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Antitrust and Competition Law: Germany and Austria draft guidelines on the amended Competition Law

In the current evolving world, the transaction value of a merger or acquisition is no longer limited to the turnover value of the target company. Instead, as seen in Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp for 19 billion USD, high transactional value does not always correlate with turnover, instead, it can relate to a strong market and…

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Centre for Aviation takes a look at BRI for read on air transport along the New Silk Road

There's been a great deal of ongoing news analysis related to China's Belt and Road Initiative from both political and economic perspectives. As BRI expands, those with interests in the initiative will find themselves drilling-down for more and more quality information that can support corporate, cross-border decision making. When we think of BRI, our first…

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China announces additional import tariff cuts aimed as a win-win strategy for both local and foreign companies

On 30 May 2018, China’s State Council announced a second round of import tariff cuts on a range of consumer goods. Effective from 1 July 2018, the tariff cuts, as affirmed by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), aim to boost domestic consumption and advance China’s supply-side reforms. In total 1,449 product categories from preferred nations…

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