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A Year In Events: Looking Back At 2016 (US Edition)

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Presentations on successes achieved improving labor conditions in China were subsequently followed by the challenges of doing business in the very new – and inherently risky – labor market of Myanmar. AIAG Corporate Responsibility Summit (Novi, MI).

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Enter RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Agreement

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These include: tariff elimination on at least 92 percent of goods traded between RPCs; simplified customs procedures to expedite the clearance of cargo, with a six-hour ceiling for express and perishable items; and easing of rules of origin definitions.

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