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| TPA |
Trade Protection Authority - See Fast Track
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| Trilateral Commission |
A private organization founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller and Zbigniew Brzezinski. Perpetual membership of around 300 covering Europe, Japan and the North America. Elite membership consists of corporate directors, scholars and high-ranking politicians.
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| TRIPS |
Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - agreement
which came into effect at the same time as the WTO (January
1, 1995).
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| Tyranny |
Arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Absolute power, especially when exercised unjustly or cruelly: "I have sworn . . . eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man" (Thomas Jefferson).
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| UNHCR |
United
Nations Human Rights Committee
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| Uruguay Round |
A series of trade negotiations between 1986-1994 that led to the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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| USTR |
United States Trade Representative. Cabinet-level official of the US government responsible for
developing and coordinating US international trade, commodity, and
direct investment policy, and leading or directing negotiations with
other countries on such matters.
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| World Bank |
The World Bank Group is comprised of five agencies that make loans or guarantee credit to 177 member countries. Its stated aim is to help countries reduce poverty by making long-term loans to governments for large-scale projects such as dams or pipelines, or to back economic reform programs. However, World Bank loans have often had very negative effects on countries putting them in situations of precarious debt and setting conditions on which countries can receive loans, conditions which often have a devastating impact on the lives of citizens
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