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Extraterritorial application of U.S. Employment Laws and their possible conflict with applicable foreign laws
Employment Law Patton Boggs - USA, Newsletter December 2008
Imagine you’re a company operating outside the United States. You’re incorporated outside the United States. Your employees don’t work in the United States. In fact, they’ve...
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The Thai Board Of Investment significantly extends the privileges granted to six industrial sectors
Foreign Investment Promotion Vovan Bangkok, Newsletter December 2008
The Board of Investment (“BOI”) is the Thai agency in charge of granting privileges to investors, whether Thai or foreigners. The BOI grants tax and non-tax privileges, the later...

Multi-National Enterprises Report Zero-US Tax Liability
International tax Bricker & Eckler - USA, Newsletter December 2008
Summary: A report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that between 1998 and 2005, just over 50% of U.S. and foreign-based Multi-National Enterprises (MNEs) had no U.S. income...

Chinese Unfair Trade Practices - The us approach
International Trade O'Connor & Company, Newsletter December 2008
There are three basic types of remedies against unfair trade practices: anti-dumping; anti-subsidies and safeguards. The remedy is usually a measure taken at the border to stop or tax products which...
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