Posts Tagged ‘WTO’

Iran’s young population to create economic boom: Envoy

“Over 31 percent of Iran’s 80 million population is between 15 to 29 years old and this very young demographic profile represents an opportunity for rapid economic growth,” Khoshroo said in an address to UN’s 49th Session of the Commission on Population and Development held in New York on April 12.   Following is the […]

Survival Under Threat, Canada’s Indigenous Unite Against Tar Sands Pipelines

Print Friendly Above Photo: A climate march in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 2014. (Photo: Chris Yakimov/flickr/cc.) The Grand Chief of the Mohawk Kanesatake First Nation calls the proposed Energy East pipeline ‘risky and dangerous’ to indigenous peoples’ survival Indigenous people in Canada are rising up together in greater numbers than ever before to oppose tar sands pipelines […]

EU foreign policy chief wishes the best for Iranian people

Newsletter: Looking Back And Ahead

Print Friendly As we look back over 2015, we see progress and, as we look forward to 2016, we see continued challenges ahead. Overall, the strategic path of resisting harmful policies and practices and building alternative systems to replace the current dysfunctional ones, known as ‘stop the machine, create a new world,’ is being taken […]

NY: Santa, Grinch And Elves Blockade Crestwood Gas Storage

Print Friendly Above Photo: Flickr/ Weblizar. December 21, 2015 – Watkins Glen, NY – The Grinch, Santa, and his elves took a short break from their Christmas preparations today to visit the gates of the Crestwood gas storage facility to warn the company that Santa—and the world—is watching. His elves and local friends held signs saying, “Dirty energy […]

Video: Language Barrier Leads To Seattle Cops Punching Man 17 Times

Officers with the Seattle police department kicked and punched a man 17 times in an incident caught on one of the officers dash-cam video recorders. That footage was released on Tuesday. According to a civil rights lawsuit settled last year, three officers had initially responded to a call on Nov. 4, 2010, outside a South […]

WTO Ruling Against India’s Solar Push Threatens Clean Energy

Print Friendly India’s ambitious solar program was rebuked by the WTO in a decision that climate advocates say shows the potential damage of deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership. (Photo: Knut-Erik Helle/flickr/cc) The World Trade Organization (WTO) on Wednesday ruled against India over its national solar energy program in a case brought by the U.S. government, […]

Iran renews bid for WTO membership

  According to Press TV, Minister of Mine, Industry and Trade Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said “Iran’s trade regime has been updated and reviewed and we hope we will be able to send it to the WTO’s General Council in the near future.” A trade regime is a system of tariff and non-tariff […]

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