On March 9, 2021, the European Union released the Implementing Regulation suspending retaliatory tariffs resulting from the large civilian aircraft dispute. This Regulation implements the EU-US agreement to suspend retaliatory tariffs imposed by Regulation 2020/1646. The announcement comes after the U.S. and UK released a joint statement last week outlining a four-month suspension of
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U.S. and UK Announce Four-Month Suspension of Tariffs in Large Civilian Aircraft Dispute
On March 4, 2021, the United States and the United Kingdom released a joint statement announcing a four-month suspension of tariffs related to the ongoing large civilian aircraft dispute. The dispute, which has spanned 16 years, and resulted in billion of dollars in tariff actions from both sides of the Atlantic is entering a period…
UK and Canada Announce New Measures to Combat Forced Labor and Human Rights Violations
On January 12, 2021, the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, as well as Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion, and International Trade, made parallel announcements outlining new measures to combat forced labor and human rights violations. The announcements come in the context of rising global concerns over reports of forced…
Profiteering in the U.K. and the Pandemic: Navigating Fluctuating Markets and Erratic Supply Chains
By Nicola Phillips, Robert Weekes, Laurence Winston & Lydia Taylor on
Apr.03.2020
Introduction
We are in extraordinary times.
Businesses are having to adapt, fire-fight and problem-solve like never before. Markets are fluctuating in ways that were totally unforeseeable six months ago and sometimes only days ago. Most companies are now operating in an entirely new world of demand behaviours, supply chain constraints and pricing practices.
This…