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Office of The Chief
Counsel for
The Commercial Law Development Program
Welcome
CLDP provides consultative and training support to developing
and transitional nations that are working to enhance their economic growth
by improving the legal environment for doing business in their countries.
CLDP activities are designed to meet the evolving needs of developing
nations. They include, among other things, major conferences that introduce
large groups to new issues, highly technical skills training for small
cadres of local experts and resident (or itinerant) consultants who spend
significant time working in a country executing longer-term projects or
consulting on issues that benefit from ongoing cooperation. CLDP activities
serve as a catalyst for change, enabling leaders to take steps that, while
important for the long-term economic health of their nation, may be difficult
in the short term. As a U.S. federal agency, CLDP is particularly strong
in providing government-to-government assistance and in helping governments
and their business communities to communicate more effectively. Most CLDP
activities are funded by the US Agency for International Development.
Office Description
Since its inception in 1992, CLDP has provided technical assistance to
more than fifty countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet
Union, the Middle East, Northern and Sub-Saharan Africa and South-East
Asia. CLDP conducts between 50 and 100 discrete technical assistance activities
each year, and has provided training or consultative support to nearly
10,000 people since its inception. This is in addition to the daily assistance
provided by CLDP’s overseas offices and resident advisors and the
information provided by the web sites and newsletters CLDP sponsors.
A significant portion of CLDP’s activities support WTO accessions
and Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, and implementation of WTO
disciplines and FTA commitments including laws and procedures affecting
intellectual property rights, customs valuation, market access, trade
remedies, and product standards, among other things. In addition to its
work with respect to WTO disciplines, CLDP provides technical assistance
with respect to mortgage, insurance and other financial service regulatory
matters, government, judicial and business ethics, public procurement,
electronic commerce, anti-trust, privatization of state-owned enterprises,
alternative dispute resolution, investment, judicial case management,
trade policy analysis, econometric modeling, project finance, trade finance,
spectrum management, public notice and comment processes and negotiation
skills.
CLDP's Washington office is located in the Ronald Reagan
Building and International Trade Center on 14th Street between Constitution
Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue, directly across the street from the main
entrance to the Commerce Department's Herbert Hoover Building. Our offices
are on the mezzanine level inside the USA Trade Center.
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Office Contact:
Linda A. Wells
cldp@doc.gov
202-482-2400 Voice
202-482-0006 fax
Commercial Law Development Program
Mail Stop 5875
U.S. Department of Commerce
1401 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20230
Visit CLDP's Web site:
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