Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Companies importing goods into the EU should be aware of a recent uptick in investigations into alleged circumvention of EU anti-dumping and/or anti-subsidy duties, and, in particular, the implications of such investigations under customs law. Such a finding has far-reaching consequences.

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Import and Trade Remedies

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On 7 December 2023, the government announced a package of customs simplification measures to simplify export and import processes for traders. The government is likely to explore improving the scope of eligibility criteria, conditions of use, and timing requirements across the board or in respect of specific sectors.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 7, 2024

In 2023, the United States courts expanded the role of international arbitration under existing law and wrestled with the application of new arbitration law and fact patterns. 2023) and Yegiazaryan v. 2023) , which harmonized U.S. Chongqing SENCI Import & Export Trade Co., Bielski , No. 22-105 (U.S.

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Import and Trade Remedies

JULY 1, 2024

In 2023, the EU applied anti-dumping or anti-subsidy duties (together “AD/AS duties”) on imports of 141 products from 20 countries. The EU regularly extends these duties to imports of these products from other countries to counter circumvention. Therefore, stainless steel originating in, say, the U.S.

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Kluwer Arbitration

MAY 2, 2024

Supreme Court of Chile, 71.508-2022, 05 October 2023 Laura Aguilera Villalobos, Centro de Arbitraje y Mediación de la Cámara de Comercio de Santiago (CAM Santiago), ITA Reporter for Chile The Supreme Court of Chile grants exequatur, recognizing and authorizing the enforcement of a foreign arbitration award from France, based on Law No.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Next to the CBAM implementing regulation adopted by the European Commission on 17 August 2023 regarding the reporting rules applicable during the transitional phase of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) (please find a previous alert by our team here ), the European Commission released a set of new CBAM documents in October.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JANUARY 16, 2024

18/14721, 10 January 2023 Nataliya Barysheva and Valentine Chessa, MGC Arbitration, ITA Reporters for France In the Moldova v. Société Stileks Scientific and Production Firm LLC, intervenante volontaire à titre principal pour la Société Komstroy, Court of Appeal of Paris, RG No. Alstom Transport et Société Alstom Network UK Ltd v.

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Import and Trade Remedies

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

114-125 ) to increase the de minimis threshold for imports into the United States from $200 to $800, far exceeding similar thresholds in other countries globally. 10.151), imports that qualify for Section 321 treatment are entered under informal entry procedures, which do not require a U.S. e-commerce imports in fiscal year 2022.

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ivalua

JANUARY 8, 2023

The German Supply Chain Act, or Lieferkettengesetz, is a new piece of legislation that came into effect January 2023 with an extended remit from January 1, 2024. Export and import of certain hazardous wastes. What Lieferkettengesetz Means for Procurement? By Jan-Hendrik Sohn. Fines of up to €8 million .

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BLP

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

He joined the BLP team in 2023 as an associate, after having worked for more than 5 years in Public Administration Institutions of Honduras. During his career he has also advised multiple companies in commercial transactions such as company incorporation, mergers, local and international acquisitions, and commercial litigation.

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Kluwer Arbitration

AUGUST 21, 2024

In April 2024, a law passed by the Investment Authority opened the import, wholesale, retail and export (of raw coffee, khat, oilseeds, pulses, hides and skins, forest products, poultry and livestock bought from the local market) sectors to foreign investments. This is a significant leap towards an arbitration-friendly environment.

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Import and Trade Remedies

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

In brief The new EU Deforestation Regulation (2023/1115/EU) will impose due diligence obligations from 30 December 2024 aimed at tackling deforestation and forest degradation. Fines can also be issued, with the maximum fine corresponding to at least 4% of total annual turnover in the EU.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JUNE 23, 2024

For capital-exporting economies, it offers a means to ease some of developing countries’ concerns about ISDS – and in this way, to shore up a dispute settlement system the perceived legitimacy of which is under growing pressure. One is that, as donor countries may also be major capital exporters, there is potential for conflicts of interest.

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Import and Trade Remedies

AUGUST 30, 2023

One such meeting, scheduled to take place on 25-26 September 2023 (“ September meeting “), will consider the interaction between trade and state intervention in the economy. extra import duties) aim to offset the benefits of subsidies to beneficiaries that export subsidized products. to its hydrogen industry.

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Kluwer Arbitration

APRIL 15, 2024

Underscoring this urgency, the 28 th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (also known as the “Paris Agreement”) (“ COP 28 “), held in Dubai in November 2023, called for ambitious goals. This presents a significant export opportunity for African nations.

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Kluwer Arbitration

JULY 1, 2024

Galindez discussed the increase of ICC arbitrations with Mexican parties in 2023 (the number one position in Latin America was previously held by Brazil for almost 10 years), due to the economic and social crisis that Mexico has faced in recent years, which has led to many disputes.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

JANUARY 2, 2024

Just as 2023 came to a close, on December 26, 2023, the Department of Defense (“DoD”) published the much-anticipated Proposed Rule for the DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (“CMMC”) program (the “Proposed Rule”). Well, the wait is over. It has been just over two years since “CMMC 2.0” What is the CMMC, Again?

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GovCon & Trade

OCTOBER 5, 2023

On a day-to-day basis, restrictions arise most commonly in the context of export controls and economic sanctions. Ultimately, CFIUS exists to identify and address national security risks that cannot be ameliorated through another legal regime such as export controls or Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence (FOCI) mitigation.

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Import and Trade Remedies

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

The UK government published an evaluation report for the six pilot initiatives on an ‘Ecosystem of Trust’ (“ EoT ”) on 29 August 2023, which was first set out in the government’s 2025 UK Border strategy. Authorised Economic Operator ) to provide a more frictionless import/export process.

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Government Contracts & Investigations

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

In stark contrast to fast-moving sanctions and export controls, we rarely see updates to the antiboycott regulations or enforcement strategies. As of July 26, 2023, BIS also requires companies to report the specific party who made the prohibited antiboycott request. companies in boycott-related activities.

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 5, 2024

27] “He noted that in early 2023 this model suggested only a 12% chance of a recession[.]” [28] Other Negative Indicators On top of the foregoing, some negative indicators are sprouting. For consumers, “[c]redit card delinquencies surged more than 50% in 2023 as total consumer debt swelled to $17.5 billion from $11.2 billion.” [37]

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The Coalition for Government Procurement

JANUARY 4, 2024

Potential Changes to FSS EPA Clauses As you know, one of the Coalition’s priorities in 2022 and 2023 was to increase flexibility in the application of Economic Price Adjustments (EPAs) in the Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program during a time of historic inflation. The NDAA was signed into law on December 22, 2023. Wolff, Michael G.

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Inter-American Development Bank

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

In Latin America and the Caribbean, Haiti has taken an important step to bolster its domestic treasury bond in September 2022, after the government announced a Treasury Bond Market Expansion Program. percent of Haiti’s GDP for 2023, up from only 0.04 percent of GDP in 2023 from 2.9 of GDP from 0.3% Total bonds accounted for 0.1

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Procurement Notes

MARCH 16, 2023

1] The latest CPI-U numbers, which BLS published in its March 14, 2023 summary, stated that “[o]ver the last 12 months, the all items index increased 6.0 5] CPI-U Month Increase/Decrease Over Previous 12 Months February 2023 +6.0% January 2023 +6.4% 5] CPI-U Month Increase/Decrease Over Previous 12 Months February 2023 +6.0%

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AWS Public Sector

AUGUST 22, 2024

Using the AWS Canada West (Calgary) Region, launched in December 2023, as a disaster recovery Region for the AWS Canada (Central) Region production workloads, with a geographic distance of 3,000 kilometers across different environmental risk profiles, is now recommended for enhanced resilience.

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