International Law

The UK's OFSI has announced a £5,000 monetary penalty imposed on Svarog Shipping & Trading Company Limited.

As the presidential transition began in January 2025, President Biden promulgated a new National Security Memorandum (NSM) on missile technology exports to advance "the President's goals of strengthening allied defense capabilities, bolstering the U.S. defense industrial base, streamlining defense trade, and deterring adversaries."

On May 7, the Trump administration announced plans to rescind a Biden-era AI chip export control rule and replace it with a new rule.

The Romanian State scored a major arbitration victory before the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) within the World Bank in Washington. Noble Ventures, Inc. submitted its claim under the bilateral investment treaty between the United States and Romania to arbitration under the ICSID Convention in August 2001. Noble Ventures` claimed as much as USD 353 million in damages from Romania, challenging Romania’s treatment of Noble Ventures and its investment in Combin

The United States is currently party to 48 Bilateral Investment Treaties, including seven that have been signed but not yet ratified.

Increasingly, contracting parties are including an express duty of "good faith" in their contracts.

Article 10 (1) of the European Convention, reflecting the Universal Declaration of Human rights proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 10th December 1948, states: Everyone has the right to freedom of expression

Soon after completion of the negotiations the Report of the Working Party on Russia's accession to the WTO became available in English and in Russian.

In December of last year, the Court of Justice of the EU ("CJEU") handed down its ruling in the joined cases of Philips (C446/09) and Nokia (C495/09).

Most agricultural trade to and from the U.S. is regulated by the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which allows for common agricultural commodities like grains, fruits, vegetables, beef and pork to move across the border tariff-free.

While we have written about a number of anti-dumping and subsidy investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency ("CBSA") where Anti-Dumping Duties and/or Countervailing Duties (ADD/CVD)...

Some importers are finding, to their surprise, that the Trump Administration's 25% tariffs on aluminum and steel create an exemption from the 125% tariffs on Chinese goods.