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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Trade Taxation and Trade Statistics — Both Need an Upgrade.
Due to rapid advances in trade spurred on by globalization, the information technology revolution, and by pressures unleashed by the 2008 global financial crisis, discussions on reforming global trade taxation and traditional trade statistics are now significantly increasing, rapidly. ….. There is … Continue reading
Posted in Global Trade Relations
Tagged "Made in the World", geopolitical issues and newer data methodologies, intermediate goods and services, international accounting and auditing standards, international reporting standards (corporate and financial), multinational corporations and tax and trade policies, OECD, reforming taxation of multinationals, reforming trade statistics, trade policies, traditional trade theories, unitary taxation, USITC, value-added approach to trade, worldwide taxation, WTO, WTO trade statistics
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Global Shipping and Local Economic Development — Post-Panamax Ships.
Global shipping and global trade is confronting a historical change when the Panama Canal expansion is completed next year and the new post-Panamax ships will be looking for ports that can accommodate them. This potential change in shipping … Continue reading
Posted in Global Trade Relations
Tagged Global shipping and local economic development, local and state transportation infrastructure and global shipping, local transportation improvements and jobs, lower cost of shipping goods, new shipping routes, ports and economic development, post-Panamax ships
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Commercial Diplomacy, Foreign Policy and National Interests — Legacy of Hilary Clinton’s State Dept.
The commercial diplomacy of Hilary Clinton’s State Dept. may in fact become the greatest legacy of her four years, although this is not generally recognized yet. She has made commercial diplomacy and trade promotion integral to American foreign policy, partially at the expense of … Continue reading
International Law and Overseas Military Contractors — Corporate Liability for Torture? — About Time.
Engility Holdings, a military contractor, recently settled a case which alleged torture by its contractors in Iraq in violation of international law. It was a case brought by former detainees. Previous conflicting federal court rulings, in 2009, had left the general issue of … Continue reading
Posted in Global Trade Relations
Tagged CACI International, corporate liability for torture, detainees and international law, Engility Holdings, extraterritoriality of U.S. law against torture by U.S. corporations, inaugral address of 2009, international law and torture, military contractors, rule of law and rights of man, torture
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New Book — “Global Trade and International Law” — Many Issues and Many Approaches.
My new book GLOBAL TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW has just been published by William S. Hein and Company (January 2013). This utilizes a multidisciplinary approach in assessing a broad range of international legal and global trade issues. These are … Continue reading
International Organizations and International Transactions — Can Global Agreements Help Resolve Conflict Over Sovereign Debt Restructurings and Investments by State-Owned Enterprises?
Two international economic areas have been in the news recently as wrought with conflict and need of a better mechanism to resolve disputes. The first is sovereign debt restructuring as evidenced by Argentina and Greece. The second is the conduct … Continue reading
Two New Actions — Communications Satellites and GITMO — A More Assertive President?
Two very interesting legal developments seem to have been lost in passage and signing of the legislation avoiding the financial cliff, “The American Tax Payers Relief Act of 2012.” Almost immediately after signing the fiscal cliff … Continue reading
Posted in Global Trade Relations
Tagged aggressive presidential actions, American Taxpayers Relief Act of 2013, arms exports and commercial exports, commercial and communication satellites, constiutional rights of detainees, Fiscal cliff legislation, Gitmo, hallmark of the Obama administration, National Defense Authorization Act of 2013, national security and trade, national securiy and export controls, rights and obligations of U.S. action, U.S. defense budget
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