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House votes leave US trade bills in limbo
2015-06-15 13:48:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Legislation to grant President Barack Obama fast-track authority on trade - and seen as key to finalising an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) - is in limbo after the US House of Representatives on Friday (12 June) voted against one of the bills included as part of the package.
House panel votes to delay net neutrality rules
2015-06-11 23:08:59| Telecom - Topix.net
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to require the Federal Communications Commission to suspend new net neutrality rules until a series of lawsuits challenging the regulations are resolved. The action by the House Appropriations Committee's general government subcommittee Thursday comes too late to stop the new rules from going into effect as scheduled Friday.
House Votes To Repeal COOL Labeling Standards
2015-06-11 13:48:29| Livestock - Topix.net
HOUSE VOTES TO REPEAL COOL LABELING STANDARDS Jun. 11, 2015 American Soybean Association reports: With a vote late last night, the House of Representatives passed a bill to repeal the country of origin labeling standards for meat products sold in the United States. The legislation followed last month's final ruling from the World Trade Organization that the COOL statute represents a violation of U.S. commitments under the WTO.
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Norway Parliament Votes to Cut Coal Investments
2015-06-08 14:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Norway's parliament voted on Friday to reduce coal investments by its $880 billion sovereign wealth fund, the world's biggest, in a decision hailed by environmentalists as a model to help slow climate change. Under the unanimous deal, the fund will sell all shares in companies that get more than 30 percent of their turnover or activity from coal. The right-wing government and the fund itself will have to work out exact definitions. Environmentalists hailed the vote, mainly targeting mining...
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Pork Producers to Score US Politicians on Trade Promotion Votes
2015-06-08 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US' National Pork Producers Council has announced its intention to score the vote on Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in the US House of Representatives as a 'key vote'.
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