INTRODUCTION In 1994, the U.S.-Canada International Joint Commission (IJC) recommended the phasing out of all organochlorines in the Great Lakes Basin, and did so in the strongest possible terms. Using the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement of 1978 n2 (GLWQA) as its...
Authors: RUTH JEBE DON MAYER YONG-SHIK LEE On March 13, 2012, Japan, the United States, and the European Union filed Requests for Consultations (Requests) with the World Trade Organization (WTO), contesting China’s export restrictions on rare earth elements (REE). The...