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Pre-Election Analysis: International Trade

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As the 2024 US general election approaches, international trade has emerged as a pivotal issue, with presidential candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump navigating a complex web of global...more

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[Webinar] 2024 International Trade and National Security Outlook: Policies and Cases to Watch - February 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm...

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We anticipate that 2024 will be another extremely important year for international trade and national security law and policy. The Biden Administration and Congress will continue to debate trade legislation and policy...more

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[Webinar] The 2023 Trade Agenda and Congress - What You Need to Know - February 8th, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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2023 is expected to be a tumultuous year for trade in the advent of a new Congress and series of trade policy measures that were implemented in 2022. What will the 2023 trade agenda and playing field look like coming from the...more

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Boiling Point: Sino-U.S. Relations at Risk of Further Deterioration as the United States Announces Formal Trade Talks with Taiwan

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​​​​​​​When U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a historic visit to the Republic of China (Taiwan) on August 2, 2022, the world watched with bated breath. The visit, which was the first time in over two...more

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Digital Trade: Key Trends and Developments to Watch

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Wiley partner Tim Brightbill and consulting counsel Jackie Ruff sit down to discuss all things digital trade, from its definition to the overarching themes in the current regulatory space. With the digital economy now...more

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UK-Mexico Free Trade Agreement, Negotiations Formally Initiated to Finalize it Within Two Years

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On May 20, 2022 the Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Tatiana Clouthier, and the Secretary of State for the Department for International Trade of the United Kingdom, Anne-Marie Trevelyan formally initiated negotiations towards...more

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Indonesia in Focus Newsletter - September 2021

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Construction begins on Southeast Asia's largest floating solar power plant in Indonesia - In early August 2021, plant developer PT PJB Masdar Solar Energi (PMSE) announced that it had reached financial closing for the 145...more

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Financial Daily Dose 12.14.2020 | Top Story: AstraZeneca Acquires Alexion in $39 Billion Push into Immunology

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Drugmaker AstraZeneca agreed on Saturday to buy biopharma company Alexion for $39 billion in cash and stock. In the deal—the “biggest by a health care company this year”—will help AstraZeneca expand into the immunology...more

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Implementing China’s New Foreign Investment Law

This series of alerts focuses on practical issues relating to China’s new Foreign Investment Law, which came into effect at the beginning of 2020. A single new law now encompasses the three business forms that foreign...more

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Growing Importance of Environmental, Social and Governance Provisions in Trade Agreements

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Environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) issues have always played a role in trade agreement negotiations. Now, climate change initiatives as well as racial and ethnic diversity movements such as the Black Lives Matter...more

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UK maritime authorities increase defenses ahead of its departure from the EU

CEP Magazine (April 2020) In the lead up to the United Kingdom’s complete break from the EU at the end of 2020, its maritime authorities, such as the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and the Marine...more

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Trump Administration Issues New Retaliatory Measures Against EU – and Threatens More

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There have been several recent developments in trade disputes involving the Trump Administration and the European Union (EU), including an increase by the U.S. Trade Representative in tariffs on new Airbus aircraft and...more

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T-TIP negotiations stumble forward as US calls for EU to approve imports of ‘chlorinated chicken’

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 3 (February 6, 2020)  - The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) has been deemed dead in the water several times since negotiations began more than five years ago...more

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US and France reach agreement on digital tax

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 3 (February 6, 2020)  - France has agreed to suspend collection of the Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon, or “GAFA” digital tax until the end of the year, allowing for a period of...more

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Phase one trade deal offers little certainty

Report on Supply Chain Compliance 3, no. 3 (February 6, 2020)  - The United States and China settled on a phase one agreement on trade that could cool down the trade war that has caused so much disruption to international...more

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The UK Has Left the EU but Northern Ireland Has Stayed, More Or Less

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The UK will be out of the EU - The UK left the EU on 31 January. There will be a transition period during which the UK will be bound by EU law but will not have a vote or be part of EU decision-making. The transition is...more

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US Removes COSCO Shipping Arm from OFAC Sanctions List

On January 31, 2020, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) of the US Department of the Treasury removed sanctions on COSCO Shipping Tanker (Dalian). The delisting may have resulted from US-Chinese...more

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Brexit and the United States

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In 2018, the United States was the UK’s largest single trading partner, with exports and imports worth £190.5 billion (roughly $247 billion) – a figure equal to 14.7 percent of the UK’s total trade. Thus, businesses active in...more

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31 January 2020: Into the Unknown

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Parliament has now passed the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act (“the Act”). The Queen gave her Royal Assent to the legislation last week and the Prime Minister immediately signed the Withdrawal Agreement. ...more

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Brexit is upon us (well, almost)

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Now that the political rollercoaster of the past 3 years over Brexit has drawn to a close with the UK electorate falling firmly behind Boris Johnson and a Conservative Party determined to leave the European Union (EU) with no...more

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Brexit: Prospects for EU-UK Trade Negotiations

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Now that the UK Government has a majority in Parliament to pass the EU (Withdrawal) Act before its invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty of European Union expires on 31 January 2020, the threat of the UK leaving the EU...more

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U.S.-China Phase One Trade Deal: A Recap

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After months of anticipation, President Donald Trump signed an interim “Phase One” trade agreement (“the Agreement”) with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He at the White House on January 15, 2020. Under the Agreement reached after...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.17.2020 | Top Story: Senate Passes USMCA by Wide Margin to Update NAFTA

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While there’s plenty of other business afoot in D.C. these days, it also happens to have been a pretty big week for trade deals. A day after Phase One with China was inked, the Senate overwhelmingly approved a revised...more

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United States and China Sign "Phase One" Trade Agreement; USTR Implements Tariff Reduction for "List 4A" Goods

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On January 15, 2020, President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed "Phase One" of an Economic and Trade Agreement between the United States and China. The Phase One Agreement, which the two sides announced in...more

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U.S. and China Sign Phase 1 Trade Deal – A Large Purchase Agreement, While Tariffs Remain in Place

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On January 15, 2020, U.S. President Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He signed a Phase 1 trade deal between the countries. The agreement includes a pledge from China to increase its imports of U.S. goods and services by...more

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