Under a series on international trade agreements, only wine made from vine-frozen grapes can be called icewine.
The President would also be required to ensure that international trade agreements reflected the changes in the Act.
Such bans resulting in a protectionist market however have generally failed or been invalidated by international trade agreements.
Democrats in Congress have been firm about ensuring that labor clauses are part of international trade agreements, some of which are still pending.
The arguments that America never plays on a level field and that international trade agreements somehow undermine its national sovereignty are also subtly examined and rebutted.
"Robust monitoring and enforcement of US rights under international trade agreements, and enforcement of domestic trade laws, are crucial to expanding exports, " the executive order signed by President Obama said.
The country has come under intense international pressure in recent years, with the US, EU and Mexico filing complaints with the WTO, arguing that China's price-inflating restrictions violate international trade agreements.
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More important, the ruling does not settle the more troubling issue of whether international trade agreements signed by the federal government supersede local laws on the environment or safety, as well as those imposing human-rights sanctions.
The fear is that Chinese exports would "soon overwhelm the worldwide clothing market, " as the Washington Post put it, has been ratcheted up by the imminent prospect of decades-old international trade agreements ending at the end of the year.
In the past week, Clinton sharpened her attacks on Obama -- questioning whether he has enough experience to lead the nation and attempting to cast doubt on his opposition to international trade agreements that many in Ohio feel have led to job losses.
But while the president's newfound hard line against Beijing certainly pacifies Democrats--who have raised their criticism of China's economic policies since taking over Congress this year--Bush's stance also serves a different purpose: it encourages lawmakers to renew his "fast-track" authority to negotiate international trade agreements.
Evans, the manager of Bush's presidential campaign, was tapped by the president-elect December 20 for the Commerce post, where, should he be confirmed, he will be charged with overseeing domestic commerce, international trade agreements, import and export levels, fisheries policy, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Census Bureau and the National Weather Service.
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Even in more prosaic issues than those of war and peace the observance of international agreements on trade or the environment, for instance liberal democracies are more likely to play by the rules.
The clean skies tax might even break the rules of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the International aviation agreements, according to many nations in the group who are scrambling to find clauses in bilateral agreements and international trade laws that would force Europe to end the carbon tax.
The scandal comes at a time when Peru plans to attract more foreign investment through Free Trade Agreements (FTA) and International Tourism projects.
Accordingly, the Baltic States and reformist republics should be directly offered membership in international economic and financial organizations and bilateral trade and financial agreements with G-7 countries.
This implies such ideas as currency boards, which restrict a government's ability to vary monetary policy, and international agreements which make it difficult to retreat from commitments to more open trade.
"If we really want to open foreign markets for U.S. goods, it should come through the pending trade agreements" with Panama, Colombia and South Korea, says John Murphy, vice president for international policy at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
With it have gone fears that international environmental agreements like the Kyoto Protocol on climate change could be made subservient to the WTO's rules on trade.
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