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The following is excerpted from an 8 April 2013 article by the International Chamber of Commerce.The International Chamber of Commerce’s (ICC) publication entitled The Law of Letters of Credit in China: Commentary and Materials on the Chinese Supreme People’s Court’s Judicial Interpretations of…
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The following is excerpted from a 3 April 2013 news item by the World Customs Organization.At the invitation of Director General Enrique Canon of Uruguay in his capacity as Vice-Chair, Secretary General Kunio Mikuriya of the WCO attended the XVIth Regional Conference of Customs Directors General of…
The following is excerpted from a 25 March 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.The World Customs Organization, under the sponsorship of the Government of Finland, organized a two-day National Policy Dialogue, in Nairobi, Kenya. The meeting was held on the 18th and 19th of March 2013…
OECD Trade Policy Papers No. 146 Export Restrictions: Benefits of Transparency and Good Practices by Osvaldo R. Agatiello and Barbara Fliess is now available on the OECD website at:http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/trade/export-restrictions_5k49czl4c5kh-en
The following is excerpted from a 26 March 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.The 2013 Public Forum, the WTO’s largest annual outreach event for civil society, academia, business, the media, governments, parliamentarians and inter-governmental organizations, will be on 1–3 October in…
The following is excerpted from a 27 March 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.The WTO agriculture talks are now ready to discuss the substance of a proposal to loosen price support disciplines for developing countries’ public stocks and domestic food aid, chairperson John Adank said on…
The following is excerpted from the 28 March 2013 edition of Industry Week.Beijing branded a new U.S. spending bill barring government purchases of Chinese-made technology "biased" on Thursday, after the two powers clashed over accusations of cyber-hacking.The bill, signed Tuesday by President…
The following is excerpted from a 25 March 2013 news release by the World Customs Organization.The WCO's Permanent Technical Committee (PTC), in its 60th year of existence, held its 199th/200th Sessions in Brussels from 18 to 22 March 2013. More than 100 high level delegates, representing WCO…