Amidst the global impact of the coronavirus, the Annual Willem C. Vis Moot in Vienna and Hong Kong was cancelled. More than 400 teams from over 80 countries had anticipated to compete in the premier program this April. In response, on March 10-14, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, CLDP, in cooperation...

To access the Understanding Series in French please visit: cldp.doc.gov/comprendre I n troduction Since 2013, the Power Africa initiative has sought to marshal technical, legal and financial resources to support the goal of doubling access to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa. Through a substantial network of public and private sector partners, Power Africa is working alongside dozens of African...

CLDP, in collaboration with ITA and CBP, will conduct a regional trade facilitation workshop on public consultation and interagency cooperation for Guatemalan government and private sector representatives. Government officials from Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, and Honduras will also participate...

On February 20-21,CLDP, in coordination with the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial TrainingofRepublika Srpska and the Centre for Judicial and Prosecutorial TrainingofBosnia-Herzegovina (BiH), conducted a two-day workshop on theEnforcementofInternationalSalesContracts forBosnian judges. This...

On September 17, the Attorney General of the Maldives deposited his countrys instrument of accession to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, also known as the New York Convention. The Convention will enter into force on December 16, 2019, making Maldives the...

On August 19-21, 2019, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, CLDP held a conference in cooperation with the World Bank and Sri Lanka Customs on Article I of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade Facilitation (TFA). Experts from the International Trade Administration provided guidance to Sri Lanka...

On February 24-26, 2020, CLDP, in collaboration with USTR, organized a series of consultations for a delegation of 11 U.S. textiles industry experts to assess Salvadoran textile and apparel capabilities in San Salvador, El Salvador. The U.S. delegation was also accompanied by representatives from...