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Essential Supplies and Services - Procurement Relief for Extreme Urgency

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At the end of 2018, the government tried to rely upon this exception to award contracts to ferry operators for the provision of additional freight capacity between the UK and continental Europe in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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United States: Any Port in a Storm: USTR to Investigate Chinese Shipbuilding Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

Indeed, the invocation of Section 301 in 2017 and 2018 resulted in widespread duties on Chinese goods, which remain in effect today.

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An In-Depth Examination of Inflation Relief for a Government Contractor

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Nonetheless, from 2013 to 2018, “[y]ear-over-year [wage] growth has mostly ranged between 2% and 3%[.]” [8] So, with recent wage growth of 5.5%, wage growth has been accelerating. 162] And yes, the above list does mention an act of the Government in its contractual capacity, so that one item could be the basis of a compensable delay.

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Government Contracts Inflation Update

Procurement Notes

” [23] Data is also provided by occupational group (currently relying on the 2018 Standard Occupational Classification (“SOC”)), industry group (currently relying on the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (“NAICS”)), geographical census division (there are nine (e.g., increase in wages/salary, and a 4.8% Canada, U.K,