In December 2020, the EU and UK announced the conclusion of a free trade agreement or ‘Association Agreement’, termed the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (“TCA”). The TCA has two core features. First, the TCA is a free trade...more
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) and the treaty instruments that establish it and govern trading relations between its Members have – strangely – figured prominently in the run-up to the Brexit...more
2/15/2020
/ Beverage Manufacturers ,
EU ,
European Commission ,
Food Manufacturers ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Multilateral Agreement ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Agreements ,
Trade Policy ,
Trade Relations ,
UK Brexit ,
WTO
The UK Department for International Trade announced on February 6, 2020 that it is preparing the UK’s own WTO tariff schedule, expected to enter into force on January 1, 2021.
What does this mean for your business?
The...more
After more than a decade of World Trade Organization (“WTO”) disputes over aircraft subsidies, the United States and European Union have published preliminary lists of products that could face billions of dollars in...more
The United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) and the European Commission (the “Commission”) released their objectives for negotiating a trade agreement between the United States and the European Union (“EU”).
USTR’s...more
1/29/2019
/ Countervailing Duties ,
EU-US Trade ,
European Commission ,
International Regulatory Standards ,
Section 301 ,
Tariffs ,
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) ,
Trade Act of 1974 ,
Trade Relations ,
US Trade Policies ,
WTO
In two companion pieces, my colleagues set out substantive rules governing the protection of trade secrets in the United States and the European Union. In each jurisdiction, these substantive protections are underwritten by...more