Bryan Cave International Consulting, together with lawyers and trade professionals from Bryan Cave LLP, has highly qualified personnel experienced in trade negotiations to assist sovereign clients in developing strategic and tactical plans for their international trade negotiations. Our familiarity with the regulatory regimes of various countries, particularly the ASEAN countries, China, India, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand, EU, and the U.S., the business environment and the domestic constituencies enable us to provide accurate information and insights on dealing with such countries. We provide legal, technical and strategic advice and counsel on all areas of trade negotiations, including trade in goods, rules of origin, customs measures, trade in services, intellectual property, government procurement, labor and environment and other matters.

Given the depth of our experience in both the public and private sectors, Bryan Cave International Consulting is sensitive to the effect of negotiating outcomes on the domestic economic and regulatory landscape. We can anticipate and provide responses to questions, especially on sensitive issues, that could be posed by business, industry and agricultural groups, environmental groups, intellectual property rights critics and other groups with regard to trade negotiations. We understand that some of these groups have considerable public influence and support and we work with sovereign clients to assuage their concerns and temper their opposition.