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...past seven months has been at the receiving end of adverse trade measures by other major trading partners. In December, the E.U. imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese screws and bolts. In June, the U.S. imposed anti-dumping duties on four Chinese product categories including steel pipes, a move that prompted China to lodge a complaint with the WTO. But according to Vineet Aneja, partner at Delhi-based corporate law firm FoxMandal Little, India may have difficulty defending its case in any WTO action. "The WTO may not uphold the ban since not enough reason has been given," Aneja says...
...provide courts with evidence or testimony requested, citing state secrecy. Many observers now hope the Obama administration will release previously withheld information as it deconstructs the extra-legal system for dealing with terror suspects and return them to courts that handled them before 9/11. "That's an important move, because trials and convictions are supposed to render justice to victims, their families, and society - and revenge-seeking kangaroo courts don't do that," a French counter-terrorism official notes. "Does that risk [the possibility of an] innocent verdict or lighter sentences? Yes. But that's how the system works...
...weeks ago that Khan was not under formal house arrest but merely kept under tight security for his own protection. Seizing on that admission, the court said that since there are no charges - and since Khan was pardoned by Musharraf soon after his confession - he should be allowed to move. (See pictures of Khan's nuclear bazaar...
While many Pakistanis will cheer the court's decision, it has caused dismay in Washington. A U.S. State Department spokesman said the move was "extremely regrettable" and "unfortunate," adding that Washington believed Khan remains a "serious proliferation risk." Analysts believe that the court's decision could prove a source of embarrassment for the Pakistani government just days before Richard Holbrooke arrives in the region for his first visit as the Obama Administration's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Last month, the U.S. State Department slapped sanctions on 13 individuals and three companies for their involvement with Khan's proliferation...
...Cirincione, who runs the Ploughshares Fund, a grantmaking foundation focused on issues of security and peace, points out that Khan's release comes just days after the U.S. imposed sanctions against Khan, 12 of his associates and three firms tied to his network. "Was this a reaction to our move? If so, it is a direct challenge to our efforts to stop the network," he says...