It was in autumn 2016 that the Walloon Region, through its Minister President Paul Magnette, vetoed the signing of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (“CETA”) by the European Union. CETA, a trade agreement between the European Union and Canada aimed at stimulating trade and supporting growth and employment, aims to reduce tariffs and protect …
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China to Establish the Second and Third Internet Court
The Internet has become the second space in human life, changing people’s production and lifestyle, refreshing the concept of law, judicial practice and public demand for court services. The characteristics of virtuality, cross-regionality, and decentralization of the Internet have created enormous challenges to the existing legal theory and judicial system. Parties who are used to …
Reform of the Dutch arbitration law
After recently blowing the first candle of the entry into force of the law reforming the Dutch law on Arbitration, we will take the opportunity to briefly come back on it. The law of 1st January 2015, inspired by the UNCITRAL Model Law, acknowledged the developments that occurred in the field of Arbitration since the …