GSP Country Review South Africa 2019 - 2020
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South Africa GSP Review Post-Hearing Submission: American University Flynn Jaszi
South Africa GSP Review Post-Hearing Submission: Electronic Frontier Foundation
South Africa GSP Review Post-Hearing Submission: Government of South Africa
South Africa GSP Review Post-Hearing Submission: Computer & Communications Industry Association CCIA
South Africa GSP Review Post-Hearing Submission: Engine Advocacy
South Africa GSP Review: Transcript of public hearings (revised)
South Africa GSP Review: Programme and witness list
South Africa GSP Review Submission: GSP Action Committee - Trade Partnership
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Wikimedia Foundation
South Africa GSP Review Submission: IIPA
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Corporate Council on Africa (CCA)
South Africa GSP Review Submission: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the international body for all types of libraries around the world, with members in 153 countries.Libraries play a key role in the copyright system, providing public goods (such as preservation), and looking to ensure that no-one is prevented from gaining an education, carry out research, or participating in cultural life for want of resources. They do this on a...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Songwriters Guild of America, Inc.
South Africa GSP Review Submission: SASOL
See attached file(s)Erland Herfindahl,17 January 2020Dear Mr. Chairman,Re: Docket number USTR-2019-0020, South Africa Country Practice ReviewSasol appreciates this opportunity to comment on the GSP Country Practice Reviews. We write in support of the continued GSP eligibility for South Africa.Sasol is a global integrated chemicals and energy company, with headquarters in South Africa (SA). Sasol has exploration, development, marketing and...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Library Copyright Alliance
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA)
South Africa GSP Review Submission: International Center for Law & Economics (ICLE)
Attached are the written comments of the International Center for Law & Economics. ICLE will send a representative to testify at the hearing on January 30, 2020. Appearing on ICLEs behalf will be:Kristian StoutAssociate DirectorInternational Center for Law & Economics2117 NE Oregon St. Ste 501Portland, Oregon 97232Phone: (609) 807 8688Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
South Africa GSP Review Submission: IFPI South Africa
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Harvard University Fellow
South Africa GSP Review Submission: EIFL Electronic Information for Libraries
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Media Monitoring Africa
Media Monitoring Africa (MMA) provides this submission to the members of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) Sub-Committee, in response to the submission made by the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) regarding the Copyright Amendment Bill B13B-2017 (CAB) in South Africa.Please do not hesitate to contact us if we can provide any further information. We are also available to participate in the oral hearings, via...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: American University Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Communia
South Africa GSP Review Submission: CreativeFuture
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Dr Andrew Rens
The petition by the International Intellectual Property Association to the United States Trade Representative dated April 18, 2019 is based on flawed claims about South African law.Although the petition makes broad claims about the protection afforded to intellectual property in South Africa it relies almost entirely on reading the Copyright Amendment Bill in isolation. The result is a number of mistaken claims about South African law as a...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Burcu Kilic
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Internet Association of South Africa
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Chevy Chase
South Africa GSP Review Submission: South African Citrus Growers Association
South Africa GSP Review Submission: University of the Witwatersrand
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Hulamin
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Summer Citrus
SUBMISSION TO USTR - Docket 2019-002017 January 2020 RE: Resisting the IIPA petition against SA's continued eligibility to receive general scheme of preferences benefits, in terms AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act) BACKGROUND: AGOA provides trade preferences for quotas and duty-free entry into the United States for certain goods, which includes citrus commodities. The South African Citrus industry has been able to leverage AGOA and...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: J&K Fresh
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Recreate South Africa
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Manganese Metal Company
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Fresh Produce Exporters Forum
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Various Creative Industries Associations
Written Comments of Alliance for Recorded Music, American Association of Independent Music, Association of American Publishers, Authors Guild, Entertainment Small Business Alliance,Independent Film & Television Alliance, Motion Picture Association, National Music Publishers Association, News Media Alliance, Recording Industry Association of America, Songwriters Guild of America
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Government of South Africa
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Capespan North America
Dear Mr. Herfindahl:RE: Docket USTR - 2019- 0020____________________________Capespan North America LLC ("Capespan NA") is one of North America's leading importers and distributors of South African fresh fruit. We have been handling South African fruit in North America for over sixty years and were pioneers in bringing Southern Hemisphere fruit to North American markets. This innovation, which most now take for granted, allows American...
South Africa GSP Review Submission: Copyright Coalition of South Africa
Federal Register Notice - GSP Review 2019 - South Africa
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) is announcing a hearing for the GSP country practice reviews of Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Georgia, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, South Africa, and Uzbekistan, and the country designation review of Laos. These reviews will focus on whether: (1) Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan are meeting the GSP eligibility criterion requiring that a GSP beneficiary country afford workers...
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