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Recent Articles
Caution when it comes to driving a foreign company car
Robert Vogel, Switzerland rvogel@swisslegal.ch In Switzerland it is common to provide employees who rely on a car for business uses a company car. As a fringe benefit, the company car can often also be used for private purposes. The concrete arrangement concerning the...
Enter the Chinese markets brings new opportunities
Robert Vogel, Switzerland rvogel@swisslegal.ch It was a little sensation when Switzerland as the first European county managed to close a free trade agreement with China. The FTA is in force since the 1th of July 2014, today, more than two years later, it is time to...
China introduces a new class of Non-Truck-Owning-Carriers to Improve Efficiency
Richard Gluck, USA rgluck@gsblaw.com In line with PRC’s 13th Five-Year-Plan and “Internet+” initiative, the Ministry of Transport launched the Non-Truck-Owning-Carrier program as a one-year pilot beginning December 2016. The goal of the program is to introduce...
CBSA Delays e-Manifest Implementation
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) published Customs Notice 17-15 yesterday, which delays the mandatory implementation date for the e-Manifest program indefinitely. This expected announcement replaces Notice 16-23, under which e-Manifest would have been...
Chinese court enforces a foreign judgement for the first time on the basis of reciprocity
Ik Wei Chong, Clyde + Co, Shanghai China has for the longest time been known for adopting one of the most restrictive reciprocity systems in the world. A view widely accepted by even Chinese scholars, this approach has made it almost impossible to recognise foreign...
The “Delfborg”: Constitution of Limitation Fund and Lis Pendens
Arnold Van Steenderen, Van Steenderen Mainport Lawyers, Rotterdam Baltic Cable AB in Malmö, Sweden, owns and operates a 600 submarine high voltage, direct current link between Trelleborg, Sweden and Lübeck, Germany. This link...
FMC overhauls regs governing service contract and NSA filing
Steve Block, Foster Pepper PLLC, USA The evolution of ocean shipping requires periodic tune-ups to its management, and the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) recently worked with industry (though its various trade associations) to adjust the cogs of regulatory...
Canada lifts Sanctions vs Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia
Gavin Magrath, Magrath’s International Legal Counsel, Canada The Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Minister of Foreign Affairs, announced that Canada is repealing its sanctions against Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia under the United Nations Act. Pursuant to United Nations...
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