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Legal Issues of Economic Integration 32(3): 235247, 2005. © 2005 Kluwer Law International. Free Tradethe Netherlands. Printed in vs. Protectionism By * 1. Introduction On 5 March 2002, US President George W. Bush announced the decision to impose definitive safeguard measures on imports of certain steel products (`Section 201 or Steel Safeguard Measures').1 This decision was seen by many of the United States' trading partners to be contrary to the notion of free trade and illegal pursuant to the rules agreed under the World Trade Organisation (`WTO'). What triggered the relatively drastic safeguard measures? What impact did the safeguard measures have on the global and US steel market? Were they appropriate measures and did they meet the objective? This article will take a closer look at the specific Steel Safeguard Measures and address these questions. In doing so, I will highlight some of the problems with safeguard measures and their legitimacy under WTO rules in this increasingly globalised and integrated free trading world. 2. Run-up to Section 201 Implementation Just months before the Steel Safeguard Measures were imposed, Andrew G. Sharkey, President and CEO of the American Iron and Steel Institute, stated that: `In the wake of the
Legal Issues of Economic Integration – Kluwer Law International
Published: Aug 1, 2005
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