International commercial disputes are facing new challenges following the steady proliferation
of trade controls and economic sanctions — a development that may affect the conduct of institutional arbitration proceedings.
The paper also provides evidence that regulatory approaches are being overwhelmed by the drivers of poaching and trade, with enforcement
of trade controls, including those agreed through CITES — the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species — attracting organised criminals who have the capacity to operate even under increased enforcement effort.
In this episode of the Kennedy - Mighell Report, hosts Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell discuss the pros and cons
of trading control for increased productivity.
Without so deciding, I express grave doubt whether the law governing the protection of intellectual property rights in Canada can be transformed in this way into an instrument
of trade control not contemplated by the Copyright Act.
Not exact matches
Owning so many
of the logistical
control points
of the pulse
trade is a core part
of AGT's competitive advantage in what is otherwise a low - margin commodity business.
President Donald Trump threatened to make Mexican immigration
control a condition
of a new NAFTA
trade deal on Monday, even as ministers from Canada, the United States and Mexico readied a fresh push to finalize a revamped accord this week.
The list includes both privately held companies and publicly
traded ones, but to be included in the ranking the family must
control at least 50 %
of the voting rights for a private firm, or 32 %
of the voting rights for a public one.
Karpelès took
control of Mt. Gox — the name is an acronym for Magic: The Gathering Online eXchange, after the
trading card game that inspired the original site — in 2011 from founder Jed McCaleb.
Headed by the Department
of Commerce, BIS administers export
controls, coordinates Department
of Commerce security activities, and oversees defense
trade.
Furthermore, it is important that we not get too distracted by the stimulus debate and work together to promote an agenda for long - term economic growth for the country, which should include reform
of a tax system that has grown out
of control, finalizing
trade agreements, kickstart a lagging regulatory harmonization agenda and ensuring young Canadians have the skills to compete in a global market place.
Canadian politicians know there are points to be scored with voters by threatening
trade wars, but things could quickly spiral out
of control
Davis admits Home Hardware's quasi-co-operative business model presents some challenges: The firm has neither the deep pockets
of its publicly
traded rivals, nor the top - down
control of a franchise operation.
Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) Akorn's failure to comply with FDA data integrity requirements would jeopardize Fresenius» acquisition
of Akorn; (ii) the Company lacked effective internal
controls over financial reporting; and (iii) as a result
of the foregoing, Akorn shares
traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, and class members suffered significant losses and damages.
And it's likely that the Sinaloa cartel is driving much
of that production: In 2014, it is believed that the production
of opium increased 50 % in Mexico, and in Guerrero state, a hotbed for heroin production, farmers and officials told The New York Times that the
trade is
controlled by the Sinaloa cartel — whose opium and marijuana fields in the country reportedly cover 23,000 miles, an area larger than Costa Rica.
One ex-employee has outlined some
of the specifics, such as Jim Balsillie (an accountant by
trade) acting as chief marketing officer, «50 - something - year - old grey - beard engineers» picking out new BlackBerry colours, and ceding
control of the marketing message by spending $ 1 for every $ 10 spent by carriers.
Lockup agreements
control the supply
of stock available for
trading.
Canadians who view foreign
control of the economy as a threat to national security are less willing to support
trade agreements with Asian countries.
The February
trade figures were a reminder that the first contingency is largely out
of Canada's
control.
• The U.S. Federal
Trade Commission will seek to stop the merger
of DraftKings and FanDuel, because the combined company would
control more than 90 %
of the U.S. market for paid daily fantasy sports contests.
But craft beer now
controls 11 %
of the total U.S. beer market, up from 5 % in 2010, according to
trade organization The Brewers Association.
A decentralized system for managing software applications and for
trading money free
of government
control (read: censorship) has much promise.
«If a business eliminates pollution
controls in the workplace, you [may] have an increase in industrial accidents,» says Robert Scott, the director
of trade and manufacturing policy research at the left - leaning Economic Policy Institute.
His most symbolic coup as a businessman may have come in 1979, when he bought
control of trading house Hutchison Whampoa from Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp..
Known online as «pirateat40,» Shavers allegedly gained
control of as much as 7 percent
of the bitcoin market by promising investors up to 7 percent weekly interest, or 3,641 percent annualized, based on his ability to
trade the currency.
«Given the size
of its economy, population, and given its political clout, Nigeria's stance towards the African Continental Free
Trade Area is key,» Imad Mesdoua, senior consultant for Africa at
Control Risks, a global risk consultancy with offices in Lagos, told CNBC via email.
Shares
of Viacom,
controlled by mogul Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari, fell 7.7 % to $ 32.37 in after - hours
trading.
Those in the «Vote Leave» camp say Britain should leave the EU in order to regain its sovereignty,
control of its borders and
trade affairs.
But on
trade, the market rightly fears that could easily spin out
of control.»
Conflict in Guerrero over heroin production has reportedly been stoked by the Sinaloa cartel, which is arguably Mexico's most powerful criminal organization and is believed to
control most
of the heroin
trade in the state.
«The manufacturer
of a drug has no influence or
control over the prices charged by a secondary wholesaler to a hospital or pharmacy,» reads part
of a statement on the PhRMA web site, the industry's
trade association group.
CMHC
controls about two - thirds
of the market while publicly
traded Genworth Canada has around 30 %; Canada Guaranty (part - owned by the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan) mops up the remainder.
Lyons assertion came as part
of a discussion about the government's approach to Brexit, and the growing likelihood
of a so - called «hard Brexit» — leaving the EU without a
trade deal or access to the single market, in return for gaining
control on immigration.
As part
of the deal, Bemco also identified its supplier as GPAE
Trading Corporation, also owned and
controlled by Ebert, which agreed to a Mars Canada demand to cease its activities.
Unrestricted access to American technology; relaxation, if not removal,
of controls on sensitive high tech U.S. exports; unrestricted ability to make acquisitions
of U.S. companies; substantial changes in
trade remedy laws to lessen their impact.
Beyond that, he described China as a country upon which other nations had imposed unfair
trade penalties: «We hope developed countries will stop imposing restrictions on normal and reasonable
trade of high - tech products and relax export
controls on such
trade with China,» he said, not naming any specific country.
The moves come as Maricann says the Ontario Securities Commission is reviewing the timing and reporting
of certain
trades of shares owned or
controlled by Stone and Tabatznik and Eric Silver.
Much
of Japan's growth was
controlled by its Ministry
of International
Trade and Industry (MITI), and South Korea's Ministry
of Commerce and Industry (MCI) was patterned on it.
The second generation
of trading models is now being built and while agency
trading desks still take the greatest share
of digital spend there are now real alternatives being developed that give brands more
control over data and technology alongside the wider push to ensure greater transparency,» he added.
With
trading abruptly suspended twice in four days amid shock yuan fixes, even the pros can't agree on whether Chinese authorities have lost
control of markets or are pursuing a cunning strategy.
THE fight for
control of Foodland entered a new phase this week with reports the company was talking with interested parties to rival grocery wholesaler Metcash
Trading's aggressive bid for the locally based supermarket chain.
The packaging resembles that
of juice boxes, candy or cookies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal
Trade Commission said, noting a recent increase in the number
of reports to poison
control centers.
Our third step is to compare the number
of mini flash crashes during the test window to the number
of mini flash crashes in
Control Period 2, which contains all three - minute window during throughout normal
trading hours during the same 10 proceeding weekdays.
«Bankism is the idea that big banks are in
control of the economy and not the free markets,
trade, product development or business,» says Gerald Celente, founder and director
of TRI, a Kingston, N.Y., company that consults with governments and businesses.
While the literature suggests that mini flash crashes occur most frequently at the beginning and end
of trading hours [21], we investigate all three - minute windows in the
control period to check that the activity seen in the test window is truly anomalous from normal
trading activity.
Uncertainty shock = lower US GDP estimates; markets will price in EU fragmentation; Fed likely to pass in Dec; ultimate growth impact
of Trump will depend on whether his protectionism or Keynesianism triumphs; either way Trump will boost inflation / stagflation expectations as electorates say end wage deflation via immigration
controls,
trade protectionism, fiscal spending.
Spooked by a sudden 19 % plunge in the Shanghai Composite Index, regulators halted initial public offerings, suspended
trading in shares accounting for 40 %
of market capitalization, forced state - owned brokers to promise to buy stocks until the index reached a higher level, mobilized state -
controlled funds to purchase equities, and promised unlimited support from the central bank.
Before their godowns were bombed and many
of their executives killed or imprisoned by the Japanese, British - run agencies
controlled Singapore's
trade of commodities such as rice, rubber and tin.
However, despite the increase in the number
of trades executed, the test window still experienced more mini flash crashes on a normalized scale than any other 9:30 — 9:33 window during
Control Period 1.
Trade wars are a particularly unnerving prospect for many exporters in other countries, since retaliatory actions can spiral out
of control.
One possibility, he said, is that frequent traders laboring under the «illusion
of control» believe that they can respond easily to information and events during the day but can't do so as easily after hours, when there are far fewer market participants and less money, or «liquidity,» involved in
trading.