At this point Charles C. Hanch, long an advocate of patent peace in the industry, became chairman of the patents committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, successor to the Automobile Board of Trade.

Meyer became director when Gropius resigned in February 1928, and brought the Bauhaus its two most significant building commissions, both of which still exist: five apartment buildings in the city of Dessau, and the headquarters of the Federal School of the German Trade Unions ( ADGB ) in Bernau.

After a decade as president of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, he entered parliament as a Labor MP at the 1980 federal election and became Prime Minister within three years, leading Labor to victory at four consecutive federal elections: 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1990.

Croatia became a World Trade Organization ( WTO ) member in 2000 and started the Accession of Croatia to the European Union in 2003.

Stafford Cripps became President of the Board of Trade, Herbert Morrison was given the post of Deputy Prime Minister and given overall control of Labour's nationalisation programme, Aneurin Bevan became Minister of Health, and Ellen Wilkinson, the only woman to serve in Attlee's government, became Minister of Education.

In 1994, over 100 countries became signatories to the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade in a dramatic increase in trade liberalization.

Prior to the implementation of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 1996 enacted by the British Parliament, Hong Kong represented its interests abroad through the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices ( HKETOs ) and via a special office in the British Embassies or High Commissions, but the latter has ceased after the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred to the PRC and became a special administrative region ( SAR ) of the PRC in 1997.

Finland became an associate member of the European Free Trade Association in 1961 and a full member in 1986.

Wedgwood mass produced cameos depicting the seal for the Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade and had them widely distributed, which thereby became a popular and celebrated image.

Trade became tightly and hierarchically organized.

The Leipzig Trade Fair, started in the Middle Ages, became an event of international importance and is the oldest remaining trade fair in the world.

As part of this campaign, in 2009 Macquarie became the first Fair Trade accredited university in Australia.

In 1993, Namibia became a signatory of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) signatory, and the Minister of Trade and Industry represented Namibia at the Marrakech signing of the Uruguay Round Agreement in April 1994.

These reforms included guarantees to ensure the Ottoman subjects perfect security for their lives, honour, and property ; the introduction of the first Ottoman paper banknotes ( 1840 ) and opening of the first post offices ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the finance system according to the French model ( 1840 ); the reorganization of the Civil and Criminal Code according to the French model ( 1840 ); the establishment of the Meclis-i Maarif-i Umumiye ( 1841 ) which was the prototype of the First Ottoman Parliament ( 1876 ); the reorganization of the army and a regular method of recruiting, levying the army, and fixing the duration of military service ( 1843 – 44 ); the adoption of an Ottoman national anthem and Ottoman national flag ( 1844 ); the first nationwide Ottoman census in 1844 ( only male citizens were counted ); the first national identity cards ( officially named the Mecidiye identity papers, or informally kafa kağıdı ( head paper ) documents, 1844 ); the institution of a Council of Public Instruction ( 1845 ) and the Ministry of Education ( Mekatib-i Umumiye Nezareti, 1847, which later became the Maarif Nezareti, 1857 ); the abolition of slavery and slave trade ( 1847 ); the establishment of the first modern universities ( darülfünun, 1848 ), academies ( 1848 ) and teacher schools ( darülmuallimin, 1848 ); establishment of the Ministry of Healthcare ( Tıbbiye Nezareti, 1850 ); the Commerce and Trade Code ( 1850 ); establishment of the Academy of Sciences ( Encümen-i Daniş, 1851 ); establishment of the Şirket-i Hayriye which operated the first steam-powered commuter ferries ( 1851 ); the first European style courts ( Meclis-i Ahkam-ı Adliye, 1853 ) and supreme judiciary council ( Meclis-i Ali-yi Tanzimat, 1853 ); establishment of the modern Municipality of Istanbul ( Şehremaneti, 1854 ) and the City Planning Council ( İntizam-ı Şehir Komisyonu, 1855 ); the abolition of the capitation ( Jizya ) tax on non-Muslims, with a regular method of establishing and collecting taxes ( 1856 ); non-Muslims were allowed to become soldiers ( 1856 ); various provisions for the better administration of the public service and advancement of commerce ; the establishment of the first telegraph networks ( 1847 – 1855 ) and railroads ( 1856 ); the replacement of guilds with factories ; the establishment of the Ottoman Central Bank ( originally established as the Bank-ı Osmanî in 1856, and later reorganized as the Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane in 1863 ) and the Ottoman Stock Exchange ( Dersaadet Tahvilat Borsası, established in 1866 ); the Land Code ( Arazi Kanunnamesi, 1857 ); permission for private sector publishers and printing firms with the Serbesti-i Kürşad Nizamnamesi ( 1857 ); establishment of the School of Economical and Political Sciences ( Mekteb-i Mülkiye, 1859 ); the Press and Journalism Regulation Code ( Matbuat Nizamnamesi, 1864 ); among others.

Taiwan, as an independent economy, became a member of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) as Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu ( often shortened to " Chinese Taipei "- both names resulting from PRC interference on the WTO ) in January 2002.

It is part of the Caribbean Community ( CARICOM ), a regional co-operative Trade and Common Market agreement which became operational in August 1973.

Vietnam became a member of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) in 2007, which freed Vietnam from textile quotas enacted worldwide as part of the Multi Fibre Arrangement ( MFA ) in 1974.

Vietnam became a member of the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) on January 11, 2007.

Vietnam became a member of the World Trade Organization in November 2006.

* On August 9, 1988, in what became the biggest trade in NHL history ( also known as " The Trade Of The Century "), Wayne Gretzky was traded along with teammates Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski from Edmonton to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for Martin Gelinas, Jimmy Carson, three first round draft picks, and $ 15 million cash ( approximately $ 18 million CAD in 1988 ).

The Central American Ministers of Trade meet on a regular basis to work on regional approaches to trade issues.

A relatively recent development in the United States is the adoption of the UTSA, the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, which has been adopted by approximately 46 states as the basis for trade secret law.

* The Secret Trade The basis of the monopoly.

Their attempt to register the word " solicitor " as their trade mark in Japan, however, was thwarted by the Japanese Trade Mark Office rejecting the application on the basis that the word was generic.

Taylor also established Zion's Central Board of Trade while president of the Church, which was meant to coordinate local trade and production largely done through the local stakes on a wider basis.

However, on February 15, 2005 legislation to formally abolish the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and provide a statutory basis for a separate Department of Foreign Affairs and a Department of International Trade failed to pass a first vote in the Canadian House of Commons.

The basis for the Social Chapter was developed in 1989 by the " social partners " representatives, namely UNICE, the employers ' confederation, the European Trade Union Confederation ( ETUC ) and CEEP, the European Centre of Public Enterprises.

Maudling later revised his proposals which were to form the basis of the European Free Trade Association.

Trade among the members was negotiated on an annual basis and in considerable detail at the governmental level and was then followed up by interenterprise contracts.

He applied on the basis that the registration had been obtained in bad faith ( section 3 ( 6 ) of the Trade Marks Act 1994 ) and that he was entitled to prevent use of the trade mark by bringing an action for ' passing off ', that is an action to stop others misrepresenting themselves as Saxon ( section 5 ( 4 ) of the Act ).

* The Trade Expansion Act of 1962 authorized the President to negotiate tariff reductions on a reciprocal basis of up to 50 percent with the European Common Market.

This same year under the provisions of the Mercantile Marine Fund the Committee of the Privy Council for Trade offered a government subsidy, at first amounting to £ 2000 /~ per year on the basis of a number of conditions.

It would also form the basis for Catherine's later legal codes, including the Statue of Administration of the Provinces ( 1775 ), the Salt Trade Code and the Code of Commercial Navigation ( 1781 ), the Police Ordnance ( 1782 ), and the Statue of Education ( 1786 ).

In 1709 Davenant published Reflections upon the Constitution and Management of Trade to Africa, in which he “ reverted to his normal attitude of suspicion and outright hostility towards the Dutch .” This pamphlet advocated renewing the Royal African Company ’ s monopoly on slave trade on the basis that the Dutch competition “ necessitated the maintenance of forts, which only a joint-stock company could afford .” Waddell states that there had been close collaboration between the company and Davenant and that he may have been compensated for writing it.

He is now an advisor to the Duke in relation to his work with UK Trade & Investment, but on an unpaid basis.

Trade with luxury goods from the Central Highlands was the basis of this wealth and power.

There is a proposal to conduct Trade union elections in Singareni Collieries probably in the month of October 2011 on the basis of One Union in One industry.

Legalised in 1871, the Trade Union Movement sought to reform socio-economic conditions for working men in British industries, and the Unions ' search for this led to the creation of a Labour Representation Committee which effectively formed the basis for today's Labour Party, which still has extensive links with the Trade Union Movement in Britain.

The report was the basis for the Restrictive Trade Practices Act 1956, this specifically prohibited collective enforcement of resale price maintenance in the UK.

In 1975, the inter-sessional oversight body of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development ( UNCTAD ), the Trade and Development Board ( TDB ), endorsed a recommendation of an UNCTAD Ad hoc Group of Governmental Experts which were that UNCTAD “ be invited to participate in the multilateral debt negotiations on the same basis as the representatives of other international organizations ”.

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