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MBCC “Doing Business with Mongolia seminar and Christmas Receptiom” Dec 10. 2024 London UK | MBCCI | London UK Goodman LLC |
NEWS
Trump administration announces withdrawal from TPP www.nhk.or.jp
The administration of new US President Donald Trump has announced through the White House website that the US is withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement.
The website says that with tough and fair agreements, international trade can be used to grow the US economy.
It adds that this strategy starts by withdrawing from the TPP.
In February of last year, 12 countries including Japan and the United States signed the pact. Member countries have since been proceeding with domestic procedures needed to put the agreement into effect. Congressional approval in the US is necessary for implementing the TPP.
The announcement of US withdrawal means the pact is unlikely to take effect.
Instead, the Trump administration plans to negotiate bilateral economic deals that are more likely to reflect US national interests.
But the US presence in Asia could decrease as negotiations are underway on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, which includes China and Japan, but not the US.
Trump has suggested that the US will impose high tariffs on imports from China, with which the US has a huge trade deficit.
The White House website also says Trump is committed to renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement.
It says that if Mexico and Canada refuse a renegotiation that gives American workers a fair deal, then the president will give notice of the US intent to withdraw from NAFTA.
Trump has criticized NAFTA, saying it has caused factories in the US to move to Mexico. He has warned that he will impose 35-percent tariffs on products made at such factories in Mexico.
Some analysts say Trump's protectionist trade policy may lead to stagnation in global trade.
US-Mongolia Transparency Agreement ratified at Washington ceremony on January 18, will enter into force on March 18
More than three years after it was signed in September 2013 by US Trade Representative Michael Froman and then-Foreign Minister Lu. Bold, the US-Mongolia Transparency Agreement was finally ratified on Wednesday, January 18, at a Washington DC ceremony at which letters by Ambassador Froman and Mongolian Ambassador to the US Bulgaa Altangerel were exchanged certifying that both the US and Mongolia have completed their respective legal requirements to implement the agreement. Formally known as the “Agreement on Transparency in Matters Related to International Trade and Investment between the United States of America and Mongolia,” the agreement will enter into force on Friday, March 18, 60 days after the January 18 ceremony.
The agreement applies to matters relating to international trade and investment and includes joint commitments to provide opportunities for public comment on proposed laws and regulations and to publish final laws and regulations in English. The English publication provision is expected to make it easier for all foreign companies to do business in, and invest in, Mongolia. The agreement also commits both nations ensure that administrative agencies apply fair, impartial and reasonable procedures and that persons affected by the decisions of administrative agencies have a right to appeal those decisions. Other sections cover the application of disciplines on bribery and corruption.
Certification of the agreement came two days before Ambassador Froman will leave his post at USTR on January 20, after President-Elect Donald Trump is inaugurated. It is customary for all Presidential appointees to resign at the end of an administration. At the January 18 ceremony, Ambassador Froman offered his appreciation to US State Department officials for their valuable support leading up to the signing and exchange of letters. President-Elect Trump has nominated Washington trade lawyer Robert Lighthizer, a former Deputy US Trade Representative, to succeed Froman. The date of a confirmation hearing at the Senate Finance Committee has not yet been announced.
“On this landmark occasion, “ said NAMBC Chairman Frank Herbert, “we also want to pay tribute not only to Ambassador Froman and his team but also most particularly to former US Ambassadors Jonathan Addleton and Piper Campbell, and their successor, Ambassador Jennifer Galt, and to Mongolia’s Ambassadors to the US Khasbazaryn Bekhbat and Bulgaa Altangerel for their key roles in negotiating this historic agreement and in achieving its implementation.” Herbert also noted, “This agreement offers huge benefits to Mongolia in reaching out for new FDI around the world, allowing a wider global audience for Mongolia’s ongoing effort to promote predictability, stability and fair treatment to investors and trading partners.” He further said the agreement represented “the continuing commitment of five consecutive Mongolian Prime Ministers from different parties to achieve greater openness and transparency.”
The United States and Mongolia signed a Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on July 15, 2004, creating a United States-Mongolia Council on Trade and Investment that considers a wide range of issues that include, but are not limited to, intellectual property rights, labor, environmental matters, non-tariff barriers, investment and transparency. Through the Council, the two countries have established an ongoing dialogue to help remove impediments to trade. The next TIFA meeting will be in Washington DC at a date yet to be determined this spring.
The transparency agreement with Mongolia represents the first time that the United States has concluded a stand-alone agreement addressing transparency in matters related to international trade and investment. Previously, the United States had only negotiated transparency commitments as part of broader agreements, such as free trade agreements (FTA). Negotiating a stand-alone agreement with Mongolia offered an opportunity to build concretely on cooperation between the United States and Mongolia under the existing TIFA.
For the full 11 page text of the U.S.-Mongolia Transparency Agreement, go to: https://ustr.gov/…/US-Mongolia%20Transparency%20Agreement-E…
For copies of the letters signed and exchanged on January 18, go to: https://ustr.gov/…/Mongolia%20Transparency%20Agreement%20EI…
For the full 4 page text of the 2004 TIFA Agreement, go to: https://ustr.gov/…/US-Mongolia%20TIFA%20English%20Version.p…
...'World's top-paid' footballer arrives in Shanghai www.nhk.or.jp
Argentine footballer Carlos Tevez has arrived in Shanghai to play for a local professional club. Shanghai Shenhua reportedly offered him about 40 million dollars a year, the highest annual pay for a soccer star.
More than 2,000 fans welcomed Tevez at an airport in Shanghai in China on Thursday. He responded by waving a hand and smiling.
Tevez signed a 2-year deal with the Chinese Super League club last month. The former Argentina national team striker has played for such European clubs as Manchester United and Juventus.
China has been working to strengthen the abilities of its footballers as it seeks to host a FIFA World Cup tournament.
Clubs in the Chinese league have been offering big money to attract foreign players.
Another Shanghai-based club reportedly signed Oscar of the Brazilian national team last month in a deal worth about 26 million dollars a year.
In response, the Chinese Football Association announced on Monday that it will reduce the number of foreign players allowed in a game by one, starting this season.
ROK, US, Japan to hold maritime drills against DPRK missiles www.chinadaily.com.cn
Vietnam opens new doors with push for coal energy www.asia.nikkei.com
VAT Law implementation results in growth of government budget revenue www.montsame.mn
Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The “Changemakers” club of economic journalists has organized a discussion on the implementation of the new Law on Value Added Tax. The event gathered some important figures, including the chairman of the General Department of Taxation, directors of public and private companies and university professors.
The VAT Law was adopted on July 8 of 2015 and entered into force on January 1 of 2016. Citizens were introduced to use of a new online system to register receipts of their each purchase as VAT payers and to receive 20 percent VAT return after completion of each fiscal year.
Chairman of the Taxation Department L.Zorig underlined that, with the implementation of the law for one year brought MNT 70 billion of increase from VAT charging to the country’s economy compared to that of 2015. To be specific, he added, the taxation department accumulated MNT 1.565,4 trillion to the Government Budget in 2017. Some 35 percent or MNT 555.2 billion were the revenue from VAT, which represents 70 percent increase against the previous year.
As of today, there are 63,183 registered VAT set-off paying companies. In the past year, 169,473 users of online “ebarimt” system out of the total 621,538 users won the VAT lottery. The annual VAT return of MNT 35 billion will be distributed to more than 620 thousand citizens. A half of the return has been planned to be allocated to each individual accounts before the lunar new year. However, the procedure has been facing some difficulties due to missing information from over 140 thousand VAT payers, according to the related officials.
The law implementation enabled the government to better monitor the companies’ sales revenues and helped shrink the shadow economy, considers Prof. D.Dalkhjav, Dean of Economy and Business School of the University of Agriculture.
China economy grows 6.7% in 2016 www.bbc.com
Western Union admits to aiding wire fraud, to pay $586 million www.reuters.com
China extends Hollywood push with $1 billion Paramount investment www.reuters.com
Erdenes Mongol: Coal-to-liquids fuel industry to produce 10 thousand barrels per day www.mongolia.gogo.mn
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