THE GLOBAL BUSINESS DIALOGUE
Washington, DC

An Association for the Global Trade and Business Communities

Welcome to the Global Business Dialogue, a 21st Century Association for the Global Business Community. Its principal task is to highlight perspectives on global trade and investment and on the issues and decisions that will shape commerce and the world's business environment in the years ahead

LAST EVENT: 

May 15, 8:45 a.m., at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: THE TIES THAT BIND (AND BUILD): Cross-Border Investments and the New Model B.I.T.

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RECENT POSTINGS:

The following  items relate to GBD's April 25 colloquium on State-Owned Enterprises:

The Audio Recording of the event SOEs-New Entities, New Realities, held at the National Press Club on April 25, 2012.  Alternatively, you can listen to individual segments of this events as follows:

Welcome and Introduction of the Speakers.

Remarks Alan Wm. Wolff from Dewey & LeBoeuf,

Remarks of Sean Heather, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,

Remarks of Greg Rushford, the Rushford Report,

Remarks of Shaun Donnelly, U.S. Council for International Bus.

Question and Answer session.

The Scope of the Problem - A paper prepared by Alan Wm. Wolff of Dewey & LeBoeuf for this event.

Establishing Rules of the Road: Commercial SOEs and Private Actors.  This PowerPoint presentation was jointly authored by Alan Wm. Wolff of Dewey & LeBoeuf and Sean Heather of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and originally presented at a TPP event in Melbourne, Australia, on March 4, 2012.   These slides are also included in the Compendium of Papers for GBD's April 25th event on SOEs. 

LAST EVENT: April 25, 2012, at the National Press Club:

SOEs - NEW ENTITIES, NEW REALITIES: The Growth of State Owned Enterprises and their Effect on the Trading System. 

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"In the past, Australian governments have sought the inclusion of investor-state dispute resolution procedures in trade agreements with developing countries.  The Gillard government will discontinue this practice." 

Australian Government
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
April 2011




                    

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