CLDP hosted a high-level delegation of Iraqi officials for consultations in Houston, Texas and the signing of a Sister City Agreement between Houston and Basrah. The consultations and signing, held from May 4-7, included the Governor of Basrah, a delegation of federal and governorate officials, and...

From February 10-12, 2015, CLDP organized a competition law continuing legal education (CLE) program in Karachi, Pakistan andconducted a Competition Law Workshop for the Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) in Islamabad.

CLDP, in close cooperation with the US Embassy in Tunis and the Tunisian Ministry of Commerce, led a Franchising Roadshow in Tunisia from February 24-26, 2015.

On February23-27 2015, in cooperation with the International Trade Centre (ITC), a joint agency of the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, CLDP organized a workshop on trade and market analysis for fourteen officials of the Iraq Ministry of Trade.

In early November 2014, CLDP (in partnership with the African Legal Support Facility) brought together a group of international experts to draft and publish a handbook on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). The handbook is intended to provide an overview of PPAs and the obligations, risks and remedies...

From November 16-20, CLDP, in cooperation with the Foreign Commercial Service and Iraqs National Investment Commission, hosted a franchise workshop for 20 Iraqi investors on Negotiating Franchise Agreements in Abu Dhabi, UAE.

CLDP held a Workshop on Economic Modeling and Trade Policy Development in Kyiv for 14 Ukrainian government officials.

On June 5 and 6, CLDP Chief Counsel Steve Gardner joined the Burma segment of Secretary Pritzkers visit to Southeast Asia, aimed at enhancing economic ties between commercial interests in the United States and the Philippines, Vietnam and Burma. The visit to Burma was the first by a high-level...

On July 9th, US Ambassador Norlund and Minister of Foreign Affairs Panjikidze launched the first Georgian International Economic Diplomacy Manual at the Diplomatic Training Center in Tbilisi, Georgia.

CLDP sponsored the participation of a law school student and a teaching assistant from the University of Sarajevo Faculty of Law to attend the 5th Annual Institute in International Commercial Law and Dispute Resolution in Zagreb and Zadar, Croatia.