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Promoting Commodity Exports Through Governor-Led Trade Missions: Governors’ Constitutionally Permissible (and WTO Permissible) Role of Exporter-in-Chief

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Matthew Schaefer
Matthew Schaefer*
Affiliation:
University of Nebraska, College of Law
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Trade in Commodities
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Proceedings of the ASIL Annual Meeting , Volume 106 , 2012 , pp. 273 - 278
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 See Cassey, Andrew J., State Trade Missions (2007) (estimating over 500 between 1997 and 2006), available at http://documents.apec.umn.edu/CasseyPaperSp08.pdf Google Scholar.

2 See http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/trademissions/pdf/Trade-Missions-Tally-2005-through-2012.pdf.

3 See Cassey, supra note 1.

4 Illinois Governor Quinn used this term. Kmox St. Louis, Governor Headed to Belgium, available at http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2012/03/16/govemor-headed-to-belgium/.

5 Most or all data on corn production and exports can be found in National Corn Growers Association, Corn—Rooted in History: 2012 World of Corn, available at http://www.ncga.com/uploads/useruploads/woc_2012.pdf.

6 Most or all state export data discussed herein can be found at http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/statistics/state/.

7 See Cassey, supra note 1 (discussing and summarizing prior economic studies).

8 See Long, Ray, Illinois Lawmakers to Tour Cuba, Chi. Trib., Sept. 2, 2011 Google Scholar, available at http://articles.chicagotri-bune.com/201 l-09-02/news/ct-met-lawmaker-cuba-trip-20110902_l_cuba-next-week-illinois-lawmakers-trade-em-bargo.

9 For similar reasons discussed in the analysis, sister-state relationships and overseas trade offices established by U.S. states would also be consistent with the U.S. Constitution. See also Schaefer, Matthew, Constraints on State-Level Foreign Policy: (Re)Justifying, Refining, and Distinguishing the Dormant Foreign Affairs Doctrine, 41 Seton Hall L. Rev. 201, 254-59 (2011)Google Scholar.

10 Zschemig v. Miller, 389 U.S 429, 433 (1968).

11 See Schaefer, supra note 9, at 248-54 & 313-14; see also Schaefer, Matthew, Conscientious State Legislators and the Cultures of Compliance and Liberalization Relating to International Trade Agreements, 95 ASIL Proc. 52 (2001)Google Scholar.

12 See Republic of Argentina v. Weltover, 504 U.S. 607 (1992).

13 See, e.g., 80 Op. Md. Att’y Gen. 48-52 (1985).

14 See Hollis, Duncan, Unpacking the Compact Clause, 88 Texas L. Rev. 741 (2010)Google Scholar; see also Swaine, Edward T., Negotiating Federalism: State Bargaining and the Dormant Treaty Power, 49 Duke L.J. 1127, 1224 (2000)CrossRefGoogle Scholar.

15 See Hollis, supra note 14, at 741-42.

16 See Schaefer, supra note 9, at 254-59.

17 See, e.g., Nsw Premier Leads China Trade Mission, Australia-China Connections (July 21, 2011):

New South Wales Premier, Barry O’Farrell . . . hopes his recent six-day trade delegation to Hong Kong and China, comprising some of the state’s most high-profile business people and academics across a range of sectors from mining and resources to education, demonstrates the importance his government is placing on the state’s biggest trading partner.