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US Issues Annual IPR Country Report 5/3/2012 The Office of the United States Trade Representative has released its annual
‘Special 301 Report’ on the perceived adequacy and effectiveness of
US trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property
rights (IPR).
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Nations Air Grievances At WTO Anti-Dumping Body 5/1/2012 The World Trade Organization's Committee on Anti-Dumping Practices held a meeting with WTO members recently to present feedback on 30 anti-dumping actions taken during 2011, and to hear nations' current trade policy concerns.
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Outlook Worsens For Caribbean, Latin America 1/4/2012 New reports from the Inter-American Development Bank and the Economic Commission
for Latin America and the Caribbean say the region has demonstrated marked
economic gains during the past year, but risks remain significant looking
ahead to 2012.
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Mercosur Announces Protectionist Import Duty Hikes 1/4/2012 The South American trade bloc, Mercosur is to slap the maximum rate imposable, 35%, on the import of one hundred additional goods, likely on a temporary basis until December 2014, Brazil's
Minister for Finance has announced.
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US Congress Finally Passes FTAs 10/14/2011 Both the House of Representatives and the Senate have, in quick succession, passed
implementing legislation for the long-awaited United States free trade agreements
(FTAs) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia, which will now be passed to President
Barack Obama for his signature.
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Ecuador Improving Its Trade Relations 6/22/2011 Ecuador has participated in a series of meetings and negotiations with various jurisdictions, in an effort to strengthen its international trade relations.
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Trade Policy Crucial To LatAm, EU Partnership 5/26/2011 A successful trade policy is one of the key tools with which a continuing bi-regional partnership is to be achieved, the Euro-Latin Parliamentary Assembly has argued, setting out what it sees as the prospects for trade relations between the European Union and Latin America.
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Argentina, Ecuador Sign TIEA 5/25/2011 Argentina and Ecuador have signed a tax information exchange agreement, which will provide greater transparency in business conducted between the two countries.
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WIPO To Support South American Patent Collaboration 3/7/2011 The World Intellectual Property Organization has responded positively to
a request by a group of nine South American countries – Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Uruguay – to assist
in their efforts to improve services to local and international users of their
intellectual property system.
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WTO Reviews Transparency Mechanism For RTAs 2/15/2011 The World Trade Organization's Negotiating Group on Rules, on February 4, 2011, commenced its review of the WTO Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements by considering two proposals: one from the United States for the consideration of all RTAs under a single WTO Committee; and one from Ecuador for procedural adjustments to the mechanism.
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MEPs Approve Deal On Latin American Banana Imports 2/8/2011 The 2009 Geneva agreement on European Union import tariffs for bananas from
Latin American countries, which is designed to end the longest-running dispute
in the history of international trade, has received the backing of the European
Parliament.
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Ecuador To Cut Corporate Tax 9/7/2010 The Ecuador government will shortly enact legislation called the Production Code to stimulate production with tax incentives including a 3% cut in corporate income tax.
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Judge Defends Bahamas 8/23/2010 A Supreme Court judge in the Bahamas has in a recent judgement spoke out against the
labeling of tax minimization arrangements in the Bahamas
as ‘fraudulent activities’, underscoring that in English and international
tax laws tax avoidance by way of tax-efficient planning through the use of tax neutral
jurisdictions remains legal.
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Mercosur Agrees Customs Code 8/5/2010 After six years of difficult negotiations, the Mercosur trade bloc has reached agreement on a common customs code which is to be phased in by 2012.
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Ecuador Reforms Oil Tax 6/29/2010 Ecuador plans to reform its oil and gas industry by imposing new petroleum-services contracts on oil businesses and lowering their overall tax burden.
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Clinton Would Tax Rich In South America 6/14/2010 US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton continues to bang the drum for raising taxes in order to modernize in her latest South American tour, which takes in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, saying that in many places "it was a simple fact that the wealthy did not pay their fair share."
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EU Signs Trade Deal With Peru, Colombia 5/21/2010 Peru and Colombia have signed up to a free trade agreement with the European Union at a ceremony in Madrid.
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Baucus Seeks Trade Preference Reform 3/15/2010 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus is leading
efforts for reform of US trade preference programs accorded to
developing countries.
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