27 Dec
Brexit News, Member News

The Brexit Trade Agreement Is a Fair Deal

By EACCNY member Georges Ugeux | CEO at Galileo Global Advisors and Adjunct professor Columbia Law School. “The clock stopped ticking. Today is a day of relief,” E.U. negotiator Michel Barnier said at a news conference in Brussels. “But tinted by some sadness, as we compare what came before with what lies ahead.” First of all, let’s salute the achievement and its authors. The dramatic breakthrough of the Brexit Trade Agreement is avoiding complete chaos of the export and imports of goods...

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24 Dec
Brexit News, Chapter News

EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: A new relationship, with big changes – Overview of consequences and benefits

On 1 January 2021, the United Kingdom will leave the EU Single Market and Customs Union, and all EU policies. This was its choice. As a result, it will lose all the rights and benefits it had as an EU Member State, and will no longer be covered by the EU’s international agreements. This will bring far-reaching changes, affecting citizens, businesses, public administrations and stakeholders in both the EU and the UK. To limit the disruption insofar as possible,...

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21 Dec
Chapter News

Europe fit for the Digital Age: Commission proposes new rules for digital platforms

The Commission has proposed today an ambitious reform of the digital space, a comprehensive set of new rules for all digital services, including social media, online market places, and other online platforms that operate in the European Union: the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. European values are at the heart of both proposals. The new rules will better protect consumers and their fundamental rights online, and will lead to fairer and more open digital markets for everyone....

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18 Dec
Brexit News, Member News

Vulcan View The latest EU developments – December 18, 2020

Cautious optimism takes over in final negotiation weeks European citizens and businesses may find some additional gifts under their Christmas trees this year if all works out. Not only is the European Medicines Agency set to approve the first COVID-19 vaccine for Europe on Monday, but EU and UK negotiators may finally be close to agreeing the post-Brexit trade relationship. After months of growing pessimism on both sides of the English Channel over whether chief negotiators Michel Barnier and David...

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18 Dec
Brexit News, Chapter News

Speech by Michel Barnier in plenary session of the European Parliament Today

Madame President, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you for this new opportunity to take stock of this very long and extraordinary negotiation that I have the honor to lead on behalf of the Commission and on your behalf for more than four years now. Together, with your Parliament and the Council, we have already succeeded in enabling an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom, as it wished. It is for this withdrawal agreement that Maroš Šefčovič has just spoken of,...

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17 Dec
Member News

Stibbe | Gatecrashing gatekeepers? The EU’s digital reform is out

Christmas is a time for contemplation, and the proposals of the long-awaited Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act may give gatekeepers and other online intermediaries even more reason to be pensive this year. The proposals introduce more rules for them to abide by, while also providing greater safeguards to fair competition and online users. Even though it will likely be another year before the Acts become effective, online intermediaries may already wish to begin considering their internal processes and business policies...

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17 Dec
Member News

IPTI | Update on Property Tax Issues: December 2020

The EACC, in partnership with the International Property Tax Institute (IPTI), wants to keep its members up to date with the latest developments in property taxes in the USA and Europe. IPTI has put together a selection of brief reports from articles contained in IPTI Xtracts which can be found on its website (www.ipti.org). USA California: Prop. 13 Still the Third Rail? Not Exactly Proposition 13 is still the third rail of California politics,” crowed Jon Coupal in the headline of an...

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17 Dec
Member News

Houthoff | Arbitration: The 2021 ICC Rules

On 1 December 2020, the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (''ICC'') officially launched its revised Rules of Arbitration, which will enter into force in January 2021. This News Update provides a brief overview of the key changes made in these new rules. Strengthening the integrity of ICC arbitrations The 2021 ICC Rules aim to improve the integrity of the proceedings. Article 11(7), for example, introduces a requirement for the parties to disclose the existence and identity of...

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17 Dec
COVID-19 News, Member News, New York Related News

RPJ | Covid-19 Regulations: Where We Are and Where We Are Headed

Introduction The rollercoaster ride of 2020 has sure had its ups and downs, and 2021 is destined to continue this trend with regulatory action expanding and contracting in order to attempt to contain the spread of Covid-19 while balancing the desire to keep the economy going. This guide examines regulations that have been put in place primarily in New York to deal with Covid-19, but also throughout the United States, and projects future regulatory and related trends and repercussions that...

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17 Dec
Chapter News

IMF | What is really new in Fintech ?

The financial industry is undergoing rapid technological change. Traditional banks face competition from online start-ups with no physical branches. Social media and other digital platforms are expanding into payments and credit. The increase in demand for digital services triggered by COVID-19 is turbo-charging this transformation. The confluence we are witnessing is driving fintech innovation and raises important questions. What are the transformative aspects of recent financial innovation that can uproot finance as we know it? Which new policy challenges...

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