American-Japanese Direct Foreign Investment Relationships, 1930–1952

1982 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mira Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Multinational Enterprise ◽  
Direct Foreign Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
History Of

One of the leading experts on the history of multinational enterprise, Mira Wilkins here sets forth the history of American multinational investment in Japan and Japanese multinational investment in the United States during two crucial decades. The tumultuous years from 1930 to 1952 forced these companies to deal with the vastly different challenges of depression, war, and peace. Professor Wilkins explains how they adapted to their changing environment. She also provides noteworthy support for the view that cross-investment was not symmetrical.

scholarly journals The Secret Life of Statutes: A Century of the Trading with the Enemy Act

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin A. Coates
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
The United States ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
American Power ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Law ◽  
National Emergency ◽  
American State

In 1917 Congress passed the Trading with the Enemy Act to prevent trade with Germany and the Central Powers. It was a wartime law designed for wartime conditions but one that, over the course of the following century, took on a secret, surprising life of its own. Eventually it became the basis for a project of worldwide economic sanctions applied by the United States at the discretion of the president during times of both war and peace. This article traces the history of the law in order to explore how the expansion of American power in the twentieth century required a transformation of the American state and the extensive use of executive powers justified by repeated declarations of national emergency.

Mythologies Without End

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Slater
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
World War I ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early Years ◽  
War And Peace ◽  
World War ◽  
History Of ◽  
Entire History ◽  
Historical Truth ◽  
The Cold War

Every nation has narratives or stories it tells itself about its history but which typically contain factually false or misleading mythologies that often result in devastating consequences for itself and for others. In the case of Israel and its indispensable ally, the United States, the central mythology is “the Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” as the Israeli diplomat Abba Eban famously said in a 1973 statement that has been widely quoted ever since. However, the historical truth is very nearly the converse: it is Israel and the United States that have repeatedly lost or deliberately dismissed many opportunities to reach fair compromise settlements of the Arab-Israeli and Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. The book reexamines the entire history of the conflict from its onset at the end of World War I through today. Part I begins with a reconsideration of Zionism and then examines the origins and early years of the Arab-Israeli state conflict. One chapter is devoted to the question of what accounts for the nearly unconditional US support of Israel throughout the entire conflict. Part II focuses on war and peace in the Arab-Israeli state conflict from 1948 through today, arguing that all the major wars—in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973—could and should have been avoided. This section also includes an examination of the Cold War and its impact on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Part III covers the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from 1917 through today, and examines the prospects for a two-state or other settlement of the conflict.

The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 694
Author(s):  
Vincent P. Carosso ◽  
Mira Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of

The History of Foreign Investment in the United States to 1914.

1990 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 706
Author(s):  
W. Elliot Brownlee ◽  
Mira Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Legislation on direct foreign investment in the Russian Federation and the United States: comparative-legal analysis

2020 ◽  
pp. 61-73
Author(s):  
Yuliya Mikhailovna Kudryashova
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Direct Foreign Investment ◽  
The United States ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Foreign Investments ◽  
Investment Activity ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article analyzes the investment legislation of the Russian Federation and the United States. The subject of this research is the specific normative legal acts regulating direct foreign investments in the indicated countries, while the object is the relations emerging in the process of foreign investment activity.  The author provides the examples of various factors in the area of foreign investment for the purpose of their comparison and determination of specificity of their practical implementation. The reference to doctrinal sources allowed to clearer explain the author’s position of the topic. The scientific novelty and relevance of this work are substantiated by examination of investment activity, which greatly impacts the economy of modern countries. The author’s special contribution lies in studying the experience of U. S. legislation with regards to direct foreign investments. The main conclusion consists in the fact that both jurisdictions have a well-developed mechanism for regulating investment relations, as well as both countries feature a number of restrictions that can face a foreign investor. The need for improvement of Russian legislation is underlined. The acquired results can be used in legislative and expert activity, as well as in further theoretical-legal research.

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