Digital Trade: Key Trends and Developments to Watch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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