Since the signing of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement, CLDP has been providing technical assistance to Oman to meet imminent obligations under the FTA.Under thesecondphase of a program tosupport Oman's efforts to develop an Advance Rulings system for customs inquiries, 9 officials from the Royal...

During thisfirst phase of the planned three phase Advance Rulings program, CLDP and US Customs experts traveled to Oman and met with Omani Customsofficialsfrom February 19-22 to explain the obligations under Article 5.10 (Advance Rulings).

CLDP brought professors from partner institutions in Oman to the U.S. to participate in a consultative tour of American law schools on February 20 - March 4, 2005. During the visit, the participants were able to experience firsthand the teaching methods that are being used at prominent U.S. law...

Omani and UAE judges engaged in a commercial law study tour in the US and work with US judges in order to identify necessary criteria for commercial law specialization.

CLDP continues to provide assistance to the Middle East by assisting with the development of curricula that will introduce international norms and practices of commercial law to the law schools in the region. During this visit to four Gulf countries, CLDP provided guidance on teaching international...

CLDP brought two senior US law school administrators to Qatar University, the University of Bahrain and Sultan Qaboos University College of Law in Oman to support these universities in implementing modern commercial law curricula. The US experts consulted with law faculty and administrators on...

CLDP collaborated with deans and law professors in universities in Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the UAE to provide administrative support to law schools to teach commercial law curricula, and provided expert law school administrators who are advising the faculties on a continuing basis.

CLDP sent drafting experts to Oman to work with the Oman Ministry of Commerce and Industry in order to revise Oman's commercial laws. In the area of company and electronic commerce laws, CLDP intends to introduce Bahrain examples to assist in the development of laws in Oman that comply with...

CLDP in conjunction with experts from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) conducted an assessment of the Sultanate of Oman’s ability to implement their customs obligations under the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement.

CLDP sponsored the visit of two faculty members from Qatar University Law School and two faculty members from Sultan Qaboos University Law School to participate in the American Association of Law Schools (AALS) annual meeting in Washington DC.