27 Mar
Member News, News

Arendt | Arendt Appoints New Co-Chairs and Re-elects Managing Partner

Arendt unveils a renewed senior leadership team that will take office on 1 April for a three-year term. Gilles Dusemon and Thierry Lesage will serve as Co-Chairs of Arendt, while Jean-Marc Ueberecken has been re-elected as Managing Partner. Gilles and Thierry succeed Michèle Eisenhuth and Claude Niedner, whom we warmly thank for their contribution as Co-Chairs of Arendt and their long-standing commitment to the firm. Claude will continue in his role as Partner and will leverage his extensive professional experience as a leading Luxembourg lawyer to support the Arendt Regulatory team...

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26 Mar
News, TRIA News

DFC | URIF Announces First Investment, Strengthening Ukraine’s Security and Unlocking New Emerging Technology for the United States and Allies

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S.–Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund (URIF) today announced that it has approved its first investment aimed at bolstering Ukraine’s security, supporting a sector that will be a cornerstone of Ukraine’s post-conflict economy, and increasing America’s and allies' access to field-tested advanced technology.  The joint U.S.-Ukrainian board of directors approved an equity investment in emerging technology company Sine Engineering (Sine). The investment will support Sine’s continued advancements and innovation in radio communication control systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)....

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26 Mar
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

European Parliament | EU US Trade Deal: MEPs Set Conditions for Lowering Tariffs on US Products

Suspension clause in case the US introduces new tariffs Sunrise clause: tariff preferences only effective if the US respects its commitments Sunset clause: tariff preferences set to expire by 31 March 2028, unless renewed On Thursday, MEPs adopted their position on two proposals implementing the tariff aspects of the EU-US Turnberry trade deal. The texts, if agreed with EU member states, will eliminate most tariffs on US industrial goods and provide preferential market access for a wide range of US...

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25 Mar
Chapter News, News

ECB | Navigating Energy Shocks: Risks and Policy Responses

Keynote speech by Christine Lagarde, President of the ECB, at “The ECB and Its Watchers” conference organised by the Institute for Monetary and Financial Stability at Goethe University Frankfurt  It is a pleasure to be back at the ECB Watchers Conference. If this event had been held a few weeks ago, my speech would have been very different. The euro area economy ended the year with solid growth momentum. Inflation stood at 1.9% in February. And domestic growth engines looked to...

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25 Mar
Member News, News

Houthoff | Proposed Industrial Accelerator Act: What Investors and Suppliers Need to Know

The European Commission (Commission) has published its proposal for the Industrial Accelerator Act (IAA). The IAA is designed to boost demand for clean and “Made in EU” products in key strategic sectors. It aims to strengthen the Union’s economic resilience and strategic autonomy by creating lead markets for European low-carbon industrial products, attracting high-quality foreign investment and accelerating manufacturing projects through streamlined permitting. The proposed IAA could significantly affect suppliers in covered energy-intensive sectors and net-zero technologies, and non-EU...

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25 Mar
Member News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

CMS | EU/ International Trade Outlook 2026-How to Best Navigate Increasingly Choppy Waters?

Introduction International trade developments have now been hitting the headlines for many months, amid ongoing global trade agreements, trade arguments, and increased protectionism, all of which have become gradually more commonplace across the globe. Some of these carry the risk of major tariffs and duty increases, which can be high and abrupt, and can significantly interrupt supply chains and add material costs. These are also in addition to numerous emerging and rigorous frameworks affecting global trading conditions, including not-least those...

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24 Mar
Member News, News

Barnes & Thornburg | White House Releases National AI Legislative Framework as Debate Over Federal vs. State Authority Continues

Highlights The White House’s National AI Legislative Framework is best understood as a principles-based policy roadmap for Congress, not a fully operative compliance statute, and it reflects the administration's preferred landing zone of federal preemption, selective state carve-outs, and no new AI super-regulator. The framework pairs aggressive preemption rhetoric with notable restraint on liability and enforcement, declining to adopt Sen. Marsha Blackburn's proposed Section 230 repeal, strict product-liability concepts, or detailed audit mandates. While the political momentum behind federal...

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24 Mar
Chapter News, News, Trade & TTIP Related

European Commission | EU and Australia strengthen relations with Security and Defence Partnership and Trade Agreement

The EU and Australia have today announced the adoption of a groundbreaking Security and Defence Partnership. They have also concluded negotiations for an ambitious and balanced free trade agreement (FTA) and agreed to launch formal negotiations for the association of Australia to Horizon Europe, the world's largest funding programme for research and innovation. With these steps, the EU and Australia are delivering mutually beneficial outcomes and further reinforcing their already close relations in a time of geopolitical uncertainty. The FTA...

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24 Mar
Member News, News

Bannockburn Capital Markets | Yesterday’s Optimism Turns More Guarded

The markets remain on edge. President Trump’s five-day hiatus announced yesterday is looked upon suspiciously.  Much of what has been claimed seems to be part of the psych-operations associated with warfare, like initiating the war during negotiations. Many seem to share our sense that the five-day period will allow more US troops to enter the region and perhaps attempt to take Kharg Island. The US strategy seems to waver between destroying Iran’s capability to even make a paperclip to seeking...

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24 Mar
Chapter News, News

IMF | America’s Perilous Fiscal Path

It’s easier to explain how the US got into its fiscal difficulties than how it will get out of them. In 1990, US public debt stood at 43 percent of gross national product (GNP). The economy was growing only slowly, the unemployment rate exceeded 5 percent, and the Congressional Budget Office forecast that deficits would fall over the following five years, from 4.0 percent to 1.8 percent of GNP. And yet President George H.W. Bush was so concerned about mounting national...

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