Hague The Honorable Jan Peter Balkenende Minister President Herengracht 12-D‚ 2717DC Middelburg Dear Minister President‚ As a staff member of the Directorate-General of the European Commission I have been appointed to describe to you the composition and the powers of the Commission in the European Union. In the following paragraph I will describe the body of the Commission divided in three pillars: First you have the College of the Commissioners‚ then the Directorate-General (DGs) and
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Slaves and slave trade has been an important part of history for a very long time. In the years of the British thirteen colonies in North America‚ slaves and slave trade was a very important part of its development. It even carried on to almost 200 years of the United States history. The slave trade of the thirteen colonies was an important part of the colonies as well as Europe and Africa. In order to supply the thirteen colonies efficiently through trade‚ Europe developed the method of triangular
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How Does Technology Influence Our Daily Lives The tеrm „ technology“ has been defined by the ancient Greeks as a collective term of human achievements‚ inventions‚ creations‚ knоwledge and expertise. Without a doubt‚ technology dramatically affects our lives in virtually each and every aspect and area. One of the greatest and most heated contemporary debates has been: „Does technology influence our lives in a positive or negative way?“ In my opinion‚ technology by itself has neither positive
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Europeans didn’t suddenly start exploring just because they could; there were many motives that led to European exploration and expansion in the 15th and 16th centuries. They made people confront the dangerous journey to the new colonies‚ a journey which killed about one half of the people who tried it. People were led by strong motives‚ and even if not all were exactly quite as important to European expansion‚ all of them played a part in it. Taking in mind the medieval attitudes of people at the
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1) From 1960 to 2009‚ (C) A) the U.S. economy roughly tripled in size. B) U.S. imports roughly tripled in size. C) the share of US Trade in the economy roughly tripled in size. D) U.S. Imports roughly tripled as compared to U.S. exports. E) U.S. exports roughly tripled in size. 2) Ancient theories of international economics from the 18th and 19th Centuries are (C) A) not relevant to current policy analysis. B) are only of moderate relevance in today’s modern international economy. C)
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TRADE UNIONISM‚ COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AND NATION BUILDING: THE NIGERIAN EXPERIENCE Charles N. Okolie Introduction It is a well known fact that the growth and development of any nation depends on the structures it has carved out for itself. In Nigeria‚ amidst the various arms of the government which has been working tirelessly to ensure the growth and sustenance of the Nigerian state is the emergence of trade unions. The colonial influence in Nigeria has left much to be desired. The emergence
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Modern non-tariff measures 1. Import deposit schemes: this requires importers to deposit a certain amount with the central bank of the country. This makes importing more time consuming and more expensive and reduces the liquidity of the importing firm. 2. Voluntary Export Restrain (VER): it is an agreement between two countries where the government of exporting country agrees voluntary to restrict the volume of its exports of a certain good. Ex. Japan’s VER with USA in the export of motor
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International Trade International trade is the exchange of goods and services between countries. (“Trade Foreign Policy‚ Diplomacy and Health‚” n.d). The exact origin of international trade is hard to pinpoint but exchange of goods between nations have been conducted for thousands of years. Trade by individuals was necessitated out of the absence of self-sufficiency in human beings. In the same way‚ international trade was born out of the fact that no nation is super-abundant in every
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IT IS no exaggeration to say that the foundations of the modern globalised world were made of sugar. In the 15th century Europeans first encountered its sweet delights. Within a couple of hundred years the coming of sea power‚ and with it the means to create empires across the oceans‚ resulted in large tracts of land in South America and the Caribbean being seized. Much of it was used in the production of sugar‚ which was steadily evolving from being a scarce luxury to a daily necessity. The English
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Do the benefits outweigh the cost for funding exploration and expansion into space? From the perspective of a sociologist‚ whose job it is include the origins‚ development‚ organization‚ networks‚ and institutions to study social behavior or society‚ funding NASA would be a wise choice because we could have space colonies creating many benefits for society and people. The article “Food‚ Leisure‚ And Social Life In Space Colonies” by Tom Marotta‚ a diplomat and city planner‚ made this position clear
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