EU Politics and Governance The success of the European Union stems from delivering its initial objectives which were a lasting peace‚ prosperity and security. Having done so has created a body of laws and norms known as acquis communautaire in the Community ’s parlance. However‚ when analysing closely‚ one finds that the EU exports its norms and regulatory policies to its allies and countries and regions throughout the world. Having studied many of the EU policies that are either intergovernmental
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Our project emphasized on the development of the economic relationship between EU and China‚ and especially on international trade. The objectives are to understand and identify the main factors determining or influencing the direction and scope of the relationship between the two countries within a broad theoretical framework and large social context and to explore the future development tendency‚ and furthermore‚ to see the possibilities of forming strategic partnerships between the two giants
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Impact of Fuel Price Deregulation in India Introduction Empowered group of Ministers on Friday‚ 25th June 2010‚ took a decision to decontrol the petrol prices increasing it by 3.50 per litre & that of kerosene by Rs 3 a litre. While petrol is mainly used by the middle class for cars‚ kerosene is used by the poor for power. Diesel prices rose by Rs 2 per litre and might be freed up in the future. Cooking gas prices were raised by Rs 35 a cylinder. Govt. has indeed taken a bold step by deciding
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and aid policies of the EU CONTENT 1 TRADE AND AID POLICIES WITH THIRD PARTIES 1 1.1 THE WTO 1 1.1.1 FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS 2 2 MAIN TRADING PARTNERS OF THE EU 3 2.1 USA 3 2.1.1 DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSATLANTIC CO-OPERATION 3 2.1.2 DISPUTES BETWEEN THE EU AND THE USA 4 2.2 CHINA AND ASIA 4 2.3 RUSSIA 5 3 TRADE POLICIES WITH CERTAIN GROUPS 7 3.1 WIDER EUROPE: THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY 7 3.2 THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION 8 3.3 EU-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
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Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 According to Congress‚ the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 which was also known as ADA was to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to totally phase out the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) (Congress‚ n.d.). As such‚ the primary purpose of the act was to remove the federal government control over routes‚ fares‚ schedules and market entry of new airlines (GAO‚ 1996). The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was introduced by Senator Howard on February 6‚ 1978 and was signed
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TOPIC: Privatization‚ commercialization and deregulation of airports – incentives for airport to compete and maximize profits. Increasing importance of airport concession revenue – affects performance of different airport regulations‚ and leads to evolving vertical relationships. As competition in the airline market intensifies‚ airport-airline relationship becomes increasingly important. Discuss the impacts of airports on airline competition – focus on airport performance and airline-airport
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Deregulation Created the Subprime Mortgage Crisis The mid-1990s saw an economic revival. What incited this activity was a technology boom like no other. It created a new era of electronics and computing. There were cell phones‚ desktop and laptop computers‚ the Internet‚ electronic games‚ flat panel TVs and major advances in business software and efficiencies. The housing industry was a big benefactor of this new economy. Home prices began to rise again by 1996. The rate of home ownership during
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Energy as the Defining Component in EU-Russian Relations After the Eastern EU Enlargement Marek Neuman* University of Groningen m.neuman@rug.nl * Marek Neuman is a PhD student at the University of Groningen‚ Groningen‚ The Netherlands. This paper has been presented at the Fourth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics held on 25 - 27 September 2008 at the University of Latvia‚ Riga‚ Latvia. Please do not distribute or quote without permission of the author. Introduction Since the
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EU COHESION POLICY C O N T E N T 1. Introduction 2 2. The Lisbon Treaty – A Union for the 21st Century 3 3. The EU institutional framework: legal framework and main bodies for the EU cohesion policy 5 4. The Funds 8 5. Grouping of the Member States and its regions in the Fifth report on economic‚ social and territorial cohesion (2010) 15 6. Cohesion policy in the Multiannual Financial Framework 2007-2013 and in MFF 2014-2020
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important of EU legislation. The EU is the leading authority in this area with up to 80% of UK legislation on environmental affairs estimated to come from the EU. However‚ critics of EU environmental policy question the efficiency of some measures‚ arguing that the cost of complying with these regulations leaves European business uncompetitive‚ especially in the face of increased competition from countries such as China and India‚ which do not have such strict environmental rules. How the EU ’s environmental
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