Contributing Lawyers

Canada

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Michael Flavell
Geoff Kubrick

United States

Susan Kohn Ross

India

China

Thailand

Apisith John Southam

Korea

Guest Post on Auto Lemon Laws

When Car Troubles Become Lemon Troubles

By Sergei Lemberg

 

There are few things more frustrating in life than not having a car you can depend on. After all, you need your vehicle to get to work, to take the kids to school and...

SAARC Countries to Harmonize Customs Procedures and Documentation

The Asian Tribunal has reported that  the SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) countries will harmonize their customs procedures and documentation.  The SAARC countries include Bangladesh, Bhutan,...

India Concludes CEPA with South Korea

On September 26, 2008, India successfully concluded talks on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) involving free trade of goods and services with South Korea.  A Commerce Ministry source close to the...

What are the Best Judicial Systems in Asia?

One of this issues for Canadian companies doing business in Asia is the degree to which Canadian firms can trust foreign judicial systems.  This article refers to a report written by Political and Economic Risk Consultancy...

Follow Up on India Developments

Bunty has written to me from India and has said:

The Nuclear Suppliers Group met at Vienna last week and on Saturday at an extended meeting released a statement confirming the waiver in favour of India requested by the USA....

India's Nuclear Waiver Should Result in Business Opportunities

On September 6, 2008, the Nuclear Suppliers Group decided to revoke a 34 year old ban on nuclear-related trade with India and grant a waiver to allow nuclear trade with India by permitting a nuclear energy accord between India...

India and ASEAN Conclude FTA Negotiations

On August 28, 2008, India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) (Brunei Darussalem, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) concluded six years of negotiations...

Export Controls Are Obstacle to China and India Going Green

On August 26, 2008, Forbes.com posted an article entitled "China Faces Obstacles In Nuclear Energy".  Go to the follow ing link for the full...

India Customs is Seizing Corporate Jets

Domain-b.com has reported today that the Indian courts have upheld seizures of corporate aircraft by India Customs.  I am copying the article in full below for those who cannot read it at the following link -...

Are you goods subject to dumping duties?

If you are wondering whether goods coming to the U.S. are subject to antidumping duties, there is information available from the U.S. government which will help. See...

Exporter Caught - Just How Smart Was He?

Donald Hatch entered into a plea agreement for export violations involving night vision equipment. Why question his intelligence? Well, first the company's website os reported to state that all shipments are made as gifts and are...

Lack of Records Leads to Large Judgment

Purely Juice is a pomegranate juice manufacturer based in California. It was ordered to pay a $1.5 million judgment to a competitor for false and misleading claims. Claiming that its suppliers had given it faulty Certificates of...

India Said It Would Accept Special Abuse / Misuse Proposal Regarding Special Ag. Safeguard

It was reported today by Forbes online that  India's Trade Minister Nath had said India was willing to accept a proposal to a dispute settlement mechanism to prevent the misuse and abuse of the special agricultural safeguard...

Not Ready to Compromise: WTO July Talks End Without Convergence

The “Doha Round” of multilateral trade talks at the World Trade Organization lapsed back into limbo on July 29, 2008 as an informal meeting of Ministers did not end in the acceptance of the compromise "package of elements".

If...

Chemical inspections hold up containers in Canada

Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) changed is a program in which it tested containers for fumigant and solvent levels before allowing officers to enter them for inspection purposes. The program was originally put in place two...

Creative export restrictions

As countries such as Belarus, Burma, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam continue their efforts to restrict Internet access to their citizens,...