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Vietnam Issues Preliminary Report in Country's First Trade Remedy Case
Duane W. Layton, Matthew J. McConkey, November 12, 2009
The Vietnam Competition Authority (VCAD) of the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has issued a preliminary report (in Vietnamese only) dated October 30, 2009, in its safeguard investigation of imported float glass products. Although the Ordinance permitting...

Brazil Cotton -- Important WTO Decision Makes Trade Retaliation Operational
Duane W. Layton, Edward Borovikov, Paulette Vander Schueren, Matthew J. McConkey, September 30, 2009
In an arbitration panel decision handed down on 31 August 2009, the World Trade Organization (WTO) clarified how and to what extent the industries of a WTO Member government may be targeted for countermeasures when the government has provided WTO-illegal subsidies. Brazil had been seeking $2.68...

Implementation of Mandatory Building Energy Codes
Kevin R. Owen, David J. A. Boyle, Geoffrey Y. M. Chan, Nicholas J. Longley, Tom K. M. Fu, September 26, 2009
Owing to low participation rates for the voluntary Energy Efficiency Registration Scheme for Buildings, the government has drafted a legal framework for mandatory implementation of the Building Energy Codes. Under the scheme, affected buildings will be required to follow compliance procedures. New...

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