But countries that want to clamp down on tax evasion, protect their national language, or deter such foreign customs as forced marriage, should do so through specific laws tailored to these ends, rather than relying on the symbolic power of citizenship.
Some, like California, require that foreign wine pass through a customs warehouse.
The company allegedly violated the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by bribing Argentine customs officials responsible for approving the entrance of the company merchandise into the South American nation.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg pointed to the need for a more customer-friendly approach by city agencies and customs officials as a way to lure more foreign tourists, many of whom are big spenders who bring a lot to the local economy.
These included: the Ministry of Culture, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Industry and IT, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the General Administration of Customs and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
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He worked with his country's customs and immigration department before joining Canada's foreign service, it said.
Earlier this year, to Argentine irritation, Brazil cut its own trade deal with the Andean countries, even though Mercosur is nominally a customs union, and thus supposed to have a common foreign-trade policy.
With any foreign language you engage in, you need to learn the history, culture and customs of the people in order to navigate the language effectively and not offend anyone.
The Foreign Office, once it was prompted by a Liberal peer, eventually thought the matter serious enough to warrant a customs investigation.
As the foreign-ministry document asserts, Russia needs to consolidate the former Soviet space by, for example, pushing the customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
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