Dispute Settlement Slugfest: Trade lawyers this week find themselves up to their keisters in WTO dispute settlement cases. For too long trade litigation has been avoided for a variety of reasons, including: 1) comity, 2) inadequate economic value being lost relative to cost of litigation, 3) risk of loss and setting precedent, 4) unintended snowballing of trade cases, etc. Argentina has started an avalanche with its policy attempts at manipulating a trade surplus. This prompted challenges from Mexico, the U.S., Japan and the EU. Now Argentina has formalized its countersuits against the U.S. for restrictions on beef and lemons (see WPI 22 August), and against the EU over a Spanish ban on biodiesel imports, and says it wants to file against...
ZanzibarMnemba Marine Parksouthern cassowary Mnemba Marine Park is located 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Stone Town and forms part of the northeastern Unguja Island. A marine reserve and atoll, its shallow stretch of coral reef is in the shape of an oval. It is located between Matemwe and Nungwi, w...
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Fabiana is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, native to dry slopes in western South America.[1] They are evergreen shrubs or subshrubs,[1] with needle-like leaves and profuse tiny tubular flowers in summer. The common name is false heath because the leaves superficially resem...
The magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) is the sole living representative species of the family Anseranatidae. This waterbird is found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea.[2] The species is not truly migratory but it sometimes travels large distances to find food and water, especiall...
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Like all marmots
An adult Vancouver Island marmot typically measures 65 to 70 centimetres (26 to 28 in) from the tip of its nose to the tip of its tail.