Key Public Policy Developments Around the World
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Next week, the Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will travel to Strasbourg for plenary sessions. This will be the last week of the European Parliament before they recess for the Christmas holidays. They will return on January 6, 2020.
On Monday, MEPs will debate fair taxation in a…
Continue Reading The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – December 13, 2019
In Part 2 of our business and human rights series to mark World Human Rights Day, we discuss the increasing recognition of the linkages between human rights abuses and corruption, and how companies can find efficiencies in their efforts to address these overlapping risks.
Corruption and adverse human rights impacts…
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In Part One of our blog series to honour the UN’s World Human Rights Day, we consider the evolving business and human rights landscape and some of the challenges this presents for multinations. This piece was first published in the U.K.’s Law Society Gazette on 10 December 2019.
Two days before NATO celebrated its seventieth anniversary in Watford, close to London on December 3–4, Ursula Von Der Leyen started her 5 years as president of the European Commission. She had announced that her Commission would be ‘geopolitical’, and appointed a commissioner, the French Thierry Breton, to deal with…
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Next week will be a mixed week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will meet in Brussels for political group meetings, several committee meetings, and a plenary session on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, during this plenary session, Executive (First) Vice-President of the European Commission Frans Timmermans…
Continue Reading The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – December 6, 2019
A main weapon that the United States has used in the ongoing trade war with China has been import tariffs that target Chinese goods. Many U.S. companies are considering moving their supply chains out of China in the hopes that, if they are not importing goods from China, they can…
Continue Reading What To Know Before Moving Your Supply Chain Out Of China
On November 27, 2019, the Department of Commerce issued a proposed rule to implement the May 15, 2019 Executive Order entitled “Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain.” Once finalized and effective, the regulations will govern the process and procedures that the Secretary of Commerce will use to determine whether certain transactions involving information and communications technology or services (“ICTS”) should be prohibited or otherwise restricted. As currently drafted, the proposed rule goes further than many other legal authorities, in that it allows the government to prohibit or otherwise restrict a broad range of wholly commercial transactions that the Secretary determines present national security risks.
Details on key aspects of the proposed rule are in a Client Alert that we published, available here. The public comment period remains open until December 27. Given the breadth of the proposed rule and the significant number of open questions, thoughtful comments will be critically important in scoping a final rule.
Continue Reading Commerce Department Proposes Rule Impacting Information and Communications Technology Supply Chains
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Next week will be a Committee week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will gather in Brussels to participate in debates and votes.
On Monday, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (“ECON”) will have its first monetary dialogue with the new President of the…
Continue Reading The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – November 29, 2019
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Next week will be a plenary week in the European Parliament. Members of the European Parliament (“MEPs”) will convene in Strasbourg to discuss and vote on several key issues.
On Monday, MEPs will debate the impact of U.S. tariffs on agriculture products that the U.S. imposed after the WTO…
Continue Reading The Week Ahead in the European Parliament – November 22, 2019
