CLDP and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) visited Manama, Bahrain to hold consultations with Bahrain Customs Affairs and provide a training session on the Rules of Origin and Customs Administration chapters of the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement.

Beginning in 2006, CLDP has worked with the Oman Information Technology Authority (ITA) on the development of the Electronic Transaction Law in Oman. CLDP's legislative e-commerce drafting programs provided officials with guidance and practical experience in the development of effective e-commerce...

CLDP supported the Algerian government's Agency for Technology Transfer (ANVREDET) in an international conference on the theme of research and innovation in the economic world that will be held May 19-21, 2008 in Algiers.

CLDP organized a three day workshop May 26-28, 2008 at the Qatar Legal and Judicial Studies Center focused on bankruptcy, the role of mediation, and the process of reorganizing businesses.

CLDP and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration, in cooperation with the UAE institute of Training and Judicial Studies and the UAE Ministry of Justice, organized a two day conference for judges on implementation of the New York Convention on the Recognition...

On Tuesday, June 3, 2008, representatives from government and private sectors of Egypt and the U.S. met to witness the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Egyptian Organization for Standardization and the American National Standards Institute.

In response to the request by Moroccan Customs, CLDP, in partnership with CBP, organized a three day workshop in Rabat on setting up a system for issuing advance rulings.

Competition officials and staff from several regional countries attended this North African Regional Competition Conference in Tunis, Tunisia on June 30, 2008, to present and discuss the issues, best practices and commonalities of their competition law advancement.

In response to the request by the Palestine Standards Institution (PSI), CLDP invited two PSI officials to participate in the NIST Standards in Trade Workshop on WTO/TBT Inquiry Point Operations for India, Middle East, and North Africa.

Since 2006, CLDP, in cooperation with the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department, has provided technical assistance to the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) to help implement the new competition law and foster a competition culture in Egypt.