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Asia Pacific: Vietnam to Propose Updates to Regulations On Civil Encryption Products

Import and Trade Remedies

58/2016/ND-CP and its amendments related to cyber information security, including the export/import of civil encryption products (referred to as the “Draft Decree”). Monetary Fines and Penalties: The maximum monetary fine is set at VND 200 million, which is four times the threshold in Decree No. 58/2016/ND-CP.

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Will U.S. Lawmakers Find Common Ground to Enact De Minimis Reform in 2024?

Import and Trade Remedies

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. It would maintain the $800 cap but apply lower thresholds with countries on the basis of reciprocity. This is similar to the legislation noted above sponsored by Rep.

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The Biden Administration Announces New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Imports and Solar Products

Import and Trade Remedies

Another potential change is an increase to the tariff-rate quota threshold. Commerce has also requested that certain exporters and producers submit information with respect to the quantity and value of their recent exports to the United States. The current deadline for these submissions is June 4, 2024.

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Efforts to Curtail the Global Race on Industrial Subsidies

Import and Trade Remedies

For example, the submission proposes that the current prohibition under Article 3(1)(b) of the SCM Agreement against conditioning access to subsidies on the satisfaction of local content requirements should not apply to developing country Members, provided that the use of domestic goods does not exceed a threshold to be agreed by Members.

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Fall 2023 Canadian Trade & Customs Outlook: Customs Compliance and Compliance with Prohibitions on Forced and Child Labour

Import and Trade Remedies

From May to August 2023, the Government passed into law novel supply chain transparency legislation and introduced amendments and legislative proposals that are impacting, or will impact, compliance with Canadian customs, export controls, and economic sanctions legislation.

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How to Effectively Deal with Climate Change Disputes? Proposals from the First Annual Conference of the Roma Tre-UNIDROIT Centre

Kluwer Arbitration

He concluded by recalling the economic analysis of law reading of tort law as a threshold to identify acceptable risks, which seems to make it a particularly suitable tool in the fight against climate change.

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The FY 2024 National Defense Authorization Act: Key Provisions Government Contractors Should Know

Government Contracts Legal Forum

This provision of the NDAA seems targeted at bridging the communication gap between the agencies by requiring that the parties to a proposed transaction over the HSR threshold provide a copy of their HSR filing directly to DoD. arms embargoed countries, by Australian or the UK persons; (4) the adoption of a U.S.