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Traditionally, the Canadian Dairy Industry has in the agrofood industry been one of the most flourishing areas of activity in Canada. Since the 1970s, its prosperity has been guaranteed by a system for managing milk supplies. This system was the result of an in-depth change that the Canadian Dairy Industry undertook in the 1950s, then finished in the 1970s, in order to adapt to the post-war environment. Its purpose was to control milk production to ensure Canadian self-sufficiency for dairy products while avoiding overproduction. This system was successfully kept in place by Canada despite the coming into force of the GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) in 1948 since the agricultural and agrofood trades enjoyed a special status because they were kept separate from discussions on the liberalization of worldwide exchanges. Since the closing of the last multilateral negotiations in 1994, agricultural and agrofood trades have finally become subject to international regulations under the World Trade Organization through the Agreement on Agriculture. The protectionism required for maintaining a system for managing milk supplies is now doomed to disappear. Hence, the Canadian Dairy Industry is at a crossroads. International regulations and repeated attacks on the Canadian Dairy Industry by WHO members are forcing the Canadian dairy products market to open up. The decision handed down last October 13, 1999 by the WHO appeals tribunal requires Canada to redesign its supply procedures for milk destined for the export market. This situation therefore provides the Canadian Dairy Industry with an opportunity to redefine its position as regards the milk supply system and to make a new commitment as of now to a true process of adapting to the new rules in international trade. By anticipating the effects of international regulations and adapting dairy policies to these rules, the Canadian Dairy Industry will ensure its prosperity in a market favouring free trade. The outcome of current negotiations between producers and processors as regards the ways and means for implementing the WHO decision will be of critical importance for the Canadian Dairy Industry.
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International framework agreements are a private model covering international labour regulation, the purpose of which is to protect workers' fundamental rights on the cross-border production lines of transnational enterprises. The aspect that sets these agreements apart from other voluntary labour regulatory initiatives in cross-border enterprises mainly stems from the participation of international unions in their development and implementation. The author analyzes the emergence of this practice of transnational collective bargaining and the contents of the international framework agreements that arise from it. Her enquiry shows the not-so-obvious role at frst sight of state labour regulatory institutions in the negotiation of these agreements. International framework agreements provide a promising regulatory model for the implementation of fundamental rights laid down in the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its Follow-up (1998) in the private sector, nonetheless their expansion on a wider scale will likely require an internationally more solidly supported legal framework.
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After the death of president Franjo Tudjman in 1999, and the victory of the political opposition in Croatia and in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) in 2000, these two countries began long - overdue overture toward Western Europe. In spite of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Croatia and the FRY, and the willingness of two newly elected presidents to begin the détente between Croatia and Serbia, full normalization, the author contends, will not occur anytime soon. The scars of the serbo-croatian war (1991-1995) are still too visible in Croatia to contemplate rapid reconciliation between the two states. In addition, several obstacles remain (a dispute over the peninsula of Prevlaka, and potential disputes over the policy toward Bosnia and Herzegovina), which could slow down initial enthusiasm of political elites trying to overcome Milosevic's legacy.