Dynamic Export

I guess because of my background and interest in all things India, I was recently asked about the laws that apply to franchises in India. Readers of Dynamic Export online may have seen my recent article where I discussed international franchising and pointed to some of the domestic laws that may apply when you decide [...]

Reading Thomas Friedman’s seminal book The World is Flat should be compulsory for all those aspire to lead our country. It is a book that explains the how, the why and, importantly, the effects of technological change to the world’s economy. Why, with the ubiquitous spread of technology, it doesn’t matter where your business operates. [...]

Hope springs eternal for the Export Market Development Grants (EMDG) scheme debate. New Minister for Trade Craig Emerson comes with a wealth of experience and qualifications. Seeing as Emerson has a doctorate in economics and experience as an economic analyst with the United Nations, he has been an adviser to various Labor government ministers, a [...]

Indian Government proposals for regulation of around 500 Indian law firms, the introduction of a compulsory code of practice for lawyers, proposals to ban accountants performing legal work and the possible entry of foreign legal firms into India on a level playing field with local lawyers all potentially have a profound effect on international trade. [...]

Most of us know that we can arrange for customs to seize counterfeit goods before they enter the market. Under Part 13 of the Trade Marks Act for example, the owner of a registered trade mark may notify customs that they the own the trade mark and the type of goods that may be illegally [...]

Last time we looked at the Stern Hu case. Some five weeks after being arrested, Rio Tinto executive Hu has now been charged with “using improper means to obtain commercial secrets about our country’s steel business”. Does the Stern Hu case give you something to think about? If you are dealing with a company exporting [...]

The Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times” seems counter-intuitive to Western ears. After all we are constantly bombarded with the notion that our lives need to be ‘interesting’ to be ‘happy and satisfying’. Throughout Chinese history, a happy life was predictable, where there was no war, famine or arbitrary rule. In short, where [...]

It was with a sense of bewilderment and wry amusement that I read that the NSW State Government proposes to impose a requirement that all future NSW Government tenders provide a 20 percent loading preference to Australian suppliers and a further five percent to NSW suppliers in an effort to reduce imports from China. We [...]