Trade Law

"Conflict gold" trade continues in face of U.S. law – Reuters Canada

MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gold traders in the eastern Congo district of Ituri have heard of the Dodd-Frank act, or “Obama’s law” as it’s known here, but don’t see why it’s got anything to do with them. … Continue reading

Congress Calls for Transparency, Improvements to 21st Century Trade – Huffington Post

Also on Wednesday, Ohio’s U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown introduced a new bill, the 21st Century Trade and Market Access Act, which is essentially a model of what responsible trade policy should look like. The Sierra Club has always been an … Continue reading

Boeing: Airbus can’t negate illegal subsidies with U.S. plant – Chicago Tribune

which Airbus and its European government underwriters have failed to remove to the satisfaction of the U.S. government and in direct contravention of international trade law,” Boeing’s top trade spokesman Charlie Miller said in an emailed statement.

EU Bonuses, Ice Trade Vault, Barclays: Compliance – Bloomberg

The approval of ICE Trade Vault LLC was announced by the Washington-based agency in an e-mail statement yesterday. Dodd-Frank, the regulatory law enacted in 2010, called for the databases to increase swaps market transparency after largely …

RPT-FEATURE-’Conflict gold’ trade continues in face of U.S. law – Reuters

MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 29 (Reuters) – G old traders in the eastern Congo district of Ituri have heard of the Dodd-Frank act, or “Obama’s law” as it’s known here, but don’t see why it’s got anything to … Continue reading

WTO Backs Ruling Against U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling – Businessweek

U.S. country-of-origin labeling provisions violate global trade law and unfairly curb agricultural commerce, World Trade Organization judges said as they upheld an earlier ruling backing Canada and Mexico. Under U.S. law in force since March …

‘Conflict gold’ trade continues in face of US law – YAHOO!

MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gold traders in the eastern Congo district of Ituri have heard of the Dodd-Frank act, or “Obama’s law” as it’s known here, but don’t see why it’s got anything to do with them. … Continue reading

‘Conflict gold’ trade continues in face of US law – Reuters

MONGBWALU, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) – Gold traders in the eastern Congo district of Ituri have heard of the Dodd-Frank act, or “Obama’s law” as it’s known here, but don’t see why it’s got anything to do with them. … Continue reading

Foie Gras Defenders Say Calif Ban Infringes Trade Law – NASDAQ

TOULOUSE, France — France’s foie gras industry says legislation due to come into force in California on July 1 banning the sale of duck or goose liver pate over animal rights concerns contravenes international trade law. “We asked for a … Continue reading

Paulson Forgoes Prognostication as Greatest Trade Sequel Flops – Bloomberg

Rather than wall-to-wall monitors and global heat maps, it’s all cream carpeting and beige walls and looks like it could belong to any boutique real estate firm or law office … his analysts for blowing a trade. His fund did … Continue reading