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Insights

Navigating turbulent seas: how mediation can steady the waters between parties to fixed-price contracts

March 5, 2024

United Kingdom: Supply chain contracts continue to fall victim to market volatility in what remain challenging conditions for global trade. Given the skyrocketing costs at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many businesses entered into fixed-price contracts in an attempt to mitigate the impact and establish an element of predictability. Now that market prices are falling significantly below those set in fixed-price contracts, key parts of many supply chains, such as freight forwarders and their customers, are facing a dilemma.

UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

January 4, 2024

United Kingdom: On 18 December 2023, the UK Government announced its intention to implement, by 2027, a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism under which a levy is imposed on imports of certain goods from countries with a lower or no carbon price. This follows the recent introduction of a similar measure in the EU.

Blocking imports from Xinjiang starts Tuesday June 21, 2022

June 17, 2022

United States: Only a few days remain before U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) begins blocking imports of goods connected to the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) of China. It is long-standing U.S. law that businesses cannot import goods made by companies forcing people to work.