On November 13, 2008, the Government of Canada and the Government of China signed a memorandum of understanding on financial services , which resolves some or all of the issues at the heart of a WTO case. The Memorandum of...
On June 23, 2008, the European Union lifted sanctions against Cuba. Spain's Prime Minister played a key in persuading the European Union to lift diplomatic sanctions against Cuba. EU External Relations Commissioner...
On October 17, 2008, during the Canada-EU summit in Quebec City, Quebec, Prime Minister Harper and President Nicholas Sarkozy of France confirmed that Canada and the EU would start to explore a free trade agreement (or possibly...
On October 15, 2008, the European Union signed an economic partnership agreement with the Cariforum Group of Nations (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana,...
The true story is probably yet to be reported and possibly the movie will follow. On October 17, 2008, the Canadian National Post newspaper printed an article about a Canadian - Iranian citizen who was arrested in...
October 14, 2008, Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper published an editorial written by the Honourable Roy McLaren (who is a former Canadian Minister of International Trade). The Article can be retrieved at the following link -...
On September 18, 2008, Canada’s Globe & Mail newspaper reported that Canada and Europe may start to negotiate a free trade agreement. The rumour is that Canadian and European officials will start on October 17, 2008 93...
On July 28, 2008, the Munich Court handed Reinhardt Siekaczek, a senior official at Siemens, a suspended jail sentence after convicting him of 49 counts of being a party to misappropriation of corporate funds. He was...
The United States, Japan and Taiwan have filed requests for WTO consultations with the European Communities (EC) and its member States regarding the imposition of customs duties on flat panel displays, set-top boxes (STBs) with...
In July 2008, the U.K. Export Control Organisation updated its Guidance on Compliance Visits. This is a useful document for Canadian export controls compliance officers and specialists because the Export and Import Controls...
China Environmental Law Blog has posted an article entitled "Big Cars Face Big Tax: Fat Cats Unfazed";
China has announced a higher tax on large cars. China said yesterday it would raise taxes on large passenger vehicles...
Andrew Wigston, a solicitor at Finers Stephens Innocent LLP has written a good article that may be found in the London Times online - business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article4513580.ece
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Canada's Financial Post (part of the National Post newspaper) is reporting today that "The United States is ready to clash with the British government over the $300-million U. S. aid program for Bombardier Inc.'s Short aircraft...
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...
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...
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...
