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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 [...]
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The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry will give $33,000 to not-for-profit organisation Standards Australia to maintain organic and biodynamic product standards, following the development of appropriate standards last year. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Tony Burke encouraged those in the industry to adopt this standard as it “will provide greater certainty and credibility [...]
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The Australian Made, Australian Grown Campaign (AMAG) has thrown its support behind a reform that will ensure mandatory country of origin labelling for all food products. AMAG, owner of the registered certification trade marks ‘Product of Australia’, ‘Australian Made’ and ‘Australian Grown’, has submitted to the Review of Food Labelling Law and Policy a recommendation [...]
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The Australian Made, Australian Grown (AMAG) Campaign has called for the introduction of an administrative mechanism to provide greater surety for businesses seeking to make a particular country of origin claim for their products. In its submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Trade Practices (Australian Consumer Law) Bill (No.2) 2010, AMAG expressed its concerns [...]
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Australian Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu will not appeal against his 10-year sentence , which was handed down to him in a Chinese court last month. Hu was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes and stealing commercial secrets in a closed court after a three-day trial in Shanghai. The Australian government labelled [...]
...read moreGoogle’s proposal to pull out of China after evidence of hacking has earned a response by China’s Commerce Ministry, after the issue threatened to affect economic relations. Ministry spokesperson Yao Jian said his department had not yet received a formal indication of Google’s exit. He reiterated that all foreign companies were obliged to abide by [...]
...read moreChina is expected to set a date for the trial of Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu this week. Australian citizen Hu was arrested on July 5, 2009 and charged with commercial conspiracy, along with three Chinese co-workers. Minster for Trade Simon Crean, acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, said while China was due to set a [...]
...read moreA combination of a rise in disputes and an avoidance of costly litigation has given Australia an economic opportunity, according to three legal organisations. The Australian Centre for Commercial International Arbitration (ACICA), the Institute of Arbitrators & Mediators Australia (IAMA) and the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Australia (CIArb) will join forces to promote Australia as [...]
...read moreA maritime lawyer has strongly encouraged Australia to sign a new international shipping convention to improve and modernise terms of carriage. “Eighty percent of world trade is now conducted by sea. Supporting a uniform framework that clarifies the rights and responsibilities of marine cargo carriers and shippers promotes international trade and is in turn good [...]
...read moreThe Federal Court has given permission to the shareholders of disgraced wheat enterprise AWB to issue a subpoena to former Minister for Foreign Affairs Alexander Downer to call him as a witness in the case. In 2005, it came to light that AWB had made payments under the guise of transport fees to Saddam Hussein’s [...]
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