§ Mr. Awdryasked the President of the Board of Trade what contracts involving British firms, for which foreign exchange payments have been sanctioned, have been affected by the retroactive legislation passed by the Ethiopian Government which denies the rights of arbitration procedure allowed for in contracts.
§ Mrs. Gwyneth DunwoodyWe understand from inquiries made by our Embassy in Ethiopia that this legislation has been repealed and that publication of this and other changes in the Civil Code will be made later in the Official Gazette. So far as we know only one contract involving a British firm was concerned, and in that case, even before repeal, we understood that an undertaking had been given not to apply the legislation retrospectively.