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License to travel: how regulation is benefiting business abroad [Video]

Our Business Across Borders report series, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit, investigates the biggest issues facing global business. The first of five reports and video commentary, Licence to travel, examines the...more

Disputes in China: Watch Your Step

As cross-border business in China has exploded, so has the frequency of business disputes there. With both Western and Chinese firms wary of conducting litigation on the other’s home turf, parties can often agree on...more

CFTC Issues Final Order on Cross-Border Swaps

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has issued a final exemptive order regarding the cross-border application of certain swaps provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Pursuant to the...more

European Commission Publishes 2013 Action Plan on Key Changes to European Company Law and Corporate Governance

The European Commission has published an Action Plan (the Plan) on European company law and corporate governance for 2013. The Plan sets out 16 different priority actions to be taken by the Commission, including proposed...more