Underground Economies and Illegal Imports

Donald deKieffer is a graduate of the University of Colorado (BA, 1968) and Georgetown University Law School (JD, 1971). He has served on the staff of the U.S. Senate, and as General Counsel to the United States Trade Representative, Executive Office of the President. In private practice, Mr. deKieffer has represented more than 60 Fortune 500 companies on international trade policy, with an emphasis on compliance with regulatory schemes, both in the U.S. and abroad. A major part of Mr. deKieffer's practice involves counseling clients on methods for addressing external threats to international supply chains. He travels and lectures at venues around the world and serves as adjunct professor at several universities. Mr. deKieffer resides in McLean, VA.

Chapter 1: The Twilight between Gray and Black ; Chapter 2: What's Gray? ; Chapter 3: Government Trade Controls ; Chapter 4: Incentives for the Gray Market ; Chapter 5: Acquiring the merchandise ; Chapter 6: The Gray market Bazaar ; Chapter 7: The invisible souk ; Chapter 8: Strategy ; Chapter 9: Tactics ; Chapter 10: The special case of pharmaceuticals ; Chapter 11: Where Is the Gray Market? ; Chapter 12: Investigating the Gray Market ; Chapter 13: Practical Responses to the Gray Market ; Chapter 14: Legal Responses to gray marketing ; Chapter 15: Civil Actions against counterfeiters ; Chapter 16: Civil actions against diverters ; Chapter 17: Enforcement