Sentences with phrase «free trade measures»

Today's must - read story is from Fortune «s Tory Newmyer and it looks at labor federation AFL - CIO's decision to lift a freeze on political contributions that it imposed in March in a move meant to pressure Democrats to vote against free trade measures.

Not exact matches

But free - trade advocates such as Sweden want to avoid any measures that might contradict the bloc's rejection of the protectionism promoted by US President Donald Trump.

Officials have so far been evasive when asked how the three nations can continue trying to update the North American Free Trade Agreement at a time when the U.S. president is about to take a highly protectionist measure.

Despite what officials described as a warm meeting, China and the European Union could not agree on a broader final communique meant to focus on a range of other issues discussed at the talks, including a commitment to free trade and measures needed to reduce a global steel glut.

The president has steadily winnowed free - trade advocates from the ranks of his cabinet, and these measures are unlikely to draw the wall of opposition from Republicans that the metal tariffs did.

By withdrawing from multilateral mechanisms, such as the 2015 Paris Agreement, and taking anti-globalization measures, the U.S. is destabilizing global free trade and the world order.

For a province that relies on free, unfettered trade of resources, measures such as this set a precedent as bad or worse as those set by BC Premier John Horgan's intention to regulate bitumen shipments in BC.

Anticipation is high in Davos that Trump will announce further trade measures in 2018 — and there is concern about the future of the North American Free Trade Agreetrade measures in 2018 — and there is concern about the future of the North American Free Trade AgreeTrade Agreement.

«How to Make the Free Trade Agreement Work: Implementing the Dispute Settlement Measures and the Subsidies Code,» Trade Monitor 11, by Alan M. Rugman and Andrew Anderson (July).

Specific measures include renegotiating the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA); assisting small business through Green Venture Capital Funds and tax shifting; encouraging the production and consumption of Canadian agricultural products; protecting fish stocks and promoting sustainable aquaculture; and working with the forestry industry to protect jobs and develop value - added products.

But the hawkish rhetoric of the campaign has given way to more measured statements on trade from the administration that track more closely with the stance of many congressional Republicans, who are avid promoters of free trade and deeply skeptical of policies they view as restrictive or protectionist.

The political and economic system created by the United States and its allies after World War II — a system built around common defense measures and free trade — rescued Europe from the self - inflicted catastrophe of 1914 - 1945, prevented nuclear war, preserved the peace until the collapse of the Soviet empire, and allowed once - captive nations to reclaim their liberties.

While the decision was always potentially regarded as a temporary measure during the enactment of wide - sweeping Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reforms to deregulate the market, the report's conclusions could indicate a setback to free trade.

The Minister of Trade and Industry Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen who was in the house said the Free Trade Area will constitute the single largest trading block in the world measured by the number of countries that are participating in the trading block.

The WTO ruled that the ``... US had adopted measures that interfered with its obligation to provide free trade in betting and gambling services with Antigua.»

Like everything in free - to - play games, the success of a game's trading system — as measured by user engagement — is heavily reliant on the game's tuning.

Trade measures that impose duties on imports from nonparticipating countries are likely to be the most useful instrument for overcoming free riding and inducing participation.

According to the Court, the fact that Swedish legislation does not prevent this practice, results in an infringement of article 34 TFEU because this «failure by a Member State to adopt adequate measures to prevent barriers to the free movement of goods that have been created, in particular, through the actions of traders but made possible by specific legislation that that State has introduced, is just as likely to obstruct intra-Community trade as is a positive act» (para 74).

Advising América Móvil in its ICSID additional facility arbitration against Colombia under the Mexico - Colombia free trade agreement, arising from measures taken against its subsidiary, Comcel, the largest telecommunications provider in the country.

The Council shall, when adopting the relevant measures referred to in the second subparagraph, take into account areas such as customs and trade policies, fiscal policy, free zones, agriculture and fisheries policies, conditions for supply of raw materials and essential consumer goods, State aids and conditions of access to structural funds and to horizontal Community programmes.

I gave two examples above: regional free trade agreements and retaliatory measures.