Sentences with phrase «current trade agreements»

The Reform Party calls for the repeal or revision of current trade agreements.

«There's no question that we have a terrible disadvantage right now because our trade policies have failed, but obviously he's talking about policies that would be outside of all our current trade agreements and trade rules.»

The UK, with comparable wage rates and product standards as the U.S., would make a potential first candidate for a deal that did not have the same opposition that current trade agreements have.

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«The current threat of trade wars or withdrawing from trade agreements may harm agriculture.»

These include deficient infrastructure, regulatory uncertainty, rising trade barriers, relatively high electricity costs, and the unknown status of current and future trade agreements.

The United States and China have not yet dealt seriously with the prospect of a bilateral free trade agreement, and, given the current climate, such talks may be difficult to commence.

Here is one way the dispute could worsen: By provoking responses from Canada and Mexico, the tariffs could derail the current renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The current terms of the NAFTA agreement protect Mexico and Canada from trade barriers imposed by the U.S. to protect their more vulnerable industries.

Like all current free trade agreements, the TPP is only marginally about trade.

The government's current strategy is based on the hope that the EURO area will quickly recover from its 18 - month recession; that the US will find an agreement on a budget that will reverse sequestration and raise the debt ceiling; that emerging markets will become revitalized; that President Obama will agree to the XL pipeline; and that there will be a Canada - EU free trade deal.

The Chinese government has announced that it will lower the country's VAT tax from the current 17 % to 16 % for imported goods, which is expected to boost China's wine imports, especially for countries such as Australia and Chile that have signed Free Trade Agreements with China.

SWA said it hoped EU - India Free Trade Agreement negotiations would restart following this year's Indian elections, leading to a reduction of the current 150 % import tariff.

A group of state and city legislators from Queens today released a letter to Congressman Gregory Meeks urging him to flip his current stance and vote against the Trans - Pacific Partnership — a free trade agreement backed by the Obama administration but opposed by numerous labor and environmental groups.

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is an agreement that could allow the U.K. to import U.S. foods that are higher in pesticides and growth hormones than current British regulations allow.

Where NAFTA is concerned, the growing mutual benefits derived from energy trade between the United States and Mexico as well as long - established relationships between the United States and Canada argue for a very careful and deliberate renegotiation of the agreement — recognizing that the current accord has worked to the advantage of all countries with regard to energy.

How the current dispute is resolved will set an important precedent, with implications for future international climate agreements, some of which could have substantive implications for global trade and competitiveness.

The current Democrat Party is little more than a shadow of it's former self as the last two Democrat Presidents have done their best to promote the destruction of progressive social ideals and legislation while promoting devastating international trade agreements that put the U.S. and it's citizens at the mercy of foreign business and banking interests.

The current hurdles can be alleviated if the Commission decides to change its «all - in» policy for concluding trade and investment agreements, and instead follows a sector - based and sequential approach, concluding two separate agreements: one on trade and one on investment.

«We are hoping for a bespoke mutual access deal, probably in the form of a free trade agreement, whereby all or some of the current passporting rights can be created.

The EU's current approach to environmental protection in FTAs is to have dedicated separate chapters on trade and sustainable development, with some agreements even having a chapter entirely dedicated to environmental protection.

In January the UK ambassador to Korea and his US and EU counterparts made representations to the Korean parliamentary and judiciary committee arguing that the current law allowing international firms to operate in Korea has failed to live up to the commitments made under the free trade agreements, as firms can not hold a majority stake in joint ventures.

Canada's most important trading relationship is — in all likelihood — about to change: The current United States administration has put the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement at risk.

Starting this Monday, February 18th, Gordon and Michael will offer bi-monthly contributions on such matters of interest as the ongoing NAFTA re-negotiations, Canada's new trade agreements (e.g. CETA, CPTPP), current WTO cases, and latest developments in trade remedies, import...

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