Word: importance
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...thing you won't see on Europe's catwalks is cats - or, for that matter, dogs. But cat and dog fur is regularly used as trim or linings for gloves, boots, hats, jackets and other items made from pelts imported mostly from China, the Philippines and Thailand. Struan Stevenson, a Scottish Member of the European Parliament who wants an E.U.-wide ban on such imports, has a coat made of Alsatian skin (bought in Berlin), a rug made from four golden retrievers (from Copenhagen), individual cat pelts (obtained in Barcelona) and kitten-in-a-basket novelties made from...
...problems began when the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) failed to prepare adequately for the timely import and distribution of half a million tons of fertilizer, according to a former U.S. Department of Agriculture adviser to the CPA. Now, ramshackle vehicles that are supposed to be rushing the fertilizer from Jordan and the southern port city of Basra are stalling on Iraq's rutted, cratered roads. What's at stake is more than just another failed growing season's crops, which include maize, wheat and barley. Agriculture is Iraq's second largest economic sector and largest employer. If farmers have...
...shut down Rx Depot and Rx of Canada, which sell Canadian drugs in the U.S. Along with its Canadian counterpart, it has stepped up its investigation of CanaRx, the Canadian company that administers Springfield's program, for potential violations of Canadian law. Other measures are being weighed, from an import alert on the company's shipments to criminal charges against U.S.-based representatives of the company...
...This really boils down to jobs," says Pennsylvania Congressman Phil English, a supporter of the legislation. "China's unfair trade practices are causing real pain in the U.S." Last week, Beijing announced it might raise tariffs on unspecified American products if Washington doesn't back down on the steel-import tariffs imposed in March 2002. And it quickly announced it would consider lodging a formal complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) over the bra and nightgown controls...
...Import duties raise prices for American consumers and protect the price gouging of local producers. Subsidies are another corruption of free markets, channeling taxpayer money into the pockets of the largest and most wealthy American farms and businesses. Gordon Petrequin Belgium...