In opinions issued in December 2012 (cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions) and January 2013 (cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions), the Court of International Trade issued important rulings in an action brought to enforce the 1996 Softwood Lumber Agreement. Even though the 1996 SLA expired in 2001, these decisions have continuing relevance for the current SLA, which entered into force in 2006. First, some […]
In her feature for The Atlantic, journalist Antonia Juhasz argues that struggles for natural resources–oil and gas in particular–could be responsible for an increase in violence in Afghanistan during 2012, and that the Pentagon has thus far failed to recognize this new reality. I experienced the Taliban surge firsthand this past November, and can offer a […]
A recent article raises the prospect of German involvement in metals exploration and mining in Pakistan’s Balochistan province: Germany has evinced keen interest to invest in the Balochistan Gold and Copper project. The German envoy Dr Cyrill Nunn said, “Being a trading nation, we intend to invest in the Balochistan Gold and Copper project.” During […]
The Court of International Trade today issued a decision granting the government’s request to reopen an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on shrimp from China that was concluded in 2011. The Commerce Department now will consider evidence made public in 2012 that suggested transshipment through Cambodia to evade antidumping duties. This evidence was brought to […]
Via Metal Bulletin: The government of Afghanistan has picked a consortium comprising Sterling Mining and Belhasa International Co. LLC as the preferred bidder for its Zarkashan copper-gold project, completing the series of mineral tenders it issued a year ago. The parties will now finalise a mining agreement, Wahidullah Shahrani, the country’s minister of mines said in […]