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81Economy of Nigeria — Currency Nigerian naira (N) (NGN) Trade organisations OPEC Statistics GDP $377.6 billion (2010 est.) (PPP; 31st) …
82EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE — The Beginning of the European Economic Community After World War II, Europe was suffering from the wide destruction caused by the war and the deep separation between two different camps: one which had struggled for freedom and the other which had …
83Ministerial Conference — The Ministerial Conference is the top decision making body of the World Trade Organization (WTO). [1] There have been six Ministerial Conferences: WTO Ministerial Conference of 1996 WTO Ministerial Conference of 1998 WTO Ministerial Conference of …
84Dumping (pricing policy) — This article is about the economics term. For industrial relations and social justice issue, see Social dumping. For the tax avoidance term, see SUTA dumping. In economics, dumping is any kind of predatory pricing, especially in the context of… …
85Most favoured nation — In international economic relations and international politics, most favoured nation (MFN) is a status or level of treatment accorded by one state to another in international trade. The term means the country which is the recipient of this… …
86List of tariffs in United States — This is a list of United States tariffs.* 1789: Hamilton tariff * 1790: Tariff of 1790 * 1792: Tariff of 1792 * 1816: Tariff of 1816 (Dallas Tariff) * 1824: Tariff of 1824 (Sectional Tariff) * 1828: Tariff of 1828 (Tariff of Abominations) * 1832 …
87customs union — an association of independent nations or tariff areas created to remove customs barriers between them and to adopt a uniform tariff policy toward nonmember nations. * * * Trade agreement by which a group of countries charges a common set of… …
88most-favoured-nation treatment — Guarantee of same trading opportunities (i.e., tariff concessions) already granted to the most favoured nation (MFN). It is a method of establishing equal trading opportunities among states by making originally bilateral agreements multilateral.… …
89United Nations — 1. an international organization, with headquarters in New York City, formed to promote international peace, security, and cooperation under the terms of the charter signed by 51 founding countries in San Francisco in 1945. Abbr.: UN Cf. General… …
90Chicken tax — U.S. intensive chicken farming led to the 1961–1964 Chicken War with Europe. The Chicken tax was a 25% tariff on potato starch, dextrin, brandy, and light trucks imposed in 1963 by the United States under President Lyndon B. Johnson as a response …
