Sentences with phrase «from trading legislation»

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Similar legislation failed last year, after it pitted environmental scientists against businesses and trade groups that benefit from the $ 2 billion market for sun care products in the U.S.

They begin with an immediate overhaul of NAFTA, with his ordering the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission to form a study on the ramifications of withdrawal from the treaty and what would be required through legislation to do so.

Liberal legislation that received royal assent today means publicly traded companies are now required to disclose the number of women and others from equity - seeking groups, such as visible minorities, on their boards and in senior management.

The Canadian government moved quickly from signing the trade agreement between Canada and the European Union on Sunday to tabling Bill C - 30, the CETA implementing legislation, on Monday.

Lawmakers and regulators have a range of options to choose from, including a major fine from the Federal Trade Commission, new federal legislation, state - level action, and even revising a federal statute that ensures platforms aren't responsible for the content posted on them.

At the Treasury Department, he helped enact legislation exempting broad portions of derivatives trading from oversight.

In the 1990s, Bill Clinton used the harsh prescriptions available in legislation from 1988 that allowed him to issue punitive tariffs against «unfair» trade practices.

And you may vote a certain way or not but that doesn't matter, you've got 27,000 employees and I think the fact is that you're operating under a Federal Trade Commission consent decree from 2011, that's a real thing and it goes for twenty years so when someone said «do we need more regulations, do we need more legislation?»

However, given that trade agreements come into effect only through legislation enacted by Congress pursuant to the Commerce Clause, it follows that the only manner in which the United States can withdraw from a trade agreement is for Congress to repeal the implementing legislation.

Related on Organic Authority General Mills and Organic Valley are Increasing U.S. Organic Dairy Production Thousands of Farmers and Consumers Demanding USDA Organic Program Overhaul Mass Exodus Expected from Leading Organic Trade Group Over Controversial GMO Legislation

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, GMA president and CEO, on the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation by the House of Representatives.

(Washington, D.C.) The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) issued the following statement from Pamela G. Bailey, GMA president and CEO, on the passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation by the House of Representatives.

It recommends that legislation be introduced giving the Trade Practices Commission the ability to bring proceedings on behalf of a person who has a right of action at common law arising from the unconscionable conduct of another.

They're pushing for several pieces of legislation regarding animal cruelty, from how domestic cases are handled by law enforcement to ending the ivory trade market.

The most significant spending on the pro-gun side, however, has come from the National Shooting Sports Foundation — a Newtown - headquartered gun industry trade association that lobbied aggressively against the state gun control legislation.

Assembly Democrats have a copy of de Blasio's bill proposing reforms to the 421 - a program, but have yet to introduce the legislation, suggesting possible concerns over criticism from labor groups over the absence of a provision in the bill that would require developers building 421 - a housing to pay construction and building trades workers a prevailing wage.

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The Jones Act, a rather complex piece of legislation designed to control the island, prevent foreign powers from gaining a foothold, and keep Puerto Ricans under firm control by limiting their ability to trade independently.

It states: «To protect emergency workers from abuse, we will repeal the 2003 Licensing Act and bring in new legislation to reduce the density of alcohol outlets and restrict trading times.»

Climate legislation that could enact a carbon cap - and - trade system, or a national renewable portfolio standard that would require a percentage of U.S. energy to come from renewable sources, is stuck in Congress.

In addition, the memo argues that advocates need to be more willing to use numbers to combat claims from some Republicans that cap - and - trade legislation will dramatically increase prices on consumers.

This number results largely from the massive EU - ETS (European Union Emissions Trading Scheme), and the similarly large CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), and will only continue grow as more countries add regulated emissions trading to their legisTrading Scheme), and the similarly large CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), and will only continue grow as more countries add regulated emissions trading to their legistrading to their legislation.

and Brendan Boyle, D - Pa., have introduced legislation to ban the dog and cat meat trade in the United States, earning applause from Humane Society International, The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund.

The legislation would be similar to Pennsylania's statute, in making it illegal to auction or raffle off dogs in the state and prohibit dogs from being transported in for sale or trade that are acquired by auction or raffle elsewhere.

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As the country moved through left - right political swings, and future downturns in the economy, cap and trade legislation would always be under immense political pressure from a variety of interest groups and members of both parties.

As you allude to in a later question, the very nature of cap and trade legislation (highly complex, few perceived benefits) fails to elicit strong intense support from among even those alarmed by climate change.

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Pushed by grassroots environmental and social - justice groups, California has led the way on this approach, with 2012 legislation (Senate Bill 535) requiring that 25 percent of carbon revenue from the state's cap - and - trade program must be spent on clean - energy investments that benefit environmentally vulnerable low - income communities in places like Stockton, Fresno, Richmond, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles (the targeted share for these communities was recently raised to 35 percent).

They will therefore be excluded from the scheme until their legislation is put in place, and will be banned from trading in rough diamonds as of August 31, 2003.

House Democratic leaders, facing solid opposition from Republicans to any «cap and trade» climate bill, are having to rely on fellow Democrats to win passage of legislation this year.

All government policies, including Cap and Trade legislation, that are adopted from this pseudo science are as fraudulent, as is the «Made - As - Instructed» science that spawns them.

Looking at this from a wider angle, Senators might ponder what would have happened if Reps. Waxman and Markey, instead of introducing a cap - and - trade bill, had introduced legislation authorizing the EPA to do exactly what it is doing now — regulate greenhouse gases through the Clean Air Act as it sees fit.

The legislation, aimed at breaking the links between the vast mineral wealth in the DRC and violent armed groups who prey on and profit from the region's mineral trade, has already changed the way that many companies view their supply chain and has catalyzed important reforms in the Great Lakes region.

In these pages, I have expressed support for cap - and - trade mechanisms to address climate change, including the system embodied in the Waxman - Markey legislation that emerged from the House in June of last year.

Indeed, the contours of compromise legislation are already visible from the cap and trade proposal that green giants Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund announced along with coal giant Duke Energy late last year.

The Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA)-- the nation's first and only trade association for community solar — today released the following statement in response to a petition from 100 Massachusetts House members urging the Massachusetts House leadership to advance legislation to lift net metering caps as soon as possible.

As the United States, the European Union and other Annex I Parties prepare legislation to cap greenhouse gas emissions post-2012, their policymakers are under increasing pressure from domestic constituencies to include trade measures as part of domestic climate policy.

And, last month, after floating the idea of forcing cap - and - trade legislation through Congress as part of the budget, the White House quickly backed down in the face of opposition from Senate Democrats, especially those from the hard - hit Midwest.

But any cap - and - trade legislation faces a steep climb in the Senate, where Democrats from energy - producing states have expressed concerns about the cost and impact of the bill on consumers and industry.

This number results largely from the massive EU - ETS (European Union Emissions Trading Scheme), and the similarly large CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), and will only continue grow as more countries add regulated emissions trading to their legisTrading Scheme), and the similarly large CDM (Clean Development Mechanism), and will only continue grow as more countries add regulated emissions trading to their legistrading to their legislation.

Airlines Must Reduce Emissions 3 % In First Year In a move which has predictably angered the airline industry, the European Union has overwhelmingly passed legislation which will include airlines in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme from 2012.

Instead, Locke was trying to say U.S. companies must not be put at a trade disadvantage as the United States moves to pass legislation to rein in greenhouse gas emissions that come primarily from burning fossil fuels, the spokesman said.

This figure represents reductions from the economy - wide cap - and - trade mechanism in the Waxman - Markey legislation passed by the House of Representatives last summer.

The SMIT will allow the Commission to request information (including factual market data or fact - based analysis) from private firms or trade associations when the Commission initiates or substantiates infringement proceedings against one or more Member State (s) that may have failed to fulfil an obligation under the applicable Single Market legislation.

The construction industry, from project owners and contractors to subcontractors and trades, might be sitting back, ignoring the hype around Canada's Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL), thinking it's targeted at «spammers»: faceless entities that bombard us with electronic «junk».

They include: (1) regulatory law and enforcement work, because industries from banking to private equity funds to large oil companies will likely be targets of the new administration, while health insurance companies will be subject to heightened regulation; (2) litigation, because a Democratic administration will probably push back tort reform measures, giving rise to more lawsuits; (3) «green» law, i.e., representing companies that deal in green technology, whose growth will be stimulated by likely tax incentives as well as a cap and trade system; and (4) real estate, because the bailout legislation will most likely require banks availing themselves of the benefits to begin issuing mortgages again.

From 1989 to 1994, Bill was the counsel to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment (Rep. Henry A. Waxman, chairman), Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. House of Representatives, where he worked on health care, FDA, tobacco and trade legislation.

fm.: From Wikipedia: in government, typically a regulation specifically means a piece of the delegated legislation drafted by subject matter experts to enforce a statutory instrument (primary legislation) in business, industry self - regulation occurs through self - regulatory organizations and trade associations which allow industries to set rules with less government involvement The Act that authorizes the Agency would thus be the Legislative creation of Administrative Law (they give authority to enact the regulations as they see fit AND can further clarify through oversight power.)

In particular, LexisNexis ® Risk Solutions has high - lighted five key revisions to the current legislation that banks and other financial institutions must be aware of to remain compliant in their anti-money launder - ing provisions: • Pre-paid cash cards: to reduce financial crimes linked to anonymous pre - paid instruments, vendors will be required to conduct more stringent customer verification and the thresh - old will be reduced from $ 250 to $ 150 • Digital currencies: thorough customer due diligence controls will be required by all virtual cur - ing farmers, are vulnerable to unfair trading practices employed by partners in the chain.