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The Triumph of Local Politics?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

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Copyright © American Society of International Law 1999

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References

1 Jackson, John H., The World Trading System: Law and Policy of International Economic Relations 351 (2d ed. 1998)Google Scholar.

2 See National Foreign Trade Council v. Baker, 26 F. Supp. 287 (D. Mass. 1998). Following these proceedings, the First Circuit affirmed the district court, and the Supreme Court has now granted certiorari. See National Foreign Trade Council v. Natsios, 181 F. 3d. 38 (1” Circ), petition for cert, granted., 68 U.S.L.W. 3178 (U.S. Nov, 29, 1999) (No. 99-474).

3 Uruguay Round Agreements Act of 1994, P.L. 103-465, § 102, 19 U.S.C. § 3512.

4 19 U.S.C. §3512 (c)(2).

5 Statement of Administrative Action for the Uruguay Round Agreements Act, reprinted in 1994 U.S.C.C. A.N. 4040, 4055.

6 Following these proceedings. The First Circuit cited some of the above considerations in holding that th Massachusetts law was preempted. See National Foreign Trade Council v. Natsios, 181 F. 3d at 73-770.

7 Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transport Auth., 469 U.S. 528 (1985).

8 See Barclays Bank, 512 U.S. at 329-30.