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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...

India's Competition Regime: Gaining Momentum
Kiran Simon Desai, Manu Mohan, September 1, 2009
The Competition Commission of India (Lesser Penalty) Regulations, 2009 have been published in the official gazette. These regulations are the Competition Commission of India's (CCI) version of the successful leniency programs in the United States and Europe. A key difference with the US and EC...

Commission Guidelines on Restructuring Aid to Banks
Jens Peter Schmidt, Ulrike Binder, August 12, 2009
Following the Commission Communication of October 13, 2008 on the application of State aid rules to measures by Member States in relation to financial institutions in the context of the current global financial crisis - the "Banking Communication" - (Mayer Brown Legal Update, October 16,...

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