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Vodafone Arbitration Victory a Reminder to Consider Political Risk
In a recent, little-publicized international arbitration decision, an intergovernmental dispute resolution body ruled on September 20, 2020 that Netherlands-based Vodafone was not liable for an estimated $2.2 billion tax bill demanded by the Government of India and...
Upcoming LVMH, Tiffany & Co. Legal Battle Shines a Light on Political Risk
LVMH Legal Case A dispute between luxury goods brands Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH) and Tiffany & Co. (Tiffany) highlights the continued political volatility of the global economy as companies and their home countries try to recover from the coronavirus...
Pandemic Invokes Force Majeure
In mid-February, during the height of the Coronavirus crisis in China, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT), a state-run organization, reported that it had issued over 1,600 “force majeure” certificates, in an effort to protect Chinese...
Reshaping Global Trade
The rapid and continuing spread of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) continues to have a significant social impact as well as a profound hit to the global economy. At the time of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, the...
Is Global Trade in Quarantine?
The outbreak and spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has stoked global fear of a pandemic. Disruptions to business in China and other affected countries are rising as are worldwide disruptions to travel and trade as countries scramble to put safeguards in...
Officially Launched: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Launches The end-of-the-year appropriations deal struck by Congress and the Trump Administration brought a number of policy changes offering significant opportunities for U.S. export and investment growth overseas. A...
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Is Global Trade in Quarantine?
The outbreak and spread of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has stoked global fear of a pandemic. Disruptions to business in China and other affected countries are rising as are worldwide disruptions to travel and trade as countries scramble to put safeguards in...
Officially Launched: U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
U.S. International Development Finance Corporation Launches The end-of-the-year appropriations deal struck by Congress and the Trump Administration brought a number of policy changes offering significant opportunities for U.S. export and investment growth overseas. A...
EXIM Reauthorized Through 2026
Legislation passed just before the end of 2019 has reauthorized the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) for a seven-year period, until December 31, 2026, the longest authorization in the institution’s history. EXIM reauthorization was part of the nearly $1.4 trillion federal appropriations package passed by Congress and signed by President Trump on December 20, 2019.
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