Sentences with phrase «trade regimes such»

In relation to international treaties, attorneys advise on World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, preferential trade regimes such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and bilateral investment treaties (BITs).

Thus, today there's a keener appreciation that cap - and - trade regimes such as Europe's ambitious Emissions Trading System have been costly failures, with one study suggesting the E.T.S. had «limited benefits and embarrassing consequences» in terms of emissions — at an estimated cost to consumers of some $ 280 billion.

Not exact matches

«It is an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a regime, but arm, supply, and financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict,» Trump said.

Instead, the political regime for controlling trade in the industry has been a quota system on imports, maintained by such western countries as Canada, the United States and European Union members.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will require industrial facilities generating 50,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions per year to report emissions under its proposed cap and trade regime, although key details such as the actual caps and their effect on consumers are yet to be released.

But initially at least Canada was seen as an additional complication to completion of the TPP, a «difficult» negotiating partner that brought its own baggage (such as a less than robust IPR regime, a traditional antipathy to the interests of the brand - name pharmaceutical manufacturers, a penchant for protecting so - called «cultural industries», and other trade issues that did not align with US interests) that might have resonated with some of the other TPP countries.

If anything, such is the approach of the other side, some of whom prefer pigovian - style taxes to a global trading regime in emissions.

The simulations help illustrate the turbulent dynamics of trade cumuli in such a regime.

The UK is a real powerhouse of creativity and this growth is likely to continue provided that we continue to have a regime which encourages and supports growth though mechanisms such as the terms of trade and advantageous tax credit regimes.

Consumer credit work often involves consideration of other consumer protection regimes, such as the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations 1999, the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and mortgage regulation.

Today, however, many of the existing specialised international tribunals have been created in the context of a particular regime, such as one which promotes, for example, the liberalisation of international trade rules, the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms, or the economic integration of a regional organisation.