Monthly Archives: September 2013

Doha Lite, Currency Manipulation, Investor Litigation, Corruption, Tobacco Controls, Sovereign Debt, Foreign Taxation.

          A broad range of trade issues have continued to be raised in different international forums including the TPP, TTIP, World Bank and the WTO. They include among others Doha Lite, Currency Manipulation, Investor Litigation, Corruption, Tobacco Controls, Sovereign … Continue reading

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EXPANDING GLOBAL TRADE — Greater Innovation = Greater Trade.

          The WTO is about to launch a three-day global forum on trade, innovation and the digital economy.  The thesis is simple. We can increase global trade and growth, especially of developing countries, by increasing domestic innovation. This is … Continue reading

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Newer Global Trade and Business Developments — Both National & Multilateral.

               The last few weeks have been very busy in terms of developments in global trade. These developments range from the continued U.S. court rejection of the Argentine bond default practices, to greater international arbitration of global business disputes, a new … Continue reading

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