Title VII and the FCN Treaty: The Exemption of Japanese Branch Operations from Employment Discrimination Laws
Year: 1984
Type: article
Abstract: The United States and Japan concluded the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation,1 (FCN Treaty) to regulate the day-ta-day relationship between private parties within the two countries.2 In general, the FCN Treaty permits citizens and companies of either country to conduct business within the other country just as that country's own citizens and companies could.3 Companies of either party are permitted to engage in a wide variety of enterprises on a reciprocal basis and to organize those enterprises as either branches or subsidiaries.4 The FCN Treaty thus grants Japanese companies broad rights when operating within the United States.1. Apr. 2, 1953, United States-jiipan, 4 U.S.T. 2063, T .I.A.S. No. 2863 [hereinafter cited as japanese FCN Treatyj.2. Walker, Modern Treaties of FriendshiP, Commerce and Navigatilm, 42 MINN.L. REv.805, 805 (1958).The United States has concluded Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation (FCN) Treaties of a similar type with the following countries: Kingdom of Belgium, Feb.
Source: bepress Legal Repository
Author: Judith Miller
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1567435634