Trade Law

DUBAI — Dubai is heading towards private health insurance for all residents that will be governed by an insurance law, according to a senior health official. Once rolled out, the law will mandate basic healthcare to an estimated two million … Continue reading →

“In area after area, the Chinese do not play by the rules,” said Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who last month urged President Barack Obama to use U.S. trade law to restrict solar panel imports from China. While industries … Continue reading →

Two influential Democratic members of Congress, Scoop Jackson of Washington and Charles Vanik, responded with an amendment to a major trade law that denied the Soviet Union and its satellites the trade relations normally extended to other …

contains meaningful trade law enforcement and makes stronger labor and environmental commitments. Under the 2007 proposed agreement, almost 90% of Korea’s auto exports to the U.S. would have received immediate duty-free access. Under the …

ONE of Jersey’s busiest farm shops will have to close its biggest section on a Sunday to comply with the new trading law. Grouville farm shop Holme Grown will be closing its gardening section, Holme Living, on a Sunday from … Continue reading →

(For more on insider trading and how members of Congress — and their staff members — are exempt from insider trading laws, CLICK HERE) Direct evidence of insider trading, like the wiretapped conversations obtained against Rajaratnam …

… “gaming the trading system to its advantage,” he cautioned that the Senate bill may violate international trade laws. “My main concern … is whatever tools we put in place, let’s make sure that these are tools that can actually … Continue reading →

The U.K. is using a regulatory “trick” to introduce its carbon tax on fossil-fueled power generation, which would not have been allowed under European Union emissions trading law, said the U.K. unit of RWE AG. Britain is using an exemption … Continue reading →

A French court convicted Soros in 2002 for insider trading in the late 1980s, but the Hungary-born investor appealed, arguing that the French law on insider trading at the time was too ambiguous to find him guilty. But the European … Continue reading →

“As a result of his status and experience, he could not have been unaware that his decision to invest” risked violating insider- trading laws, and given “there had been no comparable precedent, he should have been particularly prudent.