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Commission Sets Out Key Steps for Managing Climate Risks to Protect People and Prosperity

The European Commission has published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe on March 13th. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how they can prepare and implement policies that save lives, cut costs, and protect prosperity across the EU. The Communication responds to the first ever European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA), a scientific report by the European Environment Agency. Together, they are a...
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OECD | Governments and Firms Need to Address the Key Risks from a Sharp Increase in Global Bond Borrowing

At the end of 2023, the total volume of sovereign and corporate bond debt stood at almost USD 100 trillion, similar in size to global GDP, says a new OECD report. The first OECD Global Debt Report 2024: Bond Markets in a High-Debt Environment released today shows the low interest rate environment post-2008 opened bond markets to a wider range of issuers, including lower rated governments and companies, expanding the riskier market segments and contributing to the rapid growth of the sustainable...
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European Council | Statement of the Eurogroup in Inclusive Format on the Future of Capital Markets Union

Open, well-functioning, and integrated European capital markets are crucial to promote the single market and to attract the necessary investments, and thereby to boost the EU’s global competitiveness, innovation, sustainable growth, and job creation. It will provide better funding possibilities for growing companies, including small and medium-sized companies, and give EU citizens the opportunity to invest their savings more productively in Europe. Deep and liquid capital markets that can allocate capital efficiently and allow for cross-border private risk-sharing constitute, together...
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IMF | Chart of the Week: International Trade Red Sea Attacks Disrupt Global Trade

In the first two months of 2024, Suez Canal trade dropped by 50 percent from a year earlier while trade through the Panama Canal fell by 32 percent, disrupting supply chains and distorting key macroeconomic indicators. In the past few months, global trade has been held back by disruptions at two critical shipping routes. Attacks on vessels in the Red Sea area reduced traffic through the Suez Canal, the shortest maritime route between Asia and Europe, through which about 15...
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IMF | Dependence on Credit to Boost Demand Imperils the World Economy – We Must Correct the Underlying Imbalances

Article by Atif Mian in the IMF's Finance & Development Magazine |  Nature requires balance—between predator and prey in the jungle, between the push and pull of planets in orbit, and so on. The economic system is no different; it requires long-term balance between what people earn and what they spend. Loss of this balance has led to a massive debt supercycle that threatens the global economy. Breaking that cycle is one of the most pressing challenges of the...
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European Commission | EU Secures Results at WTO Ministerial but Important Work Remains to Reform Global Trade Rulebook

The European Commission was instrumental in brokering important outcomes at the 13th ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization (MC13) that ended Friday in Abu Dhabi. After a week of intense engagement, EU negotiators secured important agreements on e-commerce, new rules to improve global services trade, environmental cooperation, and strengthening the position of developing countries in the global trading system. However, over the past months, the EU had worked for ambitious results to revitalise the WTO at a time of...

UPCOMING EACC EVENTS

INVITATION ONLY | Private Breakfast with Benjamin Angel – Update on the Global Minimum Tax

EACCNY is organizing a private discussion with Benjamin Angel, the Director for ‘Direct Taxation, Tax Coordination, Economic Analysis and Evaluation’ in DG TAXUD. This Directorate is in charge of a number of sensitive policy issues related to direct taxation, such as OECD/G20 discussions, non-cooperative jurisdictions and tax havens, tax avoidance and tax evasion, business taxation (including taxation of the digital sector) and tax cooperation between Member States (including the code of conduct). The focus topic of this meeting will be the Global Minimum Tax.

Webinar | Doing business in the United States: what you need to know about the US Start-up Ecosystem

The webinar series ‘Embracing global markets’ is a specialty workshop series developed by the European American Chamber of Commerce for the European Enterprise Network (EEN). The webinars have been developed exclusively for the 'Enterprise Europe Network' by the EEN USA consortium, comprised of EACC New York, EACC Texas and EACC Carolinas and feature subject matter experts on a variety of topis relevant to companies expanding into the US market.

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    World Trade Week New York City 2024 - Kick-off Event

    World Trade Week NYC is part of an annual nationwide celebration of international trade observed by business and trade-related organizations across the United States during May. The mission of World Trade Week NYC is to promote the importance of international trade to the New York City metropolitan area economy. New Yorkers depend heavily on international commerce for their jobs, standard of living, and the myriad goods and services available to its diverse population.

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      Greenberg Traurig | H-1B Cap Registration Period Now Open

      The registration period for the fiscal year (FY) 2025 H-1B cap petitions opened at noon ET March 6, 2024, and will continue to run through noon ET March 22, 2024. Employers seeking to file an H-1B cap-subject petition must electronically register during this period using a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) online account. The registration process includes basic information about the prospective petitioner and each beneficiary along with a $10 registration fee for each beneficiary. The registration process...
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      Arendt | Impact of the Luxembourg Pillar 2 Rules on 2023 Annual and Consolidated Accounts

      In February and March 2024, the Luxembourg Accounting Standards Board (CNC) published two Q&As_ (No. 24/031 and No. 24/032) that provide useful guidance on how the law of 22 December 2023_ implementing Council Directive (EU) 2022/2523_ of 14 December 2022 on ensuring a global minimum level of taxation for multinational enterprise groups and large-scale domestic groups in the Union (Pillar 2 Law) will impact financial disclosures and the disclosure of deferred tax expenses in the notes to the financial statements of in-scope Luxembourg entities and...
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      Stradley Ronon | DOJ’s Pilot Whistleblower Program: What Does It Mean for Businesses?

      Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced on March 7 that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) will launch a pilot whistleblower program that will offer financial incentives for individuals to report allegations of criminal wrongdoing to the DOJ. The program will be launched later this year following a 90-day process to develop and implement the pilot. The new initiative will expand upon the DOJ’s recent efforts to incentivize voluntary self-disclosure and will create a counterpart program to those already...
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      Reavis Page Jump LLP Recognized as One of Nation’s Best Law Firms

      Every year, “Best Lawyers,” a peer reviewed legal publication, selects who they deem to be the best lawyers and the best law firms in the United States on the basis of carefully selected criteria. Of course, we know that all of our lawyers are the “best lawyers,” and we are fortunate to be working with and continually learning from each other. We take this opportunity to recognize our excellent and committed support staff, without whom the firm could not...
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      Gide | Artificial Intelligence, European legislation and legal issues

      EACCNY Member Gide Loyrette Nouel is pleased to present an analysis of "Artificial Intelligence, European legislation and legal issues", which aims to introduce the European legislation currently being adopted (AI ACT in the version approved on 2 February 2024), but also to examine the legal issues of AI across 10 sectors of activity. Author: Thierry Bonneau - Senior Counsel, Gide Loyrette Nouel  The genesis of the notion of artificial intelligence ("AI") is a subject of debate. Some trace it back to...
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      Cushman Wakefield | Vested Relationships: A Better Way to Outsource CRE

      In today’s complex business environment, establishing trustful and transparent relationships between buyers and suppliers has become crucial for strategic success. Kate Vitasek, a renowned authority in collaborative business relationships, and Bryan Jacobs, for this episode of The Team Around the Table, explored the power of “vested outsourcing” – a methodology that fosters win-win scenarios in contractual agreements, enabling buyers and suppliers to achieve strategic outcomes together through shared values and goals. Vested Relationships: Five Lessons Learned Shift from Transactional to Relational Outsourcing: Getting...

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