19 Feb
COVID-19 News, Member News

MPC | It’s not the vaccines it’s the vaccinations

Covid-19 has killed 480,000 people in the United States and 2.39 million worldwide, while infecting 27 million people in the United States and approximately 109 million people worldwide.  Though at the moment, hospitalizations, deaths and new cases are fortunately dropping, it does not mean we are out of the woods just yet, especially with variants increasing in the U.S.  Although masks and social distancing are effective in slowing the spread of the virus, vaccines are a more effective means...

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19 Feb
Brexit News, Member News

Houthoff | Financial regulatory status post Brexit

There is still much uncertainty about the financial regulatory consequences of Brexit for UK entities operating in the Netherlands. In this News Update, we give an overview of the current situation, focusing on market access. We discuss the cancellation of European passports, the exceptions to this, equivalence decisions and cooperation between supervisory authorities. If you wish to stay informed, you can subscribe to the News Update Financial Regulatory. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement covers financial services in the same way as they are generally covered in...

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19 Feb
Brexit News, Member News

Steptoe | EU/UK Trade Post-Brexit: Rules of Origin and Their Impact on Competition Law

The following note highlights certain barriers to free trade flows between the UK and the EU that have arisen in the post-Brexit era, with particular reference to rules of origin and origin procedures. It assesses the consequences these new rules will have in determining market power, influencing supply chain practices, and the application of UK and EU competition law in the future. The Trade and Cooperation Agreement The UK's continued membership of the European Union and Customs Union during the so-called...

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19 Feb
Member News

Vulcan Insight | Amid vaccine vindication, the Commission plans to fight COVID mutant strains

After weeks in defence mode over its vaccine strategy, the European Commission continues to stay true to its plans, while stepping up its actions on preparing for new COVID-19 strains. In a joint press conference with the Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides and Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen this week launched a new EU-level initiative to finally put the EU on the front foot in its fight against the coronavirus and its rapidly mutating...

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19 Feb
Chapter News, COVID-19 News

EU doubles contribution to COVAX to €1 billion to ensure safe and effective vaccines for low and middle-income countries

The European Union has announced today an additional €500 million for the COVAX Facility, doubling its contribution to date for the global initiative that is leading efforts to secure fair and equitable access to safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in low and middle-income countries. This new pledge brings us closer to achieving COVAX's target to deliver 1.3 billion doses for 92 low and middle income countries by the end of 2021. Team Europe is one of the lead contributors...

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19 Feb
Chapter News

IMF | Structural Factors and Central Bank Credibility Limit Inflation Risks

After ending last year with unexpectedly strong vaccine success and hope that the pandemic and economic distress it caused would recede, we woke up to the reality of new virus variants and the unpredictable, winding road that it can lead the world down. Something similar has happened with the discourse on inflation. At the end of last year, after a historic collapse of the global economy estimated at -3.5 percent, inflation was below target in 84 percent of countries. This...

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19 Feb
Chapter News, Trade & TTIP Related

WTO | History is made: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala chosen as Director-General

WTO members made history today (15 February) when the General Council agreed by consensus to select Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala of Nigeria as the organization’s seventh Director-General. When she takes office on 1 March, Dr Okonjo-Iweala will become the first woman and the first African to be chosen as Director-General. Her term, renewable, will expire on 31 August 2025. “This is a very significant moment for the WTO. On behalf of the General Council, I extend our warmest congratulations to Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on...

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18 Feb
Brexit News, Member News

GOP | Brexit and financial services: New deal or no deal?

On 24 December 2020, the EU and the UK finalised a Trade and Co-operation Agreement (the “TCA”) setting out the terms of their future relationship. This came just seven days before the end of the transition period for the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union on 31 December 2020, following which: the UK ceased to be treated as a member state of the EU for all purposes; and EU law ceased to apply in the UK. READ MORE... Contact: Fabio Ilacqua Partner – Head...

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18 Feb
Member News

IIE | Spring of Hope – a message from Allan Goodman

Dear Friends, As the world slowly emerges from COVID-19, we at IIE are optimistic. After each of the 12 pandemics in IIE’s history, international mobility actually surged. This time will be no different. Like you, we believe international exchange transforms lives and strengthens communities. And the Covid-19 pandemic has underscored that the mobility on which international education depends is central to what universities do best and for the benefit of humankind: promoting basic research, encouraging scientific experimentation and innovation, and forming...

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18 Feb
COVID-19 News, Member News

Marks Paneth | Employee Retention Credit Extended and Expanded

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) extends and expands the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) first created under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The ERC is designed to encourage businesses to keep workers on their payroll and support small businesses and nonprofits through the coronavirus economic emergency. Eligibility has been expanded to include employers who also received PPP loans.  There are two sets of rules: one for those claiming the credit for 2021 wages, and another set...

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