Atelier à Tunis sur les barrières non tarifaires au #commerce intra-Comesa
L’objectif de l’atelier est de présenter le programme du #Comesa et la stratégie régionale pour éliminer les barrières non tarifaires dans la région, faire connaître l’application dédiée à la notification de ces barrières et concevoir un programme d’action national pour éliminer ces barrières.
Il n'existe aucun recensement exhaustif du nombre de morts au travail en France. Pour combler ce trou statistique et raconter l'histoire des victimes, @humanite_fr s'associe à Matthieu Lépine, auteur de « L'Hécatombe invisible ». ⚒
Depuis le début de l'année, ce dernier a listé 107 morts à partir des seuls articles de la presse locale. 1/
Did you know that #Shinzo Abe's grandfather was known as a #monster?
This is a 19-point #thread on the tumultuous years during & after #WW2 from Japan's POV, on the #problem of #US peace-keeping efforts & on Japan's ongoing nepotism issues.
6/ He was eventually fired but given a new job quickly due to being friends with the new #Minister of #Commerce. In 1941, he voted for #war with the US & Britain.
Details …remain scant, & support from Rodgers & Cantwell does not guarantee it will clear both chambers of #Congress. But their expected deal would mark the 1st time the heads of the 2 powerful #commerce cmtes, which oversee a broad swath of #internet#policy, have come to terms on a major #consumer#privacy bill.
While lawmakers have long sought to pass a federal privacy #law, efforts have gained steam in recent yrs as scrutiny of #tech companies’ #data collection practice have soared.
Not the Monthly Post: Beyond Lenocracy
April 3, 2024 by John Michael Greer
"...As soon as you start putting a business together, the regiment of pimps mentioned earlier comes running with their hands out. Each of them demands a cut. There are the bankers, the insurance agents, the real estate agents, the salespeople, the middlemen, and many more, and of course alongside them are the government officials...with a schedule of fees that inevitably gets longer and more onerous with every year that passes...but you can’t simply ignore them. That’s what makes our current situation a lenocracy: the power of the state gives their claims the force of law..."
I'm a progressive AND a small business, so I get it, but I support paying taxes. The rest of it, though - there's truth to the claim of too many middlemen & rentiers profiteering off small biz.
Caveat Emptor: Greer leans right. Waayyy right sometimes.
As far-right contenders dominate the #GOP ticket in a state known for its flourishing #economy, the business community is bracing for potential fallout
The #NorthCarolina Chamber of #Commerce rebuked “#partisan ideologues that cause #division & create #controversy” in an unusually biting stmnt last month, saying the Mar primary results offer a “startling warning of the looming threats to NC’s #business climate.” Ofcls did not put an amt on projected losses.
…Michael Walden, an #economist at #NC State U, who tracked the damage in 2016 [said], “You lose #jobs. You lose #construction activity. You lose an additional tax base. You lose prestige.”
A new bill from #SanFrancisco Assembly Member #MattHaney would clearly outline when companies can communicate w/their #employees during off hrs, following other countries that have passed “right to disconnect” #laws.
“The bill will effectively subject all employees to a rigid working schedule & prohibit communication between employers & employees absent an emergency,” [nope] the chamber said in a letter from snr policy advocate Ashley Hoffman.
#Cholon was the 1st #ChineseSettlement established in #Vietnam in 2nd half of 17th century, after the fall of the #MingDynasty in #China, by the people who remained loyal to the fallen emperor and exiled to Vietnam.
Then, later during the 18th century, a 2nd wave of #Chinese immigration arrived to Cholon, as a consequence of the demographic pressure in China.
*My patriarch ancestors fled from China in 18th century & starting rebuilding life in Saigon. This thread is about where we lived.
(3)The #survivors had to rebuild the town and took this opportunity to improve the waterway system by building high embankments and wharves along the river. The settlement then took the name of #TaiNgon (embankment).
It grew and became a bustling center of #commerce. #Chinese merchants started to trade a larger variety of goods such as building materials, opium, alcohol, tobacco.