North American Free Trade Agreement: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, First Session, March 20, May 8 and 15, 1991, Volumen1;Volumen102,Tema 15U.S. Government Printing Office, 1991 - 355 páginas |
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Página 332 - Approximately 90 percent of the intervals from 1.6 standard errors below the estimate to 1.6 standard errors above the estimate would include the average result of all possible samples.
Página 170 - States by the citizens of the Republic of Costa Rica under the same conditions. The citizens of the high contracting parties shall reciprocally receive and enjoy full and perfect protection for their persons and property, and shall have free and open access to the courts of justice in the said...
Página 148 - President [Soucie v. David, 448 F 2d 1067 (1971). Likewise, the DC Circuit Court found that the Office of Management and Budget within the Executive Office of the President was required to prepare an EIS under NEPA for an annual budget request for operation of the National Wildlife Refuge System. This decision was reversed, for other reasons, by the US Supreme Court [Andrus v.
Página 214 - Alternative 2; [Contracting parties shall not introduce or maintain sanitary or phytosanitary measures which result in a higher level of sanitary or phytosanitary protection than would be achieved by measures based on the relevant international standard, guideline or recommendation, where such exist, without reasonable scientific justification.] 11.
Página 220 - Parties shall take such reasonable measures as may be available to them to ensure that local government bodies and non-governmental bodies within their territories comply with the provisions of Article 5.
Página 9 - ... with the idea of letting in only the capital goods needed to upgrade export-oriented industries. However, it proved to be difficult to filter out other imports, and the government ended by opening the overall system to a greater degree than had been seen in decades. This revolution took concrete shape in 1986, when Mexico joined the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), pledging itself to the ideal of free trade. In 1982 virtually all imports into Mexico were limited by quotas.
Página 214 - Sanitary or phytosanitary measures include all relevant laws, decrees, regulations, requirements and procedures including, inter alia, end product criteria; processes and production methods; testing, inspection, certification and approval procedures; quarantine treatments including relevant requirements associated with the transport of animals or plants...
Página 38 - unskilled workers in the United States would suffer a slight decline in real Income." The ITC does not quantify the words "slight decline" nor does it tell us exactly how many people it thinks will be affected, but no one should be misled by the term "unskilled." According to the definitions used by the ITC study, this refers to 73 percent of all US workers? The report goes on to say...
Página 310 - ... complementarity of production in the two countries. The United States also has a strategic interest in Mexican economic growth and political stability. However, the Commission has serious concerns about runaway industries seeking low Mexican wages. This requires the United States to move deliberately. • The United States should expedite the development of a US-Mexico free trade area and encourage its incorporation with Canada into a North American free trade area.
Página 1 - HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND COMPETITIVENESS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 am, in room 2322, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon.