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... Ethnic Nationalities Council or ENC (based in Thailand); Federation of Trade Unions-Burma or FTUB (exile trade union and labor advocates); National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma or NCGUB (self ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/d_gv.html
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... business cronies, their family members, and associated companies. Official statistics are inaccurate. Published statistics on foreign trade are greatly understated because of the size of the black market and unofficial border trade ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
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... and tea prices. The Tutsi minority, 14% of the population, dominates the government and the coffee trade at the expense of the Hutu majority, 85% of the population. An ethnic-based war ...
www.exxun.com/Burundi/e_ec.html
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... said opportunities exist for mining bauxite, gold, iron and gems. In 2006, a US-Cambodia bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed and the first round of discussions took place ...
www.exxun.com/Cambodia/e_ec.html
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... various IMF and World Bank programs designed to spur business investment, increase efficiency in agriculture, improve trade, and recapitalize the nation's banks. In June 2000, the government completed an IMF-sponsored ...
www.exxun.com/Cameroon/e_ec.html
Trade
... from a largely rural economy into one primarily industrial and urban. The 1989 US-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (which includes Mexico) touched ...
www.exxun.com/Canada/e_ec.html
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... fishing potential, mostly lobster and tuna, is not fully exploited. Cape Verde annually runs a high trade deficit, financed by foreign aid and remittances from emigrants; remittances supplement GDP by more than ...
www.exxun.com/CapeVerde/e_ec.html
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revitalized university student federations at all major universities; Roman Catholic Church; United Labor Central or CUT includes trade unionists from the country's five largest labor confederations
www.exxun.com/Chile/d_gv.html
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... 2007, respectively. Chile deepened its longstanding commitment to trade liberalization with the signing of a free trade agreement with the US, which took effect on 1 January 2004. Chile claims to have ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/e_ec.html
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important transshipment country for cocaine destined for Europe; economic prosperity and increasing trade have made Chile more attractive to traffickers seeking to launder drug profits, especially through the Iquique Free Trade Zone ...
www.exxun.com/Chile/i_ti.html
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... shortages, particularly in the north; water pollution from untreated wastes; deforestation; estimated loss of one-fifth of agricultural land since 1949 to soil erosion and economic development; desertification; trade in endangered species
www.exxun.com/China/b_mp.html
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... of stock markets, the rapid growth of the non-state sector, and the opening to foreign trade and investment. China has generally implemented reforms in a gradualist or piecemeal fashion, including the ...
www.exxun.com/China/e_ec.html
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tropical with a wet season (December to April) and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds
www.exxun.com/ChristmasIsland/b_mp.html
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tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
www.exxun.com/Cocos_Keeling_Islands/b_mp.html
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... forces and anti-government insurgent groups and illegal paramilitary groups - both heavily funded by the drug trade - escalated during the 1990s. The insurgents lack the military or popular support necessary to overthrow ...
www.exxun.com/Colombia/a_fg.html
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French (official), Lingala (a lingua franca trade language), Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, Tshiluba
www.exxun.com/Congo_DemocraticRepublic/c_pp.html
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French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/c_pp.html
Trade
Congolese Trade Union Congress or CSC; General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students or UGEEC; Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women or URFC; Union of Congolese Socialist Youth or UJSC
www.exxun.com/Congo_Republic/d_gv.html
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tropical oceanic; moderated by trade winds; a dry season from April to November and a more humid season from December to March
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/b_mp.html
Trade
... are the Cook Islands' leading export. Manufacturing activities are limited to fruit processing, clothing, and handicrafts. Trade deficits are offset by remittances from emigrants and by foreign aid, overwhelmingly from New Zealand ...
www.exxun.com/CookIslands/e_ec.html
Trade
... deficits. Tax and public expenditure reforms will be necessary to close the budget gap. In October 2007, a national referendum voted in favor of the US-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA
www.exxun.com/CostaRica/e_ec.html
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... the kuna, stable. Nevertheless, difficult problems still remain, including a stubbornly high unemployment rate, a growing trade deficit and uneven regional development. The state retains a large role in the economy, as ...
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