ASIA-PACIFIC Economic Cooperation (Apec) leaders yesterday agreed to cut trade tariffs to just five per cent for agreed environmentally-friendly goods from 2015, something the World Trade Organisation has failed to do in a decade.
The initiative exemplifies the 21-member economic grouping’s seriousness in promoting green technology to control climate change.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak told reporters here yesterday that Apec leaders also agreed to hasten efforts to reduce trade barriers, while preventing the creation of new ones, to strengthen trade within the region.
Najib attended the first day of the summit yesterday after arriving from Kuala Lumpur with his wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, on Friday night.
Read more: Apec makes history by cutting tariffs on ‘green’ goods – General – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/apec-makes-history-by-cutting-tariffs-on-green-goods-1.140826#ixzz262KY0g5v
January – ZERO WASTE MONTH
“Stop wasting our money.
Stop corruption!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry recommendations
against serious violations of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association protocols.
Accept National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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January
24 Jan – International Day of Education
26 Jan – International Day of Clean Energy
Monthly Observances:
National Microinsurance Month
Zero Waste Month
Weekly Observances:
Week 1: National Time Consciousness Week
Week 3: National Mental Health Week
Last Week: Children’s Week
Daily Observances:
January 6: Community Development Day
Third Sunday: Children’s Day
Day of Sanctity and Protection of Human Life
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