He introduced a new tariff granting preference to British manufactures and negotiated commercial treaties.
Doing the right thing---making recompense---Georgetown, one of America's elite universities, recently announced it will take a series of historically unprecedented steps, including granting preference in admission to the descendants of those 272 slaves who were sold, as well as to the descendants of those slaves who remained indentured to Georgetown and labored to its benefit.
And where action is actually undertaken, the preference is for granting preferences to the poorer countries, with yet deeper preferences for the poorest among them (the least-developed countries, or LDCs, as they are now called).
In December, the Obama administration issued guidelines urging colleges and universities to find ways to increase their racial diversity, by, among other things, looking at students' socioeconomic profiles or granting preferences to students from certain schools based on their demographics.
Mumbai municipal water rules grant preference to residential buildings over slums and informal housing, which activists say smacks of discrimination.
Like legacy candidates, athletes and applicants able to pay the full cost of college are often granted preferences.
Schools could even grant preferences to students from certain schools selected for, among other things, their racial composition, the new document says.
If public universities want to grant preferences (racial, legacy or otherwise) they should give taxpayers their money back.Britton ManascoAustin, TexasSIR – America's legacy system is entirely inconsistent with the country's meritocratic ideals.
Protect vulnerable producers from trade shocks: The problems we see in highly protected markets like bananas, sugar and rum – where historically some developed countries granted preferences to some developing countries while excluding others – are apparent now these markets are opening up.
For instance, the U.S. already grants preferences in contracting to minority-owned businesses.
That requirement persisted through 1997, when the Defense Appropriations Act granted preferences to Gulf War veterans, and some medal holders from Bosnia.
