by Editor | Jun 10, 2017 | National Issues
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...
by Editor | Jun 5, 2017 | Commercial Issues, International Conventions
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...
by Editor | May 29, 2017 | Commercial Issues, National Issues
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...
by Editor | May 24, 2017 | Customs Issues, National Issues
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...
by Editor | May 14, 2017 | Case Summaries, National Issues
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...
