In global trade negotiations, in contrast, the "most favoured nation" principle normally applies, meaning that market access offered to one country must be offered to all.
The bill would allow the U.S. to abandon central WTO trade rules, namely the "most favored nation" principle that keeps countries from setting different tariff rates for different countries outside of free trade agreements and "bound tariff rates," the tariff ceilings that each WTO member country has previously agreed to.
Congressional Hispanic Caucus, "ONE NATION: Principles on Immigration Reform and Our Commitment to the American Dream".
You are a superpower that hopes to convert other nations to principles you hold vital — these might be individual liberty, private property, and free markets.
You are a superpower that hopes to convert other nations to principles you hold vital these might be individual liberty, private property, and free markets.
This a quasi-war movie set in peacetime; these men are fighting to the death, but not for nation or principle or ideology — or at least, not a conscious ideology: they are caught in larger economic currents.
Mrs. Clinton said she would examine the proposal "to see if it honors our nation's principles and proud immigrant heritage while also respecting the rule of law".
A standard view on this matter says no: A nation needs principles, not pragmatism.
The Bush administration has sullied our nation's principles and reputation to such an extent that it indeed will take a visionary to repair the damage.
Will Martindale is policy and research manager for the United Nations-supported Principles for Responsible Investment and focuses on operationalising long-term investment.
The group, formed by the United Nations-related Principles for Responsible Investment, will use water risk data and tools developed by the World Wildlife Fund and PwC (formerly Pricewaterhouse Coopers).
