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Oct
By Floris ten Have, Partner, Amsterdam | Stibbe
Current Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager may face even greater challenges in the next European Commission. President-elect Ursula von der Leyen has not only nominated Vestager for a second term as Commissioner for Competition, but has also asked her to coordinate the European Commission's digital agenda. As a result, Vestager may soon be tackling digital issues through competition enforcement whilst also proposing additional regulation to deal with these (and related) issues pre-emptively.
Tech companies may therefore...
02
Oct
October 2019 FX OutlookTrade, central bank policy, and Brexit dominated the investment climate in September. The US-Chinese trade conflict stopped escalating. Although face-to-face talks are planned in October and the list of exemptions from the punitive tariffs has increased (US soy and pork, for example, are now exempt as are 10 components of Apple’s Mac Book Pro from China), the tensions remain high. The conflict is more than about more than trade. It is also about market access, unfair subsidies,...
02
Oct
On October 2, 2019, the World Trade Organization (“W.T.O.”) announced that the U.S. can impose $7.5 billion in tariffs annually on products of the European Union (“E.U.”), in retaliation for the E.U. illegally subsidizing its large civil aircraft manufacturer, Airbus. In anticipation of this decision, the U.S. prepared two lists of tariff provisions on which the U.S. proposed levying retaliatory tariffs of “up to 100%”. Such tariffs would be in addition to the regular rates of duty that apply....
02
Oct
By Joanna Massey, President & CEO, JDMA Inc.
For the first time ever, we have five generations in the workforce. Not surprisingly, this is leading to a lot of misunderstandings and miscommunications. We may all be speaking the same language, but we have very different attitudes, opinions and lifestyles. It makes it difficult to navigate relationships in the corporate world, which is why companies hire me to give a talk to employees and management teams about these differences—what they are, why...
02
Oct
By Mark Callaghan, Associate | Littler
Earlier this year, we wrote about the state of Brexit negotiations in the United Kingdom, and concluded that “with just over a month to go until Brexit takes effect” it was still “bewilderingly unclear” what form Brexit would take and how exactly employers should prepare.
Six months on, and the position (if not the political landscape) is much the same, if not more bewildering! The revised Brexit deadline – that is, the day on which...
02
Oct
On September 27, 2019, the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) announced that 203 additional product descriptions will be excluded from the Section 301 trade remedies imposed on Chinese-origin products. The 203 exclusions consist of 92 product descriptions from Tranche 1 and 111 product descriptions from Tranche 2. This latest set supplements the exclusions the USTR previously granted. The list of 203 newly-excluded product descriptions is provided below. The exclusions will be retroactive to when the additional tariffs took effect –...
01
Oct
The Toy Association joined an intimate dinner conversation on September 24, arranged by the European-American Chamber of Commerce New York featuring Pierre Moscovici, the European commissioner for economic & financial affairs, taxation & customs. Commissioner Moscovici provided insights about the achievements of the outgoing EU Commission and reflected on key priorities under the next mandate in terms of the Economic and Monetary Union deepening, fiscal policy, structural reforms, and corporate taxation.
The Toy Association’s president & chief executive, Steve Pasierb, attended as...
01
Oct
"We all have to accelerate our efforts. Reduce our emissions, increase our carbon sinks. We cannot afford to wait for others to move first. The climate crisis calls for leaders, not just followers." - President Niinistö on Twitter
On Monday, 23rd September, President Sauli Niinistö spoke at the Climate Action Summit, hosted by UN Secretary-General António Guterres. On Tuesday, 24th September, President Niinistö delivered Finland’s National Statement at the Opening of the General Debate of the UN General Assembly.On Wednesday, 2nd October 2019, President Niinistö will meet...
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