Taxonomy: Affected Trading Partner - Kuwait
Argentina: Extension of tax exemptions for locally produced capital goods
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On February 4, 2010, the Government of Argentina announced an extension of a tax-exemption program that benefits capital goods producers.United Republic of Tanzania: Mandatory listing of mobile phone companies
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The parliament of Tanzania has passed the Electronic and Postal Communications Bill 2009, making it mandatory for all mobile phone companies in the country to list on the Dar es Salaam stock exchange in the next three years.Iraq: Amendment to Investment Law allowing foreigners to own land for housing projects
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According to a Reuters article on 23 November 2009, Iraq’s parliament passed the first amendment to Investment Law No 13 of the year 2006 allowing foreigners to own land for housing projects.United States of America: Renewal of preferential trade programs
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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.Nigeria: Ban on importation of certain types of aluminium roofing sheets and cold roll steel
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The Central Bank of Nigeria through a circular signed on 13 November 2009 has banned with immediate effect the importation of aluminium roofing sheets less than 0.50mm in thickness and cold roll steel of less than 0.20mm thickness.Russia: Subsidized loans to producers of certain type of machineries
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The Government Decree # 205 from 10 March 2009 establishes rules for granting subsidies (subsidized loans - 2/3 of CBR refinancing rate) from the federal budget to producers of agricultural machines and tractors, the wood processing sector, producEgypt: Repeated extension of ban on rice exports until 2012
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The Ministry of Trade and Industry extended a ban on rice exports for an additional year from 17 September 2011 to October 2012.Brazil: Extension of the Brazilian Drawback System
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Regulation of the Integrated Drawback System by unifying the existing rules on import drawback and drawback "verde-amarelo".Canada: Proposed restrictions on oil tanker shipping routes
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Bill C-458, An Act to amend the Canada Shipping Act, 2001 (prohibition against oil tankers in Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound), was presented for consideration to the Canadian House of Commons on October 7, 2009.Mexico: Unilateral tariff elimination.
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On December 24, 2008, the Mexican Ministry of Economy published a decree that unilaterally reduces or eliminates the Most Favored Nation (MFN) import duties applicable to 8,357 tariff codes of the Mexican Harmonized System.
