International Law,
Corporate,
Antitrust & Trade Reg.
May 24, 2017
One NAFTA reform that all sides should be able to agree on
President Trump can put America's Constitution first by removing Chapter 19 from NAFTA.
Julian Ku
Maurice A. Deane Professor of Constitutional Law
Hofstra University
Julian Ku is a co-founder of the international law blog OpinioJuris.org and a contributing editor to Lawfareblog.com
The Trump administration's decision to seek changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement has caused great concern and trepidation among its many supporters. But while there is much worth preserving in NAFTA, there is one provision that both supporters and critics of NAFTA should agree to eliminate: the use of unreviewable, unaccountable and unconstitutional international tribunals to review the application of U.S. trade law governing antidumping and countervailing duties.
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