Outlined Monday by Gore economic policy adviser Laura Tyson, the organization would provide nations with a permanent forum similar to the World Trade Organization (WTO) or the International Labor Organization (ILO) to tackle cross-border disputes that affect the health of forests, oceans and endangered species.
As Russia seeks to join the World Trade Organization, it may be forced to step in line with international copyright licensing and stamp out sites like AllofMP3.
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.
To begin with, the U.S. is a longtime member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), a 140-member group that tries to promote international trade, reduces trade barriers, and handles trade disputes between member countries.
Reddy is lobbying the Indian government to adopt and enforce the international drug-patent regime, something Delhi has promised to do by 2005 under a World Trade Organization agreement.
O'Hare airport is the sixth busiest passenger airport in the world, according to the latest data available from Airport Council International, a trade organization representing airports.
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China gained entry to the World Trade Organization, paving the way for tremendous expansion in international trade.
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Around 90% of world trade is currently carried by the shipping industry, according to the International Maritime Organization.
Washington also pledges to support Russia's increased participation in major international economic organizations like the World Trade Organization and the Group of Seven industrialized nations.
The WTO is the only global international organization dealing with the rules of trade between nations, according to its Web site.
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