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...track passage. The move was resisted by lawmakers seeking to protect textile manufacturers in their home states, or seeking to punish Vietnam for its human rights record. For now, Vietnam finds itself in the unusual position of joining the world trading club but having none of the benefits of membership apply in the U.S. - its biggest export market. The U.S. recently imposed anti-dumping tariffs on Vietnamese shrimp and catfish, while Europe has done the same for leather footwear, hitting some of Vietnam's biggest exports. While WTO membership allows countries to challenge such barriers, Vietnam joined...
...country's largest export earner after crude oil. But Vietnam's trade relations with the West have sometimes been prickly. The U.S. in recent years has imposed antidumping tariffs on Vietnamese shrimp and catfish; the E.U. recently placed similar restrictions on Vietnamese-made shoes. While WTO membership gives Vietnam the ability to challenge such barriers, the country may still find itself blocked by them because Vietnam joined the WTO as a "non-market economy," a classification that denies it some protections afforded to fully fledged members. To complicate matters, the U.S., the country's largest export market...
...Rick Howarth, Intel's country production manager. Says Scriven of Dragon Capital: "This is one of the most pro-change places I've been in. But there is time required. The headlines will come and the headlines will go, but the battle ahead is a long one." With WTO membership promising to even up the odds, Vietnam is ready to rumble...
...President Eric P. Lesser ’07 in an e-mail to his organization. The Dems saw victory for three of five campaigns the group supported, for which students made more than 10,000 phone calls and knocked on close to 20,000 doors, according to Lesser. HRC Membership Director Jeffrey Kwong ’09 said the group views now as a time to “reenergize the base and regroup in time for 2008.” “It’s only a hiatus in our opinion,” Kwong said...
Patrick said last year that he renounced his membership in the Fly Club in 1983, because of the influence of his wife, Diane...