一 | 新加坡公约周于8月26日至30日在香格里拉酒店隆重举行，其中，新加坡国际仲裁中心（SIAC 简称新仲）的研讨会作为核心活动，吸引了全球仲裁界的精英汇聚一堂。 WOBURN, Mass. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed banning the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene, which can be found in consumer products including automobile brake cleaners, furniture care and arts and crafts spray coating. The move would end a nearly four decade battle to ban the chemical known as TCE, which can cause sudden death or kidney cancer if a person is exposed to high levels of it, and other neurological harm even at lower exposure over a long period.EPA’s recent risk-evaluation studies found that as much as 250 million pounds of TCE are still produced in the United States annually. One of the first places the chemical raised concern was in Massachusetts, where it was linked to contaminated drinking water in the city of Woburn. Two locations there were ultimately designated as massive Superfund sites. Monday's news conference was held at one of them, a location which now serves as a transportation center.“For far too long, TCE has left a toxic legacy in communities across America," said Michal Freedhoff, the EPA’s assistant administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention. “Today, EPA is taking a major step to protect people from exposure to this cancer-causing chemical.” Massachusetts Sen. Edward Markey, who has led the effort to ban TCE, welcomed the move. “With this rule, we can see a future where we will no longer be manufacturing, processing and distributing a chemical known to be deadly,” Markey said. “We will no longer be exposing American families, communities and workers to a toxic chemical legacy that leaves questions, cancer and catastrophe in its wake.”Markey called the effort personal, citing his long-time work with Anne Anderson, a resident-turned-activist whose son Jimmy died in 1981 of leukemia.“Since Anne and I met in 1980, we have been partners in the effort to clean up Woburn, to get justice for her son, and to save other families from seeing their children fall sick as a result of contamination,” Markey said. "Thanks to the advocacy of Anne Anderson and the action of the EPA, the era of corporations using communities like Woburn as dumping grounds for toxic TCE is over.” A 1982 lawsuit over the contaminated water supply involved eight Woburn families, including the Andersons. The case garnered national attention and led to the book and movie titled “A Civil Action.” The American Chemistry Council said in a statement that TCE has several important uses in packaging and in formulating products. The proposed rule “is inconsistent with the underlying science,” the council said, calling on the EPA to avoid unnecessarily restricting valuable industrial uses for the chemical. “EPA must base its risk management proposals on best available science, including accurate assessments of exposure," the industry group said. “Where uses of chemistries have decreased over time, this must be reflected in EPA’s underlying risk assessment, because decreased use reduces potential exposure.”Meanwhile, environmental groups praised the proposed rule, which would take effect in a year. “EPA followed the science, listened to impacted communities, and proposed one of the strongest chemical regulations in recent history,” Earthjustice Senior Attorney Jonathan Kalmuss-Katz said in a statement. “Some chemicals are simply too harmful to remain on the market." TCE is used to make refrigerants and in solvents that remove grease from metal parts. It is also used in carpet cleaners, laundry spot removers and hoof polish for horses. The chemical presents an “unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment” in 52 of 54 uses in industrial and consumer products, the EPA has found.“I am overwhelmed that all of you are here to acknowledge everything that has happened and everything that was bad has turned good,” Anderson said. “I owe so much to you people to keep the fight going, making sure that everybody is safe and that toxic chemicals like TCE will no longer exist.”The proposed ban stems from a major expansion of EPA's regulatory powers under a landmark 2016 law that overhauled rules governing tens of thousands of toxic chemicals in everyday products, from household cleaners to clothing and furniture.The statute authorized new rules for tens of thousands of toxic chemicals found in everyday products, including substances such as asbestos and TCE, that for decades have been known to cause cancer but were largely unregulated under federal law. Known as the Frank Lautenberg Chemical Safety Act, the law was intended to clear up a hodgepodge of state rules governing chemicals and to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.The 2016 law required the EPA to evaluate chemicals and put in place protections against unreasonable risks. The agency moved to ban asbestos last year and has also proposed banning methylene chloride, perchloroethylene and carbon tetrachloride.__ Associated Press writer Matthew Daly in Washington contributed to this report.。近年来，新加坡国际仲裁中心成功吸引众多外国律所纷纷在新加坡设立分支机构，并在三年前与伦敦并驾齐驱，成为全球仲裁用户的首选地，这一成就标志着新仲的重要地位。自1991年成立以来，新仲凭借其全球布局和创新措施，显著提高了其在国际舞台上的影响力和用户的信任度，成为亚太乃至全球最受欢迎的仲裁机构之一。
二 | 其首席执行官林美恩指出，新仲在孟买、首尔、上海、古吉拉特邦国际金融科技城和纽约等地设立了海外办事处，这些办事处拉近了与用户的距离，加深了与国际仲裁和商业社区的联系。新加坡国际仲裁中心立足全世界 新仲的案件量从2013年的259起飙升至2023年的663起，增长了超过150%。林美恩表示，新仲在多个关键市场广受欢迎,过去十年，中国、印度和美国是新仲的主要外国用户，而东盟国家如马来西亚、印度尼西亚、越南、泰国和菲律宾也频繁位列前十。图源：FACEBOOK去年8月，新加坡内政部长兼律政部长尚穆根在新仲的研讨会上强调，无论在何种不稳定或紧张局势下，新加坡政府都将全力支持仲裁业，通过修订仲裁法规和不断进步，确保新加坡作为国际仲裁地的吸引力。新仲在纽约设立的海外办事处是其首次在亚洲以外的布局，自成立以来，吸引了众多拉丁美洲新用户，并持续处理涉及美国当事人的案件，甚至包括那些与新加坡或亚洲无直接关联的案件。在2023年受理的新案件中，97%是仲裁案件，93%为国际案件，涉及来自66个司法管辖区的当事人，总争议金额高达119亿美元，平均争议金额为4925万元。新加坡具有东西方文化双重优势 新加坡国际调解中心与中国对外承包工程商会在新加坡公约周期间签署了一份谅解备忘录，旨在加强处理跨境商业纠纷的调解工作，并推广这种促进和谐与双赢的争议解决方式。新加坡国际调解中心主席、资深律师林长仁在8月28日指出，与中国商会的合作将开启更多机遇，有助于进一步普及调解服务。林长仁指出，中心曾在一项与中国机场建设项目相关的纠纷中成功担任调解角色，调解不仅效率高、成本低，还能避免双方公开对峙，维护良好关系，并为继续合作留下空间，同时保护企业声誉。
三 | 他强调，新加坡在国际上的声望和对中西方文化的理解，使其成为亚洲和欧美企业间纠纷的理想中立调解地。中国对外承包工程商会副会长辛修明提到，这是商会首次与海外调解机构签署谅解备忘录，期待继续与调解中心保持愉快的合作关系，并进一步发展。他指出，调解服务的目标与中国所提倡的共享机遇、共同发展理念不谋而合。“与仲裁追求的法律正义不同，调解更侧重于寻求共同利益，这与当前商业合作的大环境和大趋势更加契合。”自2014年成立以来，新加坡国际调解中心已成功调解了超过430起纠纷，涉及61个司法管辖区，总金额近180亿美元。新加坡内政部长兼律政部长尚穆根强调，过去十年中，新加坡作为亚洲调解中心的地位得到了巩固，这有助于新加坡与多个合作伙伴共同合作。“当有机构寻求与我们合作时，我的立场是，我们愿意与所有人携手合作。
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