North American Free Trade Agreement: Assessment of Major Issues : Report to the Congress, Opseg 2The Office, 1993 |
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According to U.S. Advisory Committee agrichemical American Free Trade auto automotive banking and securities bilateral safeguards binational panel Canada CFTA CFTA's companies compulsory licensing cross-border cultural industries Customs dispute settlement domestic duty eliminate enforcement ensure environmental establish export financial services foreign trade practices Free Trade Agreement GATT government procurement implementation imports increase intellectual property rights investors Issues in NAFTA Key Economic Sectors labor laws liberalization maquiladora Market Access Issues Mexican government Mexico NAFTA Country NAFTA provides NAFTA's rules national treatment non-NAFTA nontariff barriers North American Free parties PEMEX percent petrochemicals procedures protection quotas restrictions rules of origin securities firms specific standards tariff classification textile and apparel three countries trade barriers Trade Rules transition period U.S. agricultural U.S. and Canadian U.S. Customs Service U.S. economy U.S. government U.S. industry U.S. lead negotiator U.S. negotiators U.S. official U.S. trade unfair foreign trade United USTR
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Stranica 98 - Agreement, indications which identify a good as originating in the territory of a Member, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin.
Stranica 75 - ... new and different article of commerce with a name, character, or use distinct from that of the article or articles from which it was so transformed.
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Stranica 69 - ... matter, on unless the country complained against demonstrates to the special committee that it has taken the necessary corrective action, any suspension of benefits may remain in effect. Government Procurement The Agreement opens a significant portion of the government procurement market in each NAFTA country on a non-discriminatory basis to suppliers from the other NAFTA countries for goods, services and construction services. Coverage The NAFTA covers procurements by specified federal government...
Stranica 97 - Any sign, or any combination of signs, capable of distinguishing the goods or services of one undertaking from those of other undertakings, shall be capable of constituting a trademark. Such signs, in particular words including personal names, letters, numerals, figurative elements and combinations of colours as well as any combination of such signs, shall be eligible for registration as trademarks.
Stranica 26 - Rules of Origin The rules of origin specify that goods originate in North America if they are wholly North American, or if the nonregional materials are sufficiently transformed in the NAFTA region so as to undergo a specified change in tariff classification. In some cases, goods must include a specified percentage of North American content in addition to meeting the tariff classification requirement.
Stranica 22 - Nothing in paragraph 3 shall be construed to prevent a Party from conditioning the receipt or continued receipt of an advantage, in connection with an investment in its territory of an investor of a Party or of a non-Party, on compliance with a requirement to locate production, provide a service, train or employ workers, construct or expand particular facilities, or carry out research and development, in its territory.