The full-time post is elected by local Unison members and the convenor's sole responsibility is to carry out trade union duties at the council.

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The WTO situation is complicated by the fact that on many trade issues the EU has sole competence to negotiate for the fifteen member states.

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It also rebuffs the critics of globalisation, who argue that trade kills jobs, suppresses American wages and is the sole or primary cause of higher wage inequality.

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In 2005, U.S. Magnesium Corporation, the sole producer of magnesium in the United States, succeeded in convincing the U.S. International Trade Commission and U.S. Commerce Department to impose duties on imports of magnesium from competitors in Russia and China.

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