“Commercial Awareness Is Global.”
By: Ainsley Brown There is nothing new with European Commission having to balance competing constituents – both market and geographic. The case remains the same with the anti-dumping duties put in place in 2006 to protect EU shoe manufacturers from cheaper Chinese and Vietnamese imports. The EU will decide tomorrow if it will continue or end the duties on the cheaper Chinese and Vietnamese
By: Ainsley Brown Canadian exports made a sharp jump in September, according to Statistics Canada, cutting the trade deficit in half. The 3.5% upswing is a good sign of the continued recovery in the Canadian economy. Related Posts:Canada, A Third Party In WTO Panel On Chinese Raw Materials Export RestrictionsRussian Central Bank Buys Canadian DollarsResearch In Motion Faces Potential US
By: Ainsley Brown Is the aid given to Airbus by the governments of Germany, the UK and France in violation of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) subsidies agreement? The answer to this question is expected to be known by the parties today when the WTO is expected to hand down its confidential ruling to the parties. Confidential rulings are part
By: Ainsley Brown This is part of the Middle Passage Law Series on Law is Cool. Why am I wearing all black today? Am I in mourning? No, not exactly. Then why? Well it is August 1: Emancipation Day. I am wearing black today not to so much mourn but to remember. To remember that it was today 175 years
By: Ainsley Brown Anti-dumping investigations rose by more than 25% in 2008 over the previous year, says the World Trade Organization (WTO). The 2008 numbers, 208 in total, are to be contrasted with the peak of 366 in 2001 and the eleven year low of 2007 of only 163. It will be interesting to see what the numbers will be
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. The German Federal Council (Deutscher Bundesrat) does not like the European Private Company (EPC). With resolution of Oktober 10, 2008 the Federal Council criticises the conditions for the EPC, set out in the proposal for a “Regulation regarding the European Private Company Statute” by the European Commission of June 2008. The Federal Council has two main issues
By: Carsten Lexa, LL.M. In the European Union, each of the 27 Member States provides regulation for different types of companies. Because of this diversity it is becoming increasingly difficult to know all the differences between the different types. Especially because the European Court of Justice has allowed the utilization of companies set up in one of the Member States
The Summit of the Americas will begain today. The meeting, being held in Trinidad and Tobago, is being held under the theme of: Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity. Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability. On a side note: Canadian PM Harper plans to immediately after the summit will be in Jamaica for a 2 day visit from April
BY: Ainsley Brown The Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) or as it is now known, CARICOM Single Market and Economy is moving towards greater harmonization. The Single Markets’ members have either completed or are in the process of having their laws and administrative practices and procedures reviewed in order to facilitate the objectives of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.
By: Ainsley Brown Will Buy American achieve its stated goals, and that is to stimulate the American economy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act? Ask a Canadian? Oh that’s me. The latest reports indicate that the Buy American clause in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is currently under review. It may even be dropped from the bill. Ask