Sentences with phrase «states banned imports»

Last year the United States banned imports of 201 species of salamander to guard against Bsal, and Canada did so for all species in May.

The United States banned the import and export of African ivory in 1989 but it did not ban its domestic sale.

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Among other things, it prohibits sending such waste to non-member states, or to any member country that has banned their import.

Beef prices rose to very high levels in 2004, supported by Japan's decision to ban imports of US beef following the detection of a case of BSE in the United States in late 2003.

Japan has since agreed to lift the ban and allow imports of US beef from cattle that are under two years old, which is likely to place downward pressure on prices over the coming year, though it may take some time for the United States to establish systems to identify cattle age accurately.

In the 1890s, Congress addressed this impasse by passing laws permitting the states to ban imported liquor and making it a federal offense to transport lottery tickets across state lines.

These head winds «grew in strength» in August 2014, when Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev introduced a one - year ban on the import of agricultural products from the European Union (EU), the United States, Australia, Canada, and Norway.

Also, I understand they have banned the import of Sichuan Pepper into the States.

The Northern states wanted slaves to not count in the determination of how many Representatives a state could have in Congress and to ban the import of new slaves from outside the country.

Hawkins says he would ban fracking in New York and prevent the import and treatment of out - of - state drilling waste.

It is now illegal to import a number of these substances into the United Kingdom and parts of the United States, but the chemical building blocks used to produce them are common compounds that would be hard to ban — or even to control.

Many member states have decided to opt out of growing GM crops approved by the EU, but a proposal to also ban imports of genetically modified fodder looks doomed

(The United States has banned imports of dairy products and produce from several regions.)

In case you don't recall or happened to miss the story, the United States International Trade Commission ordered an import ban on many different Motorola devices running Android due to infringing a Microsoft patent.

How about banning rescues importing dog from other states and other countries?

Should imports of the console become banned in the United States, that's going to hurt indie developers who are betting big on the system.

The United States is the only industrialized nation on earth that bans the production of industrial hemp, thus we're unable to utilize it in a cost - effective manner as it must be imported.

The species is one of 201 banned for import to the United States and across state lines.

The state also has a five - year - old law banning power companies from importing coal - fired electricity by setting steep carbon emissions standards.

With China dealing with civil unrest and bad international headlines over air quality issues, the country recently penned a joint greenhouse gas reduction agreement with the United States and also announced in September that it would soon ban the import of coal with high sulfur and ash content.

At the Clinton Global Initiative's annual meeting in September, leaders from seven African elephant range states committed or recommitted to banning ivory imports, exports and domestic trade in their countries.

So which earns priority - a lot of money now, or having bluefin tuna a few years from now?The New York Times reports that in a telephone interview, Miyahara stated that if bluefin tuna is given status as a most - endangered species - which is should be - Japan will ignore the ban and leave its market open to continued imports.

If China were to import even one fifth of its grain, there would likely be pressure from U.S. consumers to restrict or to ban exports to China, as the United States did in the 1970s, when it banned soybean exports to Japan.

Article I, Section 9, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution which was in effect until 1808 when importing slaves was banned stated that a customs duty could be imposed on imported slaves:

Last week the United States International Trade Commission (USITC, or just ITC) decided to conduct a routine review of a preliminary ruling that held HTC to infringe two Nokia patents and could lead to a U.S. import ban.

Since then, the battle escalated — with Qualcomm attempting to ban iPhones being imported to the United States that use chips, «other than those supplied by Qualcomm affiliates.»