European Union Emission Trading Scheme

The revelation that the VW Group had installed software to falsify emission test results undermined the trust in the entire automobile industry. It resulted in stringent audits conducted by the United States, the European Union and other national governments which brought into light large discrepancies between diesel engine emission test results and real life emissions. As a result, a number of governments in the European Union are currently reconsidering fiscal advantages established to…

reasons as to why the relationship between turkey and European Union is regarded to be problematic . These problems are related to turkey’s geographic location, democratic nature, economic stability, as well as the cultural and historical background of the country. Basically, as far as geography is concerned, Turkey is considered to be in Asia, hence cannot be a European Union member. Turkey is also underdeveloped, hence being a member of European Union would result to financial constraint on EU…

When assessing a country there are precautions a business must take. Country risk has been traditionally viewed in terms of political, economic and legal risks. Political risks are often assessed in terms of country stability and sometimes measured by the level of confidence in a government. Economic risks are reflected in levels of national growth, inflation, unemployment, balance of trade and taxes. Legal risks are traditionally viewed in terms of common law, civil law, and theocratic law. How…

While movement of people, food and manufactured goods do have negative impact on public health however it will be a negative approach to take steps to reduce the movement of people, flow of manufactured goods and movement of food. Let’s start with the movement of people. This is the single most critical thing that accounts for human growth and development. United States of America is the world super power and more importantly world’s hub for soft power. It has best brains in engineering,…

this crisis began when Europe tried to become more like the United States in its way of being unified with a single currency. In Europe, each country’s economy is very different. The price of Euros appropriate for each country varies, but the European Union had to make it consistent across the board. This causes problems for richer and more developed countries, such as Germany, as well as poorer and less developed economies, such as Greece. Initially, joining the Euro was great…

miles at the longest. In the Austrian border town of Nickelsdorf, a highway was closed because 10,000 migrants were moving in from Hungary. These nations claim the checks result in more uniform flows of people. These conditions are a test to the European Union (EU) border policy of free travel. For 30 years the continent has generally allowed its citizens to travel freely among the countries that compromise it, but with hordes of migrants coming in, and the end of such movement unclear, there…

Immigration is an issue that established nations have been dealing with for decades. The first question that we have to ask is why do people emigrate? Well, according to Anup Shap, emigration happens from a result of warfare or persecution; it could come from financial prospects and the allure of a better life in an industrialized nation. For other people, simply they choose to leave their country and want to live somewhere else. There are many different arguments supporting and refuting…

There are several key opportunities for Acme and the global public policy team based on the external political and economic environment. The first opportunity is increasing government investment in technology globally. Many governments are dedicating funding to advancing technology and innovation. This is an opportunity for the company and the policy team because it means that governments are more receptive to engaging with technology companies and lobbyists. There has been an increase in…

The Act came into full force in the United Kingdom in the month of October in the year 2000. The human rights act of 1998 is made up by a series of sections that have the impact of codifying the protections in the European Convention on Human Rights into law in the United Kingdom. As such, each of the public bodies including courts, hospitals, local governments and publicly funded schools among others are bound to comply with the convention rights by all means 5. The…

Between racism and acceptance. Between old and new. Between the EU and the U.S. In all things Britain performs this balancing act. An act that often, more often not, than to edges into hypocrisy. They proclaim “Chicken Tikka Massala is now a true British national dish,” all the while alienating and pushing out the Indian population that created said dish. They are all too happy to wholly accept white immigrants,but push against non-white immigrants. Purely on the color of their skin. Continued…