Air travel in Africa is up 9.8% this year, outpacing global growth of 6.8%, according to the International Air Transport Association trade group.
The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is an International not-for-profit trade association working to promote global standards and regulations in the fast developing Powerline communications market.
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The trade group International Air Transport Association does its own safety audits on air carriers.
Zip line attractions, for example, are beginning to emerge in theme parks throughout the world, said David Mandt, spokesman for the trade association the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
The International Securities Association for Institutional Trade Communication (ISITC), an industry trade group focused on transaction processing, reports that a pool of members surveyed show that almost all think that finance industry could benefit from greater leadership.
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The issue will now be referred to an international court, the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.
The International Capital Market Association, a trade group for securities-market participants, estimated in a report last month that the tax would cause the short-term repo market to contract by 66%.
In a survey of 950 companies, the International Facility Management Association, a trade group for office-facility managers, found 60% had some unassigned workspaces in their offices, and about half said the number of employees using the unassigned space had increased in the past two years.
Robert Pickel, chief executive of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, a trade group, dismisses accusations of profiteering.
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This year, they have experienced one major crash per three million flights worldwide, roughly 49% better than in 2010 and roughly three times better than 2001, according to the International Air Transport Association, a global trade group.
And according to the International Air Transport Association, an airline trade organization, there were 2.84 billion commercial passengers last year, which would roughly mean your average odds of dying on a commercial flight were roughly one in 7.6 million in 2011.
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, a trade association, believes that digital music sales will account for 25% of all recorded music sales by 2010.
When lawyers were called in by buyers and sellers of protection on Railtrack, the owner of Britain's rail network that was forced into administration last year, they quickly brought in the industry trade body, the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, to sort things out.
Scott Sacknoff, president of the International Space Business Council, a space-industry trade association based in Arlington, Va.
Standing behind him as he made the remarks were the leaders of the Advanced Medical Technology Association, the American Medical Association, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the American Hospital Association and the Service Employees International Union--trade groups representing medical technology companies, doctors, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and labor.
But according to Frank Vargo, vice president for international economic affairs at the National Association of Manufacturers, the signal on trade deals has to come from the president.
"This whole notion that you'd grant a patent to anyone who adds a seam or two to a waistband is quite problematic, " said Ilse Metchek, the president of the California Fashion Association, a trade group that represents some manufacturers, domestic and international garment suppliers, and others close to the fashion industry.
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