Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Ecuador
Argentina: media denounces de facto prohibition on bovine meat exports
Description
Argentinean local media reported a de facto prohibition on bovine meat exports.There is no record of any formal act of the Government embodying the measure.
Indonesia: Domestic market obligation (DMO) for mineral and coal producers
Description
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources issued a new regulation (No. 34 of 2009), effective 31 December 2009, on prioritising mineral and coal resources for domestic usage.
Russia: Food Security Doctrine is focused on import substitution
Description
The Food Security Doctrine was developed “for the purpose of implementing the state economic policy in the field of food security of the Russian Federation, aimed at ensuring reliable food supplies to the population, developing the nat
Brazil: tariff reduction for capital goods (machinery and equipment), computing machinery and telecommunication equipment and apparatus
Description
On December 15th, 2009, the Brazilian government announced the creation of new exceptions for 260 tariff lines which led to tariff reductions on the ad-valorem import duty from 14% to 2% for capital goods (machinery and equipment) and from 12% to
United States of America: Renewal of preferential trade programs
Description
The authorizations for two preferential trade programs that extend duty-free treatment to U.S. imports from developing countries were due to expire on December 31, 2009 unless new legislation was approved to renew the programs.
Ukraine: Preferences to domestic fertilizer industry as well as support to farm industry
Description
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers (Decree 914 issued 12 August 2009) has allocated UAH 102 million (approximately 13 million US dollars) from the state budget's stabilization fund to farm enterprises to buy phosphorus fertilizers from domest
Russia: The programme of the anti-crisis measures of the Russian Government - 2009
Description
On 19 June 2009 the Government of the Russian Federation had approved certain measures of support to the industries which are considered perspective from the import-substitution and increase of domestic demand.
France: Immediate EUR 1.65 billion rescue package for French farmers
Description
On 27 October 2009, French President Nicolas Sarkozy unveiled the EUR 1.65 billion rescue package for French farmers coping with considerable cutbacks of revenues - not only due to the current economic downturn, but also due to a fundamental struc
