Trade Law

U.S. sees no trade sanctions violations by U.N. agency – Reuters

Iran is also under much tougher U.S. and European Union trade embargoes. On Tuesday … Its Director General clearly thinks he is above the law,” he said. Nuland stressed that the Obama administration remained concerned about the WIPO case …

Examiner exclusive: U.N. releases proposed Arms Trade Treaty text – Examiner

The proposed United Nations international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) is out, and it is already running into trouble as many of the tenets are apparently contrary to United States law, to say nothing of the collision they might have with … Continue reading

Ohio harmed by industry’s trade secrets – Cincinnati.com

The industry has further secured their exceptionalism in Ohio recently, by inserting provisions in a new law allowing them to claim as many chemicals as they wish as trade secrets. They are not required to disclose trade secret chemicals even … Continue reading

Judge’s mark on law, lives – Houston Chronicle

Two Pesos lawsuit in 1987 for infringement of trade laws and theft of trade secrets. In 1980, Singleton was elected by fellow judges to a three-year term with the Judicial Conference of the United States, the principal policy-making body for … Continue reading

Union To Picket Obama Fundraiser Over Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal – Common Dreams

“This president has been better on trade than the last several presidents. He has enforced the trade laws better than I think anybody else and done a good job at that,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka told Working In These Times … Continue reading

Yankees trade for Ichiro big in name only – New York Post

Brian Cashman’s style at the trade deadline is to find a hole and fill it with a … and the Rangers and Angels almost certainly will act soon. Both would pay for Cole Hamels if the Phillies make the ace … Continue reading

U.S. unions urge tougher enforcement in Russia trade bill – YAHOO!

But it is unclear if the full Congress will act before August. The Finance Committee bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) to report within six months on actions it has taken to ensure Russia is fulfilling its WTO … Continue reading

U.S. unions urge tougher enforcement in Russia trade bill – Reuters

But it is unclear if the full Congress will act before August. The Finance Committee bill directs the U.S. Trade Representative’s office (USTR) to report within six months on actions it has taken to ensure Russia is fulfilling its WTO … Continue reading

Detroit Tigers’ trade with Marlins hinges on Jacob Turner, a ‘great pickup’ says ESPN’s Keith Law – MLive.com

For the short term, the Detroit Tigers have improved their chances of repeating as American League Central champions. Nobody is disputing that. But the Tigers’ acquiring of starter Anibal Sanchez and second baseman Omar Infante did not come …

Top prospects ranked by trade value – ESPN

As a follow-on list to my ranking from earlier this month of the top 50 prospects in the minors, here’s a ranking of the top 10 prospects on contending clubs — i.e. potential deadline “buyers” — based on their immediate … Continue reading