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Bennett Jones LLP
The Canada Border Services Agency is proposing to fundamentally change Canadian customs valuation rules in draft amendments to the Valuation for Duty Regulations, (SOR/86-792) published on May 27, 2023.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Canada's new modern slavery legislation has passed, broadening the existing import ban on goods produced using forced labour entering Canada and imposing a new reporting obligation for thousands of Canadian businesses.
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
After numerous false starts, Canada's Parliament on May 3, passed a human rights and supply chain transparency law, formerly Bill S-211, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour...
Miller Thomson LLP
Canadian export controls are set out in several Acts, regulations, and policies. A central piece of Canadian legislation is the Export and Permits Act (the "EIPA").
Cayman Islands
Conyers
On 14 April 2023, the Governor of the Cayman Islands issued a general licence for the payment of legal fees.
European Union
Steptoe & Johnson
On May 22, 2023, the Department for Business and Trade's Export Control Joint Unit published new guidance on trade sanctions circumvention under the UK's Russia sanctions regime...
Loyens & Loeff
On 17 May 2023, the European Commission published the proposal for an ambitious and comprehensive reform of the EU Customs Union.
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
The European Union has adopted the new EU Deforestation Regulation, whereby applicable companies must implement a rigorous due diligence process to ensure that certain products...
Barnes, Richardson & Colburn
As anyone who imports into the European Union ("EU") knows, each member country maintains its own customs administration, customs interface, and information technology infrastructure.
Ghana
Acheampong & Associates
Manufacturing accounts for around 92 per cent of Ghana's industrial enterprises. Manufacturing activities are generally regulated by the Ministry of Trade and Industry...
Acheampong & Associates
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is the agreement that established the African Free Trade Area, which aims at bringing African countries together to trade...
India
Luthra and Luthra Law Offices India
It is a remarkable fact that the American Journal of International Law was founded by a group of publicists who believed that international law could abolish or at least substantially diminish ...
Metalegal Advocates
Recent times have seen several huge business houses shut down their merchanting trade verticals owing to regulatory, tax, and legal pressures.
Metalegal Advocates
The trend of undervaluing imported goods, for the purpose of evading customs duty or for other ulterior purposes, has been on a constant rise.
S&A Law Offices
After witnessing numerous extensions from time to time over the past few years, finally, the long awaited new Foreign Trade Policy 2023, based on principles of ‘Trust' and ‘Partnership' with exporters, with the aim to take India's exports to two (2) trillion dollars by 2030, was unveiled on April 01, 2023.
Nigeria
Pavestones Legal
Dangote recently inaugurated its refinery in Lagos, and following this, the attention of many Nigerians was drawn to the operation of the Free Trade Zones in Nigeria.
Russian Federation
Jones Day
This regular alert covers key regulatory developments related to EU emergency responses, including in particular, to COVID-19, Russia's war of aggression on against Ukraine...
UK
International Economics Consulting Ltd.
The CPTPP is a mega trade deal signed in 2018 by Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Viet Nam.
Herbert Smith Freehills
In this post, we summarise recent developments regarding the UK sanctions imposed on Russia. On 19 May, the UK announced the addition of 86 further entries to its asset freeze list.
Herdem Attorneys at Law
The G7 Leaders' Statement on Ukraine, issued on May 19, 2023, the leaders expressed their condemnation of Russia's aggression against Ukraine and reaffirmed their commitment to stand together against it.
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