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US – President terminates national emergency with respect to actions and policies of former Liberian President

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On November 12, 2015, President Obama issued an Executive Order terminating the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, with respect to the actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property. The President found that the situation in Liberia has been significantly altered by Liberia’s significant…

EU and Liberia sign deal on WTO accession

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On 16 July 2015, the European Commission announced that the EU and Liberia had signed a deal concluding their bilateral negotiations on Liberia’s accession to the WTO. The announcement said that accession to the WTO is expected to make a lasting contribution to the process of economic reform and sustainable development in Liberia. The announcement said that: The bilateral deal – signed by EU Ambassador to the WTO Angelos Pangratis and Liberia’s Minister for Commerce…

US – CBP imposes restrictions on flights carrying passengers who have recently traveled to, from, or through Ebola-stricken countries

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On October 23, 2014, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published in the Federal Register a notice of arrival restrictions announcing the decision of the Commissioner of CBP to direct all flights to the U.S. carrying persons who have recently traveled to, from, or through Ebola-stricken countries to arrive at one of the U.S. airports where CBP is implementing enhanced screening procedures. Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1433(c) and 19 C.F.R. 122.32, CBP has the…

US – President extends national emergency with respect to Taylor Regime (Liberia)

By 2 Mins Read

On July 17, 2014, the Federal Register published the Notice of July 15, 2014 – Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Former Liberian Regime of Charles Taylor. The notice extends for an additional year the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004 pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701–1706) to deal with the unusual and extraordinary threat to the foreign policy of the…

US – President extends National Emergency for former Liberian regime

By 2 Mins Read

On July 19, 2013, the Federal Register published a notice that President Obama signed on July 17, 2013, continuing for an additional year the National Emergency with respect to the former Liberian regime of Charles Taylor. The National Emergency was originally established by Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004 to deal with the actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and…