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  • Margin Of Preference

    Margin of preference in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the difference between the duty that would be paid under a system of preferences in a free-trade arrangement of some sort and the duty payable on a most-favoured nation (MFN) basis.[1] […]

  • Margin Of Preference

    Margin of preference in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, a definition of this issue is as follows: the difference between the duty that would be paid under a system of preferences in a free-trade arrangement of some sort and the duty payable on a most-favoured nation (MFN) basis.[1] […]

  • Imperial Preferences Arrangement

    Imperial preferences arrangement in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, imperial preferences arrangement is: established formally at the 1932 Ottawa Imperial Conference, but discussed seriously at imperial conferences at least since 1917. The entries on trade policy are here. It was of […]

  • Historical Preferences

    Historical preferences in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, historical preferences is: in the WTO framework this refers to benefits under preferential trade arrangements in existence before the GATT entered into force on 1 January 1948. Such arrangements were allowed to continue even […]

  • Buy-local Policies

    Buy-local policies in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, buy-local policies is: a way of giving advantages to domestic producers of goods and services under the government procurement rules of some countries. Such policies are often expressed in terms of a preference margin favouring the […]

  • Massachusetts Burma Law

    Massachusetts Burma Law in Global Commerce Policy In this regard, massachusetts burma law is: adopted by the Massachusetts state legislature in 1996 to promote improvements in human rights policies in Burma. The law gave companies avoiding doing business with Burma a 10% preference margin in […]

  • Other

    Different or distinct from that already mentioned, additional or further. Ordinarily, the term is used in the context of a class of things and has to be read ejusdem generis