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The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation: A New Tool Against Economic Pressure

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As global economic pressures mount, the EU has armed itself with a powerful new tool to counter economic coercion. The EU Anti-Coercion Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2023/2675) has been fully in force for about a year...more

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Adapting to Brexit: The New EU-UK Trading Relationship

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This Alert gives a high level overview of the new trading relationship between the European Union (‘EU’) and the United Kingdom (‘UK’) for goods and service supply. The EU and the UK reached provisional agreement on a...more

White & Case LLP

COVID-19 – First EU trade measures focus on health supply, basic needs

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In an effort to secure continued supply of goods within the EU during the COVID-19 crisis, the EU has taken a number of initial actions with a focus on essential health products and food. So far, these EU actions include 1)...more

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EU/UK trade and customs relationship in the new N. Ireland protocol

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The EU-UK agreement reached on 17 October 2019 ("Agreement") revises the Irish backstop with a new protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland ("NI protocol")....more

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CETA’s dispute settlement mechanism compatible with EU law - a closer look at the CJEU’s opinion

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Is the Court of Justice Opinion 1/17, in response to Belgium’s concerns over the compatibility of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) Tribunals and EU law, a further step towards investor-state dispute...more

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The EU’s Contingency Plans for Customs & the Export of Goods in a “No Deal” Brexit

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The European Commission has published its Contingency Action Plan for a “No Deal” Brexit. The contingency plan seeks to mitigate significant adverse effects, but the Commission's paper emphasizes...more

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No-deal Brexit: Technical notices on trading goods published

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The UK Government has released a further batch of technical notices, providing guidance to businesses on the implications of an exit from the EU without a Withdrawal Agreement on 29 Mach 2019. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The 15 Tests against Which Any Brexit Deal Should Be Measured

A Report published by the UK’s Exiting the European Union select committee sets out a series of tests against which to measure the eventual Brexit deal. The Report sets out 15 tests with which to judge any Brexit deal,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

EU and UK Transition Period Trade Terms

• The U.K. and the EU have agreed on the substantive trade elements of the legal text set to govern the U.K.’s withdrawal from the EU (the “Withdrawal Agreement”). If the other outstanding elements of the Withdrawal Agreement...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Road to Brexit: Theresa May sets out “Five Tests” with which to judge eventual deal

The Prime Minister has given the clearest indication yet of what the UK will seek in the Brexit negotiations. Access to each side’s markets is going to be less than it is today. ...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

EU Publishes Draft Guidelines for Future Relationship with Britain

The guidelines present a stark contrast to Prime Minister May’s vision of a “deep and special” partnership with the EU after Brexit. The President of the European Council has issued negotiating guidelines for the future...more

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Top Brexit developments in 2017 for ADG companies

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On 23 June 2016, the people of the United Kingdom (UK) voted in a referendum to leave the European Union (EU). The UK Government gave the EU formal notice of its intention to withdraw from the EU on 29 March 2017. This...more

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EU: Customs enforcement of IP rights in light of the Commission's recently-released strategy for the Customs Union

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In a communication dated 21 December 2016, the European Commission lays out its long-term strategic vision for the management of the Customs Union, one of the basic pillars of the European Union. The executive of the European...more

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United Kingdom Will Gain With Trade Deal Under Trump Administration

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It is not only in the United States that people are taking an interest in a Trump presidency. The rest of the world also eagerly awaits how the new Trump Administration will affect them. This is particularly the case in the...more

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State Aid: What we now know

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This week, the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, set out the UK Government's long-awaited position on what the UK out of the EU should look like. The announcement of what is generally thought of as a "hard Brexit" negotiating...more

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Japan steps into Brexit debate with a message to the UK and the EU

The Japanese government has stepped into the Brexit debate with an unprecedented warning to the EU and the UK, saying that Japanese inbound investment into the UK could be put at risk by Brexit particularly if withdrawal...more

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Brexit Trade Audit: A Five-Step Guide to Help Determine the Way Forward

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Companies doing business in the UK or from the UK should be looking to “future-proof” their operations following the UK’s recent vote to leave the European Union. A Brexit audit is one way of determining the possible impact...more

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"Brexit": What American Employers Need to Know

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Following the United Kingdom's stunning decision last week to leave the European Union, many US employers with employees in the UK find themselves wondering: What happens now? To be sure, "Brexit" was a monumental and...more

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