Not exact matches
International
Trade Minister Francois - Philippe Champagne has said a side letter
with Japan guarantees greater access and enshrines a dispute resolution
mechanism.
«Like Vietnam, one of the crucial elements we secured was what is known as a work plan, a
mechanism to deal
with outstanding issues, which for Canada includes ensuring the deal provides better access and terms for autos and does not affect our unique cultural sensitivities,» Joseph Pickerill, spokesman for Canadian
Trade Minister Francois - Philippe Champagne, said in a statement.
That was dropped and the latest tax policies seem to abandon much of the strong
mechanism for reducing
trade deficits
with policies that increase the fiscal deficit and thus capital account surplus.
Greater reliance on market
mechanisms, as opposed to government intervention, and a FREE
TRADE agreement
with the US were the hallmarks of this theme.
APEC clearly provides a critical
mechanism to enhance Canada's regional engagement and bolster opportunities in Asia as a forum for economic growth,
trade and investment
with a region of the world that can provide dividends for Canada's future economic prosperity and security.
China - US
trade talks end
with agreement to set up
mechanism to work on dispute, but differences remain.
Another issue loaded
with political implications is the proposed carbon - credit
trading mechanism, by which countries
with less «pollution» than their set limits can sell credits to those that exceed their quotas.
The essence of free
trade is that governments Should not interfere
with the price
mechanism, which is the so - called «invisible hand» which is said to ensure that the self - seeking behavior of firms and individuals will give rise to the most efficient allocation of resources.
In the period between now and when the voters,
trade unionists and party members start to realise this, Blair will use the good will he starts out
with to move as fast as possible — starting at this year's conference — to suppress the
mechanisms whereby alternative policies could be expressed within the Labour Party.
We saw success
with the cap and
trade mechanism in reducing acid rain at a significantly lower cost than originally anticipated.
Stanford's Wara and his colleague David Victor recently investigated a group of offsets offered under the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM), which can be purchased for compliance
with the E.U.
trading scheme.
Our finding of sinusitis, bronchial hyperreactivity, and bronchial responsiveness in firefighters
with World
Trade Center cough is important but not surprising.17 - 20 An unexpected finding was that 87 percent of such firefighters reported symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease; such symptoms are generally reported by less than 25 percent of patients
with chronic cough.1, 21,22 Despite the strong associations between gastroesophageal reflux disease and chronic cough17 - 20 and between gastroesophageal reflux disease and asthma,23 - 25 it remains unclear whether gastroesophageal reflux disease causes either condition.26 The causative
mechanism may be repeated aspiration of minute amounts of refluxed material; vagally mediated esophageal, tracheobronchial, or laryngobronchial cough reflexes; or neurally mediated bronchial inflammation.23, 24,26 Involvement of the posterior nasopharynx is common in patients
with gastroesophageal reflux disease, 27 whereas bronchial hyperreactivity may not be present.25, 26 For these reasons, we classified gastroesophageal reflux disease as an upper - airway symptom (Figure 2).
What appeared to be unbridled chaos on the
trading floor, or pits, as price discovery and transactions were conducted via open - outcry, gave way to electronic
trading - the matching of bids and offers by exchanges such as the Chicago Mercantile
with its ground breaking clearing
mechanism, called Globex.
On the other hand, thanks to the arbitrage
mechanism that all ETFs have and similar to open - end mutual fund valuation, the value of an ETF as
traded stays very close to the net asset value of the underlying securities in the ETF,
with a spread of around 1 % if any.
In general
with stock ETFs that
trade very liquid markets this has historically not been much of an issue, as the creation / redemption
mechanism on these types of assets is pretty robust: it's consequences on typical spread is much more important for the average retail investor.
You specifically agree not to: (1) share your account credentials
with anyone else, (2) sell, offer to sell, rent, lease,
trade or otherwise transfer your account, (3) sell, offer to sell, rent, lease,
trade or otherwise transfer any «Gold» or other virtual currencies, game resources, in - game services like «speed - ups,» or other in - game items associated
with your account (collectively, «In - Game Items»), except by using
mechanisms within the Game that anticipate and specifically allow for the non-commercial transfer of In - Game Items, (4) buy, offer to buy, accept, access or use any other user's account or In - Game Items, except by using
mechanisms within the Game that anticipate and specifically allow for the non-commercial transfer of In - Game Items, (5) link to or otherwise endorse or identify any websites, organizations, or persons that sell, offer to sell, rent, lease, buy, offer to buy, accept, access,
trade or otherwise transfer accounts or In - Game Items, and (6) create or permit to exist an interest or arrangement of any kind, which in substance secures the payment of money or performance of any obligation or gives a creditor priority over unsecured creditors, over any of your rights
with respect to the Game, your Game account or In - Game Items.
His stance on climate is similar to Mr. McCain's,
with both seeking legislation involving cap - and -
trading mechanisms to cut greenhouse gas emissions (
with slightly different targets and timing).
The comment, made during a Jan. 17 interview
with the editorial board of The San Francisco Chronicle, essentially explains how the kind of cap and
trade mechanism sought by both Mr. Obama and Senator John McCain (the latter at least in his platform, if not on the stump) would make coal combustion ever more costly (unless the world finally gets serious about investing in large - scale testing and deployment of systems for capturing and burying carbon dioxide).
However, if some (or many) of these efforts have some smoke - and - mirror aspect to them, or if they become the seemingly easy «solution du jour» and allow us to think that we can avoid larger solutions (fuel efficiency standards; carbon tax, or firm carbon cap combined
with a robust and regulated carbon credit
trading mechanism; substantial investments in new energy technologies; energy conservation; etc.), their net impact can be more damaging than beneficial.
(This is very different from the «cap and
trade»
mechanism in the blocked Lieberman - Warner - Boxer bill, which would invest revenue in a host of ways,
with little money returning directly to taxpayers.)
With other approaches to an energy and climate bill blocked — including carbon taxes or a broader cap - and - trade mechanism for controlling emissions — the only viable alternative appears to be to limit a cap to utilities, the one sector that's already familiar with smokestack rules and markets in emissions cred
With other approaches to an energy and climate bill blocked — including carbon taxes or a broader cap - and -
trade mechanism for controlling emissions — the only viable alternative appears to be to limit a cap to utilities, the one sector that's already familiar
with smokestack rules and markets in emissions cred
with smokestack rules and markets in emissions credits.
There's lots of overlap between ending our oil addiction in the United States and combatting climate change,
with setting a price on carbon (regardless of the
mechanism used, be it cap and
trade, a carbon tax, or something
I think people should ask any company (or company representative) that claims to be «green», or wants to sell a «green» product to them, whether that company firmly supports a carbon cap of some sort (along
with a well - regulated carbon credit
trading mechanism) or a carbon tax.
Do you support, and will you implement, a «carbon tax» OR a robust carbon cap combined
with a regulated
mechanism of carbon credit
trading?
The European Union, home of the EU Emissions
Trading System, hosts the largest number of buyers — both compliance - driven and voluntary — since even companies in unregulated sectors are more familiar
with market - based
mechanisms for emissions reductions.
Participants also brainstormed on solutions from their own professional backgrounds, starting
with sustainable consumption,
trade and markets, education for sustainability and legal and fiscal
mechanisms so implement political action.
We advise public policy makers at all levels
with respect to the design of suitable instruments for emissions
trading, incentives and funding
mechanisms as well as the evaluation of their impacts.
The survey also covers expectations about future prices in the EU emissions
trading scheme and credits under the Clean Development
Mechanism, the Australian price floor and linking
with the EU scheme, and the future of Australia's national emissions target.
However, progress is being made on the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM)-- albeit slowly — to address some of its most serious flaws, including how to deal
with non-additional, «hot air» projects in the world's largest emissions
trading scheme, the European Emissions Trading Scheme (E
trading scheme, the European Emissions
Trading Scheme (E
Trading Scheme (EU ETS).
Independent analysis of the cap - and -
trade program by Near Zero, a research organization at the Carnegie Institute for Science at Stanford University, shows that real emissions from the refinery sector in California are actually increasing, even as petrochemical facilities successfully comply
with the legal requirements of the market - based
mechanism.
(a) Emissions
Trading (ET)- A
mechanism that allows a nation
with a Kyoto target to buy d allowances from a country
with a Kyoto target that does need all of its allowances.
She highlights a few ridiculous - sounding projects from the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM), implicitly conflates those projects and the CDM
with offsets generally, and then concludes, based on the anecdotes, that offsets are bad and they make cap - and -
trade toothless.
And, I mentioned earlier, the cost uncertainty inherent in a cap - and -
trade system can be reduced, if not eliminated,
with cost - containment
mechanisms such as a price collar.
In fact, some critics have viewed the JCM as an export subsidy
mechanism that may be in conflict
with World
Trade Organization rules.
Others might implement their commitment using a cap - and -
trade mechanism... Yet another approach would be a hybrid cap and
trade with a minimum price floor.»
With rate - based compliance, efficiency can be included as a reduction to both tons and MWh, but it will require measurement and verification of the efficiency savings, and
trading mechanisms to buy and sell efficiency credits.
Bygrave, S., 2004: Experience
with emissions
trading and project - based
mechanisms in OECD and non-OECD countries.
China needs to embrace the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) market to try to get more international financial and technological support and to boost carbon credit
trading with developed countries.
This could be done
with an emissions -
trading scheme, or by developing the proposed «safeguard»
mechanism that features in the Senate - amended version of the Emission Reduction Fund.
Parties were also considering how to increase funds for adaptation through the carbon market,
with discussions focusing on extending the current 2 % levy on mitigation projects under the Clean Development
Mechanism (CDM) to the other Kyoto
mechanisms, Joint Implementation and Emissions
Trading, Mr. de Boer said.
After promising experiences
with trading of emissions through the CDM and JI under the Kyoto Protocol, we look forward to contribute to this second phase of market
mechanisms and emissions
trading under the PA..
Along
with numerous organizations eager to promote market — based
mechanisms like carbon
trading, there also are conservation groups at the congress who are working closely
with businesses to help them avoid grave environmental errors, such as encroaching on the most vulnerable parts of the planet.
JI is one of the three carbon offsetting schemes accredited by the Kyoto protocol — along
with emissions
trading and the clean development
mechanism.
Airlines for America (A4A), the
trade organization for the major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers, was honored
with the ACR Commitment to Quality award for the organization's leadership in helping to shape the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) GHG emissions reduction program and offsetting
mechanism for airlines in a way that ensures quality, rigor and transparency.
According to this argument (page 3), the EU does not need ISDS in its new free
trade and investment agreements (FTIAs)
with developed states, because the original rationale of this
mechanism was to protect foreign investors from host ‑ state jurisdictions where basic tenets of the rule of law were not observed.
The 21st century has seen the continuance of the internationalization of business and
trade, and
with it the growth in popularity of international arbitration as a
mechanism to resolve cross-border disputes.
For regulators more used to regulating professional misconduct rather than
trading behaviour they will need to consider carefully whether their existing supervision and enforcement
mechanisms are sufficiently agile to deal
with these emerging risks.»
Additionally, a significant part of the legal community finds the investor protection
mechanisms within the free
trade deals TTIP and CETA to be highly problematic and not compatible
with the rule of law.
Together, the Department and the body of laws applicable to international
trade provide
mechanisms to ensure U.S. company compliance
with trading rules, provide consequences for not doing so, and monitoring imports and markets to ensure countries from which the U.S. makes purchases are also in compliance.
(special courts and tribunals are created to deal
with cases involving classified information and issues of national security, and the courts have
mechanisms for handling
trade secrets, etc. to insure that information is not presented to jurors) So in that sense, there is nothing a juror could be exposed to in during their service as jurors that would require any type of continuing restriction.