On December 12, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dismissed a constitutional challenge to the United States-Canada Free Trade Implementation Act of 1988 and the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act of 1993. The petitioners in Coalition for Fair Lumber Imports v. United States had argued that the agreements’ binational panel review provisions violated the Due Process Clause, the Appointments Clause, Article III, and other provisions of the U.S. Constitution. The D.C. Circuit found that it lacked jurisdiction over the claim. The full opinion is available here.
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