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Mind The Gap: accepts of reject? Leaving the EU after 46 years of marriage,will be no simple task. There are economic, trade, social, internal UK political implications that will have ramifications for the UK, the EU and the world for years to come.
The BBC has done nice graphic of the steps the UK will have to take under Article 50.
The proposed legislation is clearly linked to the massive data security breach at Sony. Or better put Sony’s very slow response in announcing that its over 70 million PlayStation users personal data was placed in danger as a result of hacking.
Telecommunication can play a large part in intellectual property, and the European Union has given an acknowledgement of this today. It has announced it will be looking at the online data traffic management practices of telecommunications operators. Information provided suggests that the investigation will focus on what information telecommunications operators give consumers about the way they manage internet traffic:“traffic management”.
By: Ainsley Brown Hedge Funds, a business synonymous with offshore and often tropical locals is witnessing a surprising trend in the European Union (EU). Are you ready for this? Ok, one word: onshoring. With the passage of the controversial EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive last year, many a fund have abandoned offshore locations such as the British Virgin Islands,… Continue reading "Ireland Now EU Top Hedge Fund Domicile"
By: Ainsley Brown The trade skirmish that has erupted between China and the European Union over shoe tariffs has been one that I have being following very closely here on Commercial Law international. And, yes you guessed it, each side continues to exchange salvoes; the latest being China moving from the consultative stage of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) dispute… Continue reading "China Request WTO Panel On EU Shoe Tariff"
By: Ainsley Brown The European Union (EU) and Vietnam have now officially stated free trade talks after Karel De Gucht, the EU Trade Commissioner, met with the Vietnamese Prime Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi. The talks come after the successful conclusion of the 2 year in the making deal signed with South Korea in October of last year. This… Continue reading "EU and Vietnam Open Formal Trade Talks"
By: Ainsley Brown In move that comes as no surprise, China has launched an official complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the European Union (EU) duties on imported Chinese shoes. And I saw this one coming a mile away; see my previous post on this issue. The duties were imposed in December of last year for a 15 month… Continue reading "EU Shoe Tariff Results In Chinese WTO Complaint"
By: Ainsley Brown Canada now joins a score of other nations, including Brazil, Japan, Norway, India and Turkey, as third parties in a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel on China’s export restrictions on certain raw materials. A WTO panel is the third step established under the Dispute Resolution Understanding (DSU) – the DSU being the lynchpin that transformed the General… Continue reading "Canada, A Third Party In WTO Panel On Chinese Raw Materials Export Restrictions"