Forced labor still haunts Chinaโs Xinjiang, report finds
Findings will likely raise pressure on Brussels to restrict imports from the region.
burden of proof
MEP: Slave-labour burden of proof should be on companies
The EU is drafting new rules to investigate, ban and ultimately remove a product from the single market if forced labour is used. However, the three institutions remain far apart on redress for victims, who investigates, and slave-labour by states.
The New EU Asylum Laws, part 1: the Qualification Regulation
Professor Steve Peers,
Royal Holloway University of London*
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EU updates product liability regime to include software, Artificial Intelligence
EU policymakers reached a political agreement on Thursday (14 December) on legislation to bring the blocโs product liability regime in line with technological developments, notably covering digital products like software, which includes Artificial Inte…
Deal over dim sum: China caves to EU on data to keep investors sweet
As China’s economy stutters, Beijing gave a rare diplomatic win to the EU to ensure businesses don’t quit.
If Canada is to be believed, India has gone rogue
As the long rope given Modi may just snap under the strain of recent accusations.
European Parliament tries to accelerate on product liability rulebook
The leading EU lawmakers have circulated the first substantial rewrite of the new EU product liability framework that was discussed on Monday (3 July).
Proposed AI Liability Directive: The EC lending a helping hand
Ida Varoลกanec
(PhD student, University of Groningen) and Nynke Vellinga
(post-doc researcher, University of Groningen)
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1. Objectives of the
proposal
On 28 …