Friday, September 23, 2011
New bill targeting Chinese currency manipulation introduced in Senate
A revised bill targeting the effect of Chinese currency manipulation on the U.S. economy was introduced Thursday in the U.S. Senate.
The Currency Exchange Rate Oversight Reform Act of 2011 drew significant bipartisan support, including from Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C.
The bill, the latest in a five-year effort focused on the Chinese yuan, is expected to be voted on before year's end.
The bill would instruct the U.S. Commerce Department to consider China's undervalued currency an illegal subsidy. With that designation, U.S. companies on a case-by-case basis could seek relief through compensatory penalties against Chinese imports.
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.. not sure if this is about the "green bank" ..related article .. link .. *UN and Taxes ~ Op-ed ..Green Tax ...
CEBClean Energy Bank (CEB), also called Clean Energy Investment Bank, is a proposed federal government corporation of the United States to assist in the financing, and facilitate the commercial use, of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United States.
The CEB could be created through the enactment of Senate bill S. 3233, the 21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act authored by Senator Jeff Bingaman, with a companion introduced by Representatives Jay Inslee and Steve Israel and S. 2730, the Clean Energy Investment Bank Act of 2008 authored by Senator Pete Domenici. These two bills received bipartisan support and have been endorsed by the US Chamber of Commerce, Google.org and the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA).
During the Energy and Commerce Committee consideration of H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, Representatives Dingell and Inslee offered the text of the 21st Century Energy Technology Deployment Act as an amendment which won bipartisan support and was included in the bill that Passed on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives on June 26, 2009. If passed by the Senate, the CEB would become law to deploy new clean energy projects.
Finally U.S. Congressman Chris Van Hollen in March 2009 introduced the Green Bank Act of 2009. If passed, the legislation would create the Green Bank as an independent, tax-exempt, wholly owned corporation of the United States. The Bank's mandate would be to provide a range of financing support to qualified renewable energy and energy efficiency projects within the territorial United States.
August 28, 2011
Ministry of Planning: Create an electronic gate in cooperation with the United Nations
The Director of Information Department, Ministry of Planning Abdul-Zahra al-Hindawi on the establishment of an electronic portal in cooperation with the United Nations is based on the provision of comprehensive data about the reality of development in Iraq.
"The Ministry of Planning will be established in cooperation with the United Nations portal robotics based on the basis of comprehensive data regarding the actual development in Iraq and the possibility of researchers and specialists in various disciplines to take advantage of them." Noting that researchers can get on these data and information once access to the website of the Ministry of Planning site or the Central Bureau of Statistics. "
He added: "This gate will lift the reality of development in Iraq by relying on Standards and scientific bases in the planning and that this site gives the accuracy in obtaining the required information."
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