More Trade News in Brief – Week 20 (14 – 19 May 2013)

 

* US, UK, Australia – Tax Information

 

United States, Australia and the United Kingdom have developed a plan to share tax information.

 

Check here for more.

 

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* ASEAN–EU: A Strategic Partnership

 

EU and ASEAN signed their first inter-regional cooperation agreement four decades ago, now it is thinking that a Strategic Partnership should be implemented.

 

Read more about following the link.

 

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* EU – New Rules on Credit Rating Agencies

 

The Council of European Union adopted a directive and a regulation amending the EU’s rules on credit rating agencies (CRAs).

 

Check here the New rules on credit rating agencies.

 

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More Trade News in Brief – Week 27 (25 June – 1 July 2012)

* US to Cooperate With Switzerland & Japan On FATCA

 

25 June 2012, Washington

 

After the agreements reached with France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, US is pursuing  the implementation of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with Switzerland and Japan.

 

 More here.

 

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* UNCTAD & WIPO Start Regular Consultation

 

25 June 2012

 

The United Nation Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)  and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have decided to establish of a regular consultation mechanism between the two organizations to strengthen consultation and coordination on issues of mutual interest.

 

Further information here.

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* OECD – International Migration Outlook 2012

 

27 June 2012

 

OECD published the International Migration Outlook 2012 which provide an analysis of recent developments in migration movements and policies in OECD countries.

 

        More here.

 

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* ICC Publishes Banking Commission Official Opinions

 

28 June 2012, Paris

 

The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) published  the volume “Banking Commission Official Opinions” on regard of the impact and isuues related to the latest ICC rules on documentary credits, collections and demand guarantees in daily practice.

 

For further information please click here.

 

More Trade News in Brief – Week 23 (28 May – 3 June 2012)

* South Sudan Becomes 184th ILO Member State

 

25 May 2012, Geneva

 

The Republic of South Sudan accepts the obligations of the Constitution of the International Labour Organization (ILO).

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* Online Global Agro-ecological Zones Interactive Data Portal

 

25 May 2012, Rome

 

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) developed an online data portal to help identifying areas for  increased global food production while maintaining natural resources base and facing the challenge of climate change.

 

The Global Agro-ecological Zones (GAEZ) Portal  seeks to enhance planners’ and decision makers’ capacity to estimate agricultural production potentials and variability under different environmental and management scenarios.

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* Swiss Votes Through Tax Deals

 

 31 May 2012

 

 The Swiss Council of States has agreed on the bilateral tax deals concluded with Germany, the UK and with Austria. The deals aimed at resolving the issue of undeclared and untaxed assets of foreign residents held in Swiss bank accounts.

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* NAFTA Industry Guide

 

Research and Markets has published the report “Apparel Retail – North America (NAFTA) Industry Guide”.

 

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* Revised Chinese VAT Pilot

 

The Beijing office of China’s State Administration of Taxation (SAT) announced to replace the existing business tax on the country’s service sector with value-added tax (VAT) from July 1^st.