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Trump launches process to quit 144-year-old postal treaty
2018-10-17 20:29:58| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The White House says the 144 year old arrangement gives Chinese firms an 'unfair' advantage.
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Prospect urges UK Government to drop plans to leave Euratom treaty
2017-07-11 01:00:00| Power Technology
UK-based union Prospect has called upon the government to withdraw its plans to leave the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) treaty that deals with the movement of nuclear materials.
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China joins UN transport treaty to ease trade with Europe
2016-08-15 16:05:29| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
China has taken a key step towards opening up new efficient and faster transport routes with Europe after ratifying the United Nation's TIR Convention, the global standard for international freight customs transit.
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Pacific ??islands nations consider world's first treaty to ban fossil fuels
2016-07-14 09:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The worlds first international treaty that bans or phases out fossil fuels is being considered by leaders of developing Pacific islands nations after a summit in the Solomon Islands this week. The leaders of 14 countries agreed to consider a proposed Pacific climate treaty, which would bind signatories to targets for renewable energy and ban new or the expansion of coalmines, at the annual leaders summit of the Pacific Islands Development Forum (PIDF). Five Pacific islands lost to rising...
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Do we really need a new U.N. oceans treaty? Yes, & here's why
2016-04-27 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The oceans are in bad shape. The high seas -- like the moon, outer space and Antarctica -- cant be claimed by any nation. They are areas beyond national jurisdiction, and therefore protecting them requires international cooperation. A new United Nations oceans treaty -- Agreement on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction -- would do just that, by focusing on greater biodiversity preservation. Life on Earth depends on the oceans....
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