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NADB: (North American Development Bank) An international financial institution established and capitalized in equal parts by the United States and Mexico for the purpose of financing environmental infrastructure projects. The bank's mission is to serve as a binational partner in communities along the U.S.-Mexico border in order to enhance the affordability, financing, long-term development and effective operation of infrastructure that promotes a clean, healthy environment for the citizens of the region. The Bank was created under the auspices of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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PROTECTIONISM The view that the domestic sector of an economy, its consumers, and its producers should be protected from imports by imposing barriers to foreign trade. This is based on the notion that imports are detrimental to the economy and to its citizens. Protectionism is intended to secure domestic jobs, increase domestic wages, promote domestic production, and create a balance of trade surplus. It usually takes the form of tariffs, import quotas, and assorted non-tariff regulatory barriers.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time lost in your local discount super center wanting to buy either hand lotion, a big bottle of hand lotion or a lighted magnifying glass. Be on the lookout for cardboard boxes.
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The earliest known use of paper currency was about 1270 in China during the rule of Kubla Khan.
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"If you don't make mistakes, you aren't really trying." -- Coleman Hawkings,musician
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ERISA
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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