They cover only a few products, although the limits they impose will pinch tightly: China's exports of cotton bras to America, for example, grew by nearly 32% in the first nine months of this year, according to the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition.
Former miner Ralph Dyson has been selected by the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition to fight for the seat.
Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrat representatives are standing alongside UKIP, the Green Party, BNP, Labour and Co-operative Party, Trade Union and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) and Socialist People's Party, as well as a number of independents.
The coalition includes such trade groups as the Internet Alliance, TechNet and TechAmerica, all of which represent major Internet companies.
As part of National Consumer Protection Week, the Federal Trade Commission has organized a coalition of public- and private-sector organizations to provide practical tips on a wide range of topics.
After 28 years at HSBC, that is presumably what he hopes to find when he arrives in his new job as minister for trade in Britain's coalition government in early 2011.
Trish Wexler, a spokeswoman for the Electronic Payments Coalition, a trade group that lobbied against the Durbin amendment on behalf of Visa, MasterCard and numerous banks, said Thursday she couldn't confirm the specifics of the McCrohan report, but said changes to merchant fees should be expected as a result of the new rules.
The chains' encroachment is one reason the board of the Farmers Market Coalition, a national trade group for the events, in May approved a formal definition: events that consist "principally" of farmers selling their products directly to the public.
The coalition, an electric industry trade group that is dedicated to open markets, wants to dispel any notion that a nefarious link exists between competition and deregulation.
Today, the same coalition is pushing for permanent normal trade with China, with the House Ways and Means Committee approving the proposal yesterday.
The Coalition Against Fraud--a trade group comprised of major insurers, consumer groups and government agencies--has also seen more fraud cases spring up in the past year, after a drop-off for several years.
The second is that the coalition in Congress in favour of free trade has fragmented.
In a lawsuit filed in Manhattan, a coalition of for-hire companies and trade associations charged that city officials improperly drew up rules last year that let customers use apps to hail cabs virtually.
In the absence of a conclusion to the Doha free trade talks, Mr Cameron also proposed that a "coalition of the willing" could "forge ahead with more ambitious deals of their own" such as agreements with India, Canada and Singapore.
But Intel and others may not warm to the package deal that Mr Netanyahu struck three months ago with the trade unions when he was wooing the Labour party to join his coalition: scant hope now of trimming the bloated public sector or reducing its wage bill.
Ms. LAURA REIFF (Co-Chair, Essential Worker Immigration Coalition): Well, we have had reports from our trade associations memberships coming back into our information databanks that some employees are frightened and not showing up to work because of the rumors that there might be raids.
Leaked details of the coalition agreement drew withering criticism from industry leaders, opposition politicians and trade unions, he reports.
"If we hadn't been able to raise the level, you wouldn't have been able to sell a single PC that's on the market today, " said Dan Hoydysh, director of trade, public policy and government affairs at Unisys and co-chairman of the Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports.
Office for Budgetary Responsibility chief Robert Chote said growth had been slower than predicted when the coalition came to power because of "disappointing" consumer spending, business investment and trade.
If the retail issue can be resolved internally, with complex coalition politics still in play, it opens the door to a much wider free trade agreement between the European Union and India.
Robert DePosada, president of the Latino Coalition, summed it up this way: Latinos from the Southwest supported NAFTA because of the jobs and trade with Mexico it would bring.
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