStore/showsubj.asp?countrycode
=HK&subjID=103&g=t&ec=QSNBGDKTJJVZRUJANWNVVYAFUWQLO
Phillips, Web-Based Research Guides on PRC Legal & Business
Resources,
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http://www.abanet.org/intlaw/committees/africa_eurasia/china/bibliography.
shtml
World Bank, Doing Business in China (2009),
http://www.doingbusiness.org/exploreeconomies/?economyid=42
China & Hong Kong databases on Lexis-Nexis
Westlaw DBs: Mergers & Acquisitions in China; Shareholder Agreements &
Joint Ventures in China; Hong Kong—All Materials
Practice Materials: India
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World Bank, Doing Business in India (2009),
http://www.doingbusiness.org/ExploreEconomies/?economyid=
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India Investment and Trade Laws and Regulations
Handbook (2008) [ISBN: 1433075989]
U.S. International Trade Commission, Competitive
Conditions for Foreign Direct Investment in India
(2007),
http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/lps86859/pub3931.pdf
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Kotwal & Shal, Business operations in India (BNA Tax Mgmt
Portfolio No. 966-3rd, 2004)
Baldia, Doing Business in India 2009: Critical Legal
Issues for U.S. Companies, New York, NY : Practising Law
Institute, ©2009.