D E C I S I O N LEONARDO-DE CASTRO‚ J.: Before the Court are consolidated Petitions for Review on Certiorari under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court‚ which arose out of two civil cases that were filed in different courts but whose factual background and issues are closely intertwined. The petitions in G.R. Nos. 1250781 and 1255982 both assail the Order3 dated May 20‚ 1996 of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) of General Santos City‚ Branch 37‚ in Civil Case No. 5617. The said Order decreed the dismissal
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dispute involved bananas” (Smallman and Brown 2011‚ 38). This trade of bananas from the Caribbean began with their free-trade policy with the United Kingdom. What once was a protective market‚ suddenly became a global market once the United States took disputed preferential treatment because they saw this Jamaican banana trade only with the European as a threat to the free trade system. This in the calling to a reduction of the trade protections that were set up by companies such as Chiquita and Dole whose
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The documentary Life and Debt portrays a true example of the impact economic globalization can have on a developing country. When most Americans think about Jamaica‚ we think about the beautiful beaches‚ warm weather‚ and friendly people that make it a fabulous vacation spot. This movie shows the place in a different light‚ by showing a pressuring problem of debt. The everyday survival of many Jamaicans is based on the economic decisions of the United States and other powerful foreign countries.
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exports the ‘Chiquita’ bananas globally‚ including the EU. The Court has ruled that the company was abusing their dominant position. Once selected European distributors/banana plantation operators have ripened bananas‚ they were only sold to retailers within the national markets. It was forbidden to sell to other countries. This restriction was reinforced by the fact that bananas were only sold when ripe. Therefore the possibility for cross-border trading was eliminated (bananas are perishable
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References: Baumol‚ J. William‚ Blinder‚ S. Alan. Macroeconomics: Principles and Policy‚ 12th ed.: Principles and Policy. Cengage Learning‚ 2011. Moberg‚ Mark. Slipping Away: Banana Politics and Fair Trade in the Eastern Caribbean. Berghahn Books‚ 2008 Hill. Charles W. L. (2011). International Business: Competing In The Global Marketplace. McGraw-Hill. 2011
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Tensions Between the Empire and the Nation “The Old Gringo” by Carlos Fuentes brings out two main themes of tension between the empire and the nation with U.S involvement in Latin America as an imperial power‚ and notions of civilization and progress in Latin America. The three main characters Ambrose Bierce‚ Tomás Arroyo‚ and Harriet Winslow all are in Mexico for a sense of redemption from their past and each of their stories resemble United States and Mexico during the times of the Mexican Revolution
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DongHyeon Kang(Kevin) Dr. Talbott 4th Block Ch.36 Study Guide INDIA 1. Indianan National Congress- founded in 1885‚ which enlisted the support of many prominent Hindu and Muslims‚ at first stressed collaboration with the British to bring self-rule to India‚ but after the Great War the congress pursued this goal in opposition to the British. 2. Muslim League- established in 1906 with the encouragement of the British government‚ added a new current into the movement for national liberation
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Merck‚ the producer of the patented cholesterol-lowering drug Zetia b. Chiquita‚ a supplier of bananas and owner of most banana plantations c. The Walt Disney Company‚ the creators of Mickey Mouse Answer to Question: a. Merck has a patent for Zetia. This is an example of a government-created barrier to entry‚ which gives Merck market power. b. Chiquita controls most banana plantations. Control over a scarce resource gives Chiquita market power. c. The Walt Disney Company has the copyright over animations
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“Banana Worker for the Day” by Kelsey Timmerman The average American eats an approximated 27 pounds of banana in 365 days (148) Description of the technique of cutting down bananas (152) Definition of Banana Republic (154) Banana Republic: it is “any country that relies heavily on one export crop tjat the government and private institutions work to exploit.” (154)
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development. * The second case is caused by the “Banana Wars” between Europe and America. Britain had a long-standing trade agreement with Jamaica that favored their banana exports as a way of compensating for their legacy of colonialism. This brought about complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the USA backed up by large agricultural multinational corporations like Dole‚ Chiquita and Delmonte who at the time already had 95% of the world’s banana trade‚ citing it as unconstitutional and against
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