Trade Commission

http://www.wto.org/ 4.12.07

Sixty Years of the Multilateral Trading System : Achievements and Challenges

On 1 January 2008 the multilateral trading system celebrated its 60th anniversary. The World Trade Report 2007 celebrates this landmark anniversary with an in-depth look at the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its successor the World Trade Organization — their origins, achievements, the challenges they have faced and what the future holds.

More information about World Trade Reports on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/WTO#grid/user/DE65C9FE5A130D72
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=DE65C9FE5A130D72

Find more information on the WTO website:
http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/wtr_e.htm

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We all know that China, India and the new Soviet Union (er, we mean Russia) are rapidly becoming significant consumer markets, perhaps even becoming the most important consumer markets. Here’s a fascinating video put together by General Motors that illustrates the explosion of activity in the emerging regions.

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NEW WORLD ORDER FINALE Part 2 (Jupiter Striped) WTO created in US not in EU as GATT @ Bretton Woods
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTZ706hMHfo
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS05nyI_tKY

‘New World Order’ NWO Antichrist Emperor Prince 666 Jupiter striped ‘Bretton Woods’ WTO World Trade Organization GATT ‘General Agreement of Tariffs & Trade’ www.XE.com Currency X ten toes ten regions NAU EU APEC UNASUR CAU ASEAN+3 SAARC ‘Gulf Council’ ‘African Union’

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http://www.wto.org/ 15 January 2008

The GATT/WTO at 60: What have they achieved and where have they fallen short of their objectives?

Julio Lacarte Muró, former chairman of the WTO’s Appellate Body and Uruguayan trade negotiator for five decades and John Weekes, senior trade policy adviser with Sidley Austin and former Canadian ambassador to the WTO, discuss what the World Trade Organization and its predecessor, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, have achieved and where they could have done better. The moderator is WTO spokesperson Keith Rockwell.

Another interview of Julio Lacarte Muró is available: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A6z9INFxEQ

More trade debates on this channel: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F80C09FFF3DCFFD6

Find more information about the GATT / WTO at 60 on the WTO website: http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/pres07_e/pr502_e.htm

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George Seldes (16 November 1890 – 2 July 1995) was an American investigative journalist and media critic.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of “consumer protection” and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be harmfully “anti-competitive” business practices, such as coercive monopoly.

The Federal Trade Commission Act was one of President Wilson’s major acts against trusts. Trusts and trust-busting were significant political concerns during the Progressive Era. Since its inception, the FTC has enforced the provisions of the Clayton Act, a key antitrust statute, as well as the provisions of the FTC Act, 15 U.S.C. § 41 et seq. Over time, the FTC has been delegated the enforcement of additional business regulation statutes and has promulgated a number of regulations (codified in Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations).

Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as an organic pesticide, and in the form of nicotine tartrate it is used in some medicines. In consumption it most commonly appears in the forms of smoking, chewing, snuffing, or dipping tobacco, or snus. Tobacco has long been in use as an entheogen in the Americas. However, upon the arrival of Europeans in North America, it quickly became popularized as a trade item and as a recreational drug. This popularization led to the development of the southern economy of the United States until it gave way to cotton. Following the American Civil War, a change in demand and a change in labor force allowed for the development of the cigarette. This new product quickly led to the growth of tobacco companies until the scientific controversy of the mid-1900s.

There are many species of tobacco, which are all encompassed by the plant genus Nicotiana. The word nicotiana (as well as nicotine) was named in honor of Jean Nicot, French ambassador to Portugal, who in 1559 sent it as a medicine to the court of Catherine de Medici.

Because of the addictive properties of nicotine, tolerance and dependence develop. Absorption quantity, frequency, and speed of tobacco consumption are believed to be directly related to biological strength of nicotine dependence, addiction, and tolerance. The usage of tobacco is an activity that is practiced by some 1.1 billion people, and up to 1/3 of the adult population. The World Health Organization reports it to be the leading preventable cause of death worldwide and estimates that it currently causes 5.4 million deaths per year. Rates of smoking have leveled off or declined in developed countries, however they continue to rise in developing countries.

Tobacco is cultivated similarly to other agricultural products. Seeds are sown in cold frames or hotbeds to prevent attacks from insects, and then transplanted into the fields. Tobacco is an annual crop, which is usually harvested in a large single-piece farm equipment. After harvest, tobacco is stored to allow for curing, which allow for the slow oxidation and degradation of carotenoids. This allows for the agricultural product to take on properties that are usually attributed to the “smoothness” of the smoke. Following this, tobacco is packed into its various forms of consumption which include smoking, chewing, sniffing, and so on.

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Cappnonymous helps to expose ebay once again.
Links found here:

COURT SAYS EBAY IS A CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE. SERIOUSLY.
http://tinyurl.com/lonupe
http://preview.tinyurl.com/lonupe

A Cheat Sheet of eBay’s Pending Announcement
http://tinyurl.com/ngghtx
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ngghtx

Where to Complain by Ming The Merciless:
1. US Department of Justice (DoJ)
Anti Trust Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530
E-mail: antitrust.atr@usdoj.gov

How to submit a complaint:

http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/contact/newcase.htm

2. Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Consumer Response Center
600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20580

Mission: The Federal Trade Commission is the nation’s consumer protection agency. The FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection works For The Consumer to prevent fraud, deception, and unfair business practices in the marketplace.

The Bureau:

–Enhances consumer confidence by enforcing federal laws that protect consumers

–Empowers consumers with free information to help them exercise their rights and spot and avoid fraud and deception

–Wants to hear from consumers who want to get information or file a complaint about fraud or identity theft

To report a company for a pattern and practice of suspected fraud:

1-877-382-4357

CAUTION: The FTC doe NOT resolve individual consumer complaints. Please confine your remarks whether verbal or written to ebay/PayPal policies you believe are illegal.

Online fraud complaint form:

https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/

3. Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC Complaint Center
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549-0213

http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce.shtml

Above link includes information about insider trading and sending tips and complaints.

1. Insider trading: http://www.sec.gov/divisions/enforce/insider.htm
2. Tips and Complaints: http://www.sec.gov/complaint.shtml

Online complaint forms: http://www.sec.gov/complaint/selectconduct.shtml

Hypthetically, if I were filing an SEC complaint, I’d strongly consider:

–False or misleading statements about a company (including false or misleading SEC reports or financial statements)

5. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA)
Chairman
House Energy and Commerce Committee
2204 Rayburn
House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20515
Telephone (202) 225-3976
Fax (202) 225-4099

LOS ANGELES OFFICE
8436 West Third Street, Ste 600
Los Angeles, CA 90048
Telephone 1 (310) 652-3095
Telephone 2 (818) 878-7400
Telephone 3 (323) 651-1040
Fax (323) 655-0502

http://waxman.house.gov/

6. Attorney Generals Office
California Department of Justice
Attn: Consumer Protection Division
P.O. Box 944255
Sacramento, CA 94244-2550
(916) 322-3360

http://ag.ca.gov/contac/complaint_form.php?cmplt=CL

7. Attorney General’s Office
2115 State Capitol
Lincoln, NE 68509

Consumer Protection Division: 800) 727-6432

Online complaint form:

http://www.ago.ne.gov/consumer/emailform/consumer_complaint.htm

Specific consumer complaints to the Attorney Generals against ebay/PayPal should be directed to the California and Nebraska Attorney general’s Office Division of Consumer complaints. Complaints could include PayPal holds on seller funds, ebay billing issues, PayPal confiscation of seller property, etc. PayPal complaints should be directed to both attorney generals’ office, and ebay complaints should be sent to California.

General comments:

– Emails and phone calls are fine, but SNAIL MAIL has more impact. PLEASE send all complaints with regular USPS mail.

– When filing and mailing WRITTEN complaints, spring for an extra envelope and stamp and send a copy to the San Jose Better Bureau. Little will come of it, BUT ebay MUST file a written response.

– Rep. Waxman has the ability to hold public hearings on the conduct of a business or industry. He has the power to subpoena executives past and present, past and present rank and file employees, and records. Consider the possibilities

8. San Jose Better Business Bureau
1112 S. Bascom Ave.
San Jose, CA 95128
Phone: (408) 278-7400

9. Ebay operates in all 50 states. Therefore sending copies of complaints or filing directly with your state’s attorney general’s office will make a difference if they receive enough complaints. Your can find your attorney general and consumer protection
information by using a search engine using these keywords (Your state) Attorney General Consumer Protection.

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ALLIANCE, OH – The Ohio Attorney General’s office says it has received 277 consumer complaints against Courtesy Autoworld and Courtesy Kia of Alliance.

Many of the complaints involve failure to pay off traded-in vehicles and failure to deliver certificates of title on time to obtain license plates.

Clip courtesy www.wkyc.com (Aug 6, 2009).

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ALLIANCE, OH – The Ohio Attorney General’s office says it has received 277 consumer complaints against Courtesy Autoworld and Courtesy Kia of Alliance.

Many of the complaints involve failure to pay off traded-in vehicles and failure to deliver certificates of title on time to obtain license plates.

Clip courtesy www.wkyc.com (Aug 6, 2009).

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