Importation: The Treasury Department's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau is moving forward with new importation rules.
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The senators in favor of re-importation realize this, which is why McCain's legislation would only allow for re-importation from Canada.
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Bernie introduced the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act, which would allow the importation from Canada and other major countries. Yes.
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I wish importation of drugs would be easier, but I've been involved in debates on importation of drugs I'll bet for 20 years.
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Senator Gillibrand supports the importation of generic drugs and is a co-sponsor of the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act. Yes.
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While the scourge of illegal opioid importation is something we should stop, importation of affordable, non-narcotic prescription medication is a lifeline for millions of families.
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Killing the Sanders importation bill, a goal of the pharmaceutical industry, is just the latest chapter in its long campaign to scare people and politicians about importation.
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Riley said those arguments have some merit for unverified personal importation, but noted that contracting with wholesalers, while more cumbersome than direct personal importation, is much safer.
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While Australia, Britain and the United States allow the personal importation of a three-month supply of medicines under certain regulations, some countries, like Canada, ban personal importation altogether.
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I wrote and introduced the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act along with Senators Bernie Sanders and Bob Casey to allow for the safe importation of prescription drugs. Yes.
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The Safe Drug Importation Plan describes two ways certain drugs from abroad could enter the US. It marks a major turnaround for Azar, who called importation a "gimmick" in the past.
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Market forces run counter to drug importation The importation proposals being discussed are not economically sustainable, in terms of price and product availability — and they do not even promise significant overall cost savings.
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For instance, he said, most Republicans in Congress oppose importation.
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At first blush, the idea of drug importation appears attractive.
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Safe personal drug importation should be a viable legal option.
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The safety risks of importation far outweigh any meager savings.
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Other states, including Colorado, Vermont and Maine, also favor importation.
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I'd allow for safe importation and negotiation of drug prices by instructing Health and Human Services to set guidelines for the importation of safe and more affordable prescription drugs from licensed sellers in Canada.
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The National Sheriff's Association has become a loud critic of prescription drug importation in recent years, but there's a catch: Its anti-importation campaign is funded by a nonprofit that's backed by PhRMA, Bloomberg reports.
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Sanders also tweeted about Novo Nordisk and policies regarding drug importation.
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The importation of dogs now has the attention of U.S. lawmakers.
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Drug importation is an idea usually more associated with Democrats. Sen.
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He also noted that Trump has offered support for drug importation.
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Wisconsin may try to reduce the importation of wine from California.
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Drug importation was rejected by both the Bush and Obama administrations.
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This has allowed for the importation of basic commodities and medicine.
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In fact, 72 percent of Americans support legalizing personal drug importation and the legalization of personal drug importation from Canada is strongly supported by both parties: 76 percent support among Republicans and 69 percent support among Democrats.
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Yet Congressional Republicans have historically not been supportive of drug importation. Sen.
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"All options are on the table," including importation, Azar said last week.
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Ultimately, host countries must control the importation of medical devices and supplies.
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Supporters of drug importation also hope to build support for the plans.
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Current regulations allow the importation of cars up to eight years old.
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The Coalition government opposed the Greens plan citing concerns about personal importation.
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Mr. Ardón was indicted in Manhattan in January on cocaine-importation charges.
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Meanwhile, the FDA is looking at allowing importation in very limited circumstances.
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"Drug importation schemes expose Americans to potentially unsafe, counterfeit or adulterated medicines."
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Drug companies have fought against proposals to allow drug importation for decades.
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In October, Iraqi parliament banned all production, importation and sales of alcohol.
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McConnell faces pressure to bring Senate back for gun legislation Criminal justice reform should extend to student financial aid MORE (R-Tenn.), who has voted against importation in the past and whose committee has jurisdiction over drug importation bills.
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The money more than covered an anti-importation ad campaign over the summer.
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"Reimporting drugs is importation of other countries' price controls on drugs," said Cohen.
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Bates was also sceptical of how the ban on importation might be enforced.
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Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), who is co-sponsoring drug importation legislation with Sanders.
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The FDA has also resisted importation efforts, and many Canadian drugmakers prohibit it.
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The defendants were charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and illegal importation.
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Alcohol: The Department of the Treasury is also proposing new alcohol importation requirements.
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The manufacture and importation of new automatic firearms has been prohibited since the
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Of the increased importation of goods, Mexico and China accounted for 22019 percent.
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Lowering drug costs is a noble goal, but importation is not the answer.
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Importation advocates have long exaggerated the disparity between Canadian and American drug prices.
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Humans have always scapegoated individuals or social groups for the importation of infection.
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It represents the importation of Malcolm Gladwell–esque yarn-spinning into the academy.
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But Senate Finance Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supports importation in some circumstances.
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That is "extremely unlikely to occur" with any Canadian importation program, he said.
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The drug industry could easily gum up the works of any importation plan.
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The national government also banned the importation of new automatic and semiautomatic weapons.
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There's also work to be done around importation, drug pricing transparency and more.
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Importation risks forfeiting future cures and compromises the safety of the drug supply.
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar said he has had prior discussion with Canada about importation and that it would be up to the states, pharmacies and distributors, who are expected to pursue the importation through trial models, to navigate the issues.
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Her plan would also authorize the emergency importation of similar treatments from foreign countries.
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In November, U.S. Customs and Border Protection blocked its importation to the United States.
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It seeks to help the working class by stopping the importation of cheap labor.
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For instance, they said, while Democrats like importation, most Republicans in Congress oppose it.
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Sanders twice pushed to pass legislation to allow the importation of cheaper prescription drugs.
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The pharmaceutical industry has been among the most vocal critics of drug re-importation.
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The effort to legalize drug re-importation, particularly from Canada, is far from over.
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The latest car investigation looked into the importation of SUVs, vans and light trucks.
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Such importation must be done in a way that ensures safety and quality. Yes.
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The pharmaceutical industry has long lobbied against importation measures, including by citing safety concerns.
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And a section that would allow for the importation of 41 frozen polar bears.
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But importation of those cheaper versions into the U.S. for commercial sale is illegal.
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The trade group funds the Partnership for Safe Medicines, which lobbies against drug importation.
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Drug importation has been idealized for so long, our lawmakers always return to it.
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The law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation and sale of any assault rifle or .
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At that time, the importation and interstate transportation of the listed species will be prohibited.
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State law prohibits the manufacture, distribution, transportation, importation and sale of any assault rifle or .
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The FDA commissioners make it clear where they stand on the issue of drug importation.
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New York, for instance, was not allowed to restrict the importation of wheat from Ohio.
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I'm committed to finding solutions that allow for prescription drug importation with adequate safety standards.
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The group will only examine the importation of drugs not protected by patents or exclusivities.
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Allowing drug re-importation would make it much harder to earn a return on investment.
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Grassley, a proponent of free-market policies, has long been a champion of drug importation.
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"The state has already taken extreme measures like banning the importation of fruits," he says.
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Paul is worried about the former Eli Lilly and Co. executive's handling of drug importation.
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All told, in the last fiscal year, Australia's border authorities uncovered 18,000 narcotics-importation attempts.
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Cars: The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is moving forward with new vehicle importation rules.
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So Governor Trump sets up a protective tariff against the importation of Iowa-raised pork.
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President Trump has indicated importation as a policy he would support, though not very regularly.
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The industry hired the former F.B.I. director Louis Freeh to study the impact of importation.
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Trump said he supported drug importation while running for president but has since backed off.
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Eventually, the Coromantee became so feared that colonists in Jamaica actually proposed banning their importation.
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Robin was in corporate America specializing in importation and exportation of goods around the world.
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Azar as recently as last year called importation a "gimmick" that would not lower costs.
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If the United States were to permit widespread importation, it would effectively import price controls.
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The importation of organic crops such as these is a lost opportunity for American farmers.
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The Jesse Jackson shirts in South Korea, however, are not an accident of bulk importation.
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"New pathways for importation can move us toward a more open and competitive marketplace that supplies American patients with safe, effective and affordable prescription drugs," said Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, who initially opposed drug importation, calling it a "gimmick" in the past.
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"The markets ... are literally not functioning right now due to importation of used vehicles," he said.
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LVMH executives in October said Chinese authorities are enforcing regulations around luxury importation with more strength.
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They say there is concern that Canada's drug industry could not support a nationwide importation program.
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He's also in favor of allowing the re-importation of lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada.
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This is, and always has been, the primary obstacle to mass importation of mangoes from India.
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Bernie Sanders, a longtime supporter of importation, traveled north with American diabetes patients seeking cheaper insulin.
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And while importation remains illegal, millions of Americans every year purchase drugs online from foreign pharmacies.
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The infringing products are banned from importation into the United States until the relevant patents expire.
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The importation rules would apply to beer, wine, distilled spirits, as well as various tobacco products.
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The ruling prohibits the importation and interstate trade of 240 species of salamanders, dead or alive.
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It also allowed the importation of drugs from Canada if the FDA has approved the medications.
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But an internal briefing by Canadian officials shows that Canada may not be open to importation.
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All seven defendants were charged with unlawful importation and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud.
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The importation idea still needs to be proposed and then finalized by Health and Human Services.
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"We support importation if it can be done safely," he told reporters on a press call.
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The letter noted that drug importation was studied in 2005 under the George W. Bush administration.
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The new drug-importation proposals also received pushback from the biotech trade group BIO on Wednesday.
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One of the proposals on the table – importation of medicines from Canada – poses dangerous patient risks.
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In July, HHS outlined its steps to begin pilot drug importation programs by states and agencies.
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Imports: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is proposing new importation rules for sheep and goats.
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Because of the coronavirus, there is very little distribution or importation from China to Mexico City.
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Mr. Grassley has long supported allowing importation of prescription drugs from Canada — anathema to the industry.
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The United States wants to discourage importation of auto parts from countries outside the Nafta region.
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The importation of some cheap parts helps to hold down the cost of the final product.
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Personal importation is not the way the world will get access to a hepatitis C cure.
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As for whether this move signals the administration is thinking more broadly about allowing drug importation?
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President Donald Trump and his administration announced the investigation into steel and aluminum importation in April.
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The big picture: While importation could help some patients afford their drugs, the policy overall is an attempt to take advantage of other countries' lower drug prices while avoiding taking direct action to limit prices in the U.S. Details: HHS announced 2 pathways for drug importation yesterday.
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Each 'ndrina specializes in a disparate illegal activity, from cocaine importation to extortion of Italian construction centers.
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Prosecutors dropped other charges, including illegal importation -- she could've gotten 10 years in prison for that one.
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"If a state can't do this, there's nothing else they can do, other than importation," Horvath said.
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At its origin is the importation or smuggling of cheap, often counterfeit goods from the Far East.
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Famine, civil war, and a foreign blockade prevented the importation of foreign films, raw film, and equipment.
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It operated in secret, decades after Congress banned the importation of slaves into the country in 1807.
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While it may sound like a free market proposal, importation is actually the opposite of free trade.
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The service "worked closely with French officials to facilitate the importation" of the tree, per a statement.
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The importation and distribution of drugs and other products from manufacturers that violate federal law is unacceptable.
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Senate Democrats reacted with caution to the Trump administration moves toward allowing importation of medicines from Canada.
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The case of the schoolteacher embodies this subtle importation of content into the formal space of toleration.
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The development marks a significant break from the traditional GOP position, which is opposed to drug importation.
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Riley said many of the critics of drug importation — namely the pharmaceutical industry — have misleading talking points.
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Booker is working with him on the new legislation to reduce drug costs by allowing for importation.
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How did the country respond to the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, which took effect in 1808?
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Beyond its intelligence function, the FSB also regulates the importation of software and hardware that contains cryptography.
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Vermont last year enacted a prescription-drug importation law, although it has not yet gone into effect.
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Both Abbas and his brother Ali have been charged with a string of bribery-related offenses, as well as drug and tobacco importation, while Border Force team leader Craig Richard Eakin has pleaded guilty to aiding the importation of tobacco and receiving a bribe as a Commonwealth public official.
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Closing this loophole strengthens the U.S.'s power to ban importation of seafood products produced through forced labor.
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And some U.S. lawmakers and states are looking into allowing importation of less expensive prescription drugs from Canada.
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Importation and transportation can become the bulk of the cost of getting a consumer good to remote locations.
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Vermont last year passed a bill to allow drug importation but did not receive the necessary federal approval.
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And Vermont, which passed legislation to create a program for the wholesale importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
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"Importation of any part of product of [the Tibetan antelope] is prohibited by U.S. law," that document said.
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Trump did offer support for drug importation during the 2016 campaign, but he later backed off the idea.
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The bill would also prohibit importation of controlled drugs, such as prescription narcotics, whether lawfully manufactured or fake.
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Two Polish men, aged 28 and 29, were arrested on Friday and charged with serious drug importation offences.
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The following year, PES invested in new infrastructure to allow the importation of cheap oil from North Dakota.
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar has been using importation as a threat to get drug companies to lower prices.
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The Drug Enforcement Administration has linked both fentanyl and carfentanil to illegal drug importation from China and India.
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The plan says he would favor importation of foreign drugs, an interesting departure from his usual trade policies.
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Several U.S. states and cities have even set up importation programs, which mostly imploded shortly after their inception.
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To curb the importation of chemical-ridden honey, the US established high tariffs on honey imported from China.
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After Congress outlawed the importation of Africans in 1807, slaves continued to be brought illegally across the Atlantic.
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Many foreign crops have recently been approved for importation using these protocols, including Chinese apples and Colombian avocados.
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The FDA's announcement signals that importation would be temporary, for example, while the Brookings experts discourage temporary measures.
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The following year, the government decided on a new policy: the importation of migrant workers from developing countries.
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With this importation in full swing, India currently is engaged in a massive military fissile production build up.
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The importation of these intermediate goods, raw materials, and capital goods lowers costs for manufacturers and other employers.
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If the draft rule is adopted, it likely will be years before states can actually implement importation plans.
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In fact, the importation of Tang Dynasty Chinese culture peaked only a little more than a millennium ago.
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" Christophe Deloire, director of media watchdog Reporters Without Borders, said: "We must not accept the importation of dictatorial behavior.
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Drug importation was the other item on Grassley's list, and it is also part of the Sanders-Cummings rollout.
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Child trafficking includes crimes such as buying and selling of minors for prostitution and importation of girls from abroad.
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Trump has also expressed a desire to allow re-importation of drugs, which is currently banned under Federal regulations.
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Cash was deposited using fake names with proceeds going to drug importation syndicates, AUSTRAC alleges in its court filings.
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Friday's edition of the Federal Register contains new rules affecting women and minorities, money transfers and fruit importation restrictions.
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Here's what is happening: Imports: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is strengthening certain fruit and vegetable importation restrictions.
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Under the Obama administration, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service loosened the importation restrictions for Argentinian lemons.
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On Tuesday the agriculture minister said Harare would ban the importation of fruit and vegetables to preserve scarce dollars.
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That's why importation has been opposed by every FDA commissioner and every HHS secretary for the past 18 years.
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The Democratic senator has also supported allowing the unchecked importation of foreign price controlled medicines into the United States.
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But the true standouts are dishes that have long been thought too pedestrian to merit importation to the West.
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Whether drug importation, if implemented, would actually cut drug prices in a significant way is also an open question.
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On Wednesday, a court reaffirmed a previous court order halting the importation of distribution of the devices in Mexico.
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States have tried to allow drug importation in the past, but HHS has never signed off on the plans.
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The United States' embargo against Cuba prohibits the importation of most goods from Cuba, including medication, without a license.
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Under the Obama administration, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service loosened the importation restrictions for Argentine lemons.
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Tuesday's edition of the Federal Register contains new guidelines for cyber insurance, car importation rules, and nuclear safety requirements.
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Mr. Trump imposes tariffs on importation of steel and aluminum, but "wins" by granting tariff exemptions to favored companies.
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It's about what happened on January 8923, 8913, when the acts prohibiting the importation of slaves went into effect.
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A century ago Friday, the 18th Amendment came into effect, outlawing the production, importation and sale of alcoholic beverages.
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The administration's blessing could pave the way for states such as Vermont, Colorado and Maine to begin drug importation.
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"Safe, select avenues for importation could be one of the answers to these challenges," Azar said in a statement.
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He also noted the allowance of importation would be designed to be temporary, until the access issue gets solved.
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Drug companies like Amgen, Genentech, Bayer, Sanofi and Eli Lilly also lobbied on drug importation in the third quarter.
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"Right now, we're thinking the risk of importation of Ebola to the United States is very low," Skinner said.
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His zero-sum instincts kick in when the subject turns to immigration, which is essentially the importation of people.
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And then, alongside that, you have the opioid crisis, you have prescription drugs leading to the importation of heroin.
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With the busy summer travel season just about to get underway there's concern about continued importation of measles among vacationers.
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Countries that have resulted in the accidental importation of measles cases into the U.S. include Ukraine, Israel and the Philippines.
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Wall Street analysts said importation was far from being put into place and was limited to certain drugs from Canada.
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"The ethical issue is around the importation, sale and transport of exotic species to areas they don't belong," he says.
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They didn't shift in time to get this cheaper drug importation bill passed, but that measure was small potatoes anyway.
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The colony relied on importation, and the small territory received as many captives as the whole of the United States.
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Making importation legal means circumventing American and Canadian laws that are intended to guarantee the safety of the drug supply.
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The court ordered Apple to cease the sale, offer for sale and importation for sale in Germany of infringing iPhones.
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The largest U.S. pharmaceutical and biotech companies said they opposed the idea of importation through their lobbyists PhRMA and BIO.
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The complaint requests that the commission issue a cease and desist order to block their importation into the United States.
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American medical innovation — not the re-importation of price-controlled drugs — is the only way to save dollars and lives.
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Tuesday's edition of the Federal Register contains new importation requirements for tobacco and alcohol as well as energy conversation standards.
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Sharapova's lawyer, John Haggerty, said she had always complied with the F.D.A.'s guidelines on the personal importation of drugs.
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Such concerns explain why Illinois ditched its importation program, I-SaveRX, in 2009 after failing to adequately inspect foreign pharmacies.
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By dismissing this action, Fitbit is no longer seeking to block importation of Jawbone devices, including Jawbone products in development.
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By then, O'Rourke could easily issue explicit position papers on everything from health care to tax reform to seafood importation.
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The first — which is a more traditional form of importation — would allow patients to import certain drugs to from Canada.
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Election results have changed the policy options Participants did not expect broad federal rate-review, price controls, or extensive importation.
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It would create a wholesale importation program to purchase high-cost drugs in Canada, where they often sell for less.
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" The club added the government "will not be able to impose uninformed, abrupt importation bans, like it did in 2014.
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We are calling on Congress to pass the Arban and ban all asbestos importation and use, without loopholes or exemptions.
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Assurance of product identity and safety (and protection from counterfeiting) is at risk with importation outside a regulated supply system.
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The administration's blessing could pave the way for states such as Vermont, Florida, Colorado and Maine to begin drug importation.
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And a Republican-controlled Congress means any bill expanding drug importation or allowing Medicare price negotiation faces an uphill climb.
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While the federal government has had the authority since 2003 to import drugs, it has never implemented an importation program.
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Now that cost of importation, when it comes to dollar price in pounds, will be a higher price for the British.
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Nigeria recently banned rice importation in an effort to promote local production, and is now dealing with shortages and skyrocketing inflation.
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The importation of prescription drugs from foreign markets has emerged as a quick-fix proposal to enhance affordability and patient access.
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Varian brought the case at the ITC, which has the responsibility to bar the importation of products that infringe U.S. patents.
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The men discussed business opportunities, such as palm oil importation, with Ri's daughter translating from Korean into English and vice versa.
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And under George Bush, the FDA banned importation of mifepristone—though that didn't stop women from trying to smuggle it in.
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A jury was unpersuaded, convicting her of importation of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, the judge wrote.
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The House approved a measure this week that would ban the importation of sex dolls and robots that resemble children. Rep.
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Even if every single imported pill was safe and legitimate, Americans wouldn't save as much money as re-importation advocates claim.
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The Senate measure would ban the sale, production and importation of more than 22019 firearms deemed to be military in nature.
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But he then included a different drug pricing idea in his plan that allows for the importation of drugs from abroad.
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Indeed, those generic drugs currently available from only one company should be immediately approved for importation from a pre-approved manufacturer.
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Supporters of drug importation think it could inject competition into the marketplace, and the idea enjoys broad support from the public.
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The administration's blessing could now pave the way for states such as Vermont, Florida, Colorado and Maine to begin drug importation.
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Cartels, like any business, compete with one another to meet drug demand and control importation and distribution across the United States.
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Wednesday, the House of Representatives unanimously passed a bill that aims to ban the importation and transportation of child sex dolls.
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In Sofia, Bulgaria's capital, the Roma community is worst affected by the importation of heroin, diluted with other chemicals and cheapened.
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The Senator leads the bipartisan bill that allows for the importation of safe, less-expensive drugs from countries like Canada. Yes.
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For the next 2100 years, the importation, quarantine and release of dozens of species of dung beetles became a national priority.
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Undercutting a presidential tweet by moving forward with a plan to allow the importation of elephant trophies (Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke).
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Take, for example, Eosta, which is dedicated to the production and importation of sustainable, organic, and fair-trade fruits and vegetables.
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Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota recently on a bill that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.
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Importation of such semi-finished steel gives the U.S. domestic mills not only production flexibility but can also shave production costs.
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They need to keep in mind that the reality of drug importation would look like the counterfeit drug crisis in Europe.
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In some ways, the acquisition of Tudor Pickering Holt signifies a continued importation of former Goldman Sachs executives into Perella Weinberg.
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He also touted efforts to take on drugmakers and teased his plans to allow "safe and legal importation" of prescription drugs.
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" The secretary's comments are a far cry from what he said about importation a year ago -- when he called it a "gimmick.
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In March, Gorsuch joined the same majority, in a case concerning the Yakama tribe's importation of fuel into the state of Washington.
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And needless to say, drugmakers in the United States are adamantly against any importation policy that would push them to lower prices.
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But if the right people take on the challenge, Savani insisted, a sustainable and lucrative Indian mango importation business could be synthesized.
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Trump has railed against high drug costs and supported drug importation during the 2016 campaign, but has since backed off the idea.
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"Any policy that involves the importation of drugs would be temporary until adequate competition enters these categories," Gottlieb said in a statement.
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This would in fact be the importation of the socialist policy of price controls and leads to important unsafe and untested drugs.
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Dianne Feinstein, a California Democrat, that would ban the sale, transfer, importation, manufacture or possession of bump fire stocks and similar accessories.
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The OECD report also covered other subjects, including some recommendations on policy reforms in managing subsidies and liberalizing the importation of food.
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For his part, Booker said he supports drug importation but voted "no" because the measure did not have high enough safety standards.
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"It was very clear that the president wants to see an actionable plan that he can approve for drug importation," said Rep.
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Trump expressed his desire for the state to come up with an importation plan that he could approve, Gaetz told The Hill.
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"It was very clear that the president wants to see an actionable plan that he can approve for drug importation," he said.
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The "importation" of players wasn't unprecedented, but television and the game's embrace of capitalism were always bound to erode its local foundations.
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It could take months to years before importation starts"What we're saying is, 'Here's the criteria, here's the road map,'" Azar said.
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Canada opposes US drug importation because it could cause shortages there or raise the country's drug costs, Reuters reported earlier this month.
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Critics of the agency's move say it could have done more, including an outright ban on the use and importation of asbestos.
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Elephant trophies The Trump administration will soon allow the importation of African elephant trophies, and some folks are ticked off about it.
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During the campaign, he backed allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies, as well as to expand importation of cheaper medicine.
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" Nearly 170 organizations also signed a letter to Congress Tuesday urging Congress to block the bill, citing the "hazards of drug importation.
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The updated importation rules stem from the Clean Air Act's emissions standards, and include documentation requirements for the vehicles and their engines.
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The program allows duty-free importation of raw materials, supplies, and machinery into Mexico in order to produce products for international export.
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Drug importation could potentially be done through administrative action, Gottlieb said, though he allowed that it could require Congress to pass legislation.
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Any plan to allow the importation of prescription medications should also include consumer protections that ensure foreign drugs meet American safety standards.
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The Times previously documented the Islamic State's importation of large amounts of ammonium nitrate from Turkey, along with sections of heavy pipe.
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It has also come out against a Trump administration proposal that would allow more importation of drugs from Canada and other countries.
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During the campaign, Trump backed allowing Medicare to negotiate directly with drug companies, as well as to expand importation of cheaper medicine.
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Supporters of importation counter that proposals to source drugs from Canada are narrow and would only involve a small number of drugs.
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Agassiz searched for "racially 'pure' slaves born in Africa," whose numbers were dwindling since the 1807 ban on the importation of slaves.
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Choice and control need to be reserved for decisions such as the storing of location data or the importation of contacts data.
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Gomperts told the Atlantic that Aid Access is legal on the grounds that the FDA allows the importation of medicine for personal use.
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The complaint, made public on Thursday, asks the ITC to prevent the importation of the products into the United States and their sale.
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John Harwood: When you got to the Senate, you were part of the small group of Democrats who opposed the drug importation resolution.
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"In view of the recent first imported case in Hong Kong, we are facing risks of importation of cases," a CHP spokesman said.
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Even more people, 71 percent of respondents, were in favor of allowing importation of drugs from Canada, where prices tend to be lower.
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A reminder that in January, he angered progressives by voting against a measure that would have allowed the importation of cheaper prescription drugs.
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Authorities have since arrested one Chinese national and two further Hong Kong nationals in relation to the importation and manufacture of the drug.
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While proponents of government price controls have come up with clever names like "transparency" or "importation," it's the same song by another name.
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Attempts to lower prices through regulation and importation could snuff out research investments that could save millions of lives in the coming years.
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Azar and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Thursday stressed the working group will be narrowly focused, and any importation policies will be temporary.
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Hillary Clinton, too, supports permitting safe importation for individuals as a way to counter the rising cost of medications in the U.S. marketplace.
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The Trump administration must approve Florida's move to allow drug importation for it to take effect, something that no administration has yet done.
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For those who buy from properly verified international online pharmacies, personal importation can be equally as safe as walking in your local pharmacy.
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Although pharmaceutical companies did not cause illegal importation of dangerous synthetic opioids, their efforts to promote loose prescribing of narcotics fanned those flames.
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After that, it'll be up to states and manufacturers to do the heavy lifting and prove out how drug importation could work safely.
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Its focus is on limited importation of drugs that have a dramatic price increase, and that are not protected by patents or exclusivities.
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To be sure, some of the concepts, such as drug importation and bolstering development of generic drugs, have been around a long time.
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Last week, a judge issued a court order to stop the importation of sales of Roku devices, but Roku had won a suspension.
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One study from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimated that legalizing prescription drug importation would only reduce U.S. pharmaceutical spending by 1 percent.
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And, given that dry states were also prohibited from entirely stopping the importation of alcohol, temperance advocates found themselves in a constitutional bind.
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General licenses also exist for some commercial passenger aircraft and related parts and services, and for importation of Iranian-origin carpets and foodstuffs.
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On Tuesday, the senators joined three other congressional Democrats for a press conference announcing a new bill to legalize drug importation from Canada.
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I co-sponsor legislation to allow importation of prescription drugs from countries with safety standards as strong as the U.S., such as Canada.
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They declined to bar their importation into the United States, however, citing the damage such a move would inflict on its rival Intel.
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Among the new deals signed were ones for the importation of 200 buses from Belarus and contracts to export 50,000 tons of produce.
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I needed to apply for a refund on my Vehicle Importation Permit, and renew my visa in case I wanted to reenter Mexico.
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However, Trump would need action from the Republican-led Congress if he wanted to act on rebates, drug importation or Medicare price negotiations.
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Importation would expose Americans to drugs that have not been as stringently regulated as the current status quo, and curb future medical innovation.
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"For the first time in history, H.H.S. and the F.D.A. are open to importation as a means to lower drug prices," he said.
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Thousands of other corn producers and traders also are seeking damages over China's non-approval of the agrochemical giant's corn seeds for importation.
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Last year, for example, he criticized Mr. Trump's drug-importation proposal, and said that imports could endanger consumers without saving them much money.
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The Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act, introduced by Senator Bernie SandersBernie SandersJoe Biden faces an uncertain path Bernie Sanders vows to go to 'war with white nationalism and racism' as president Biden: 'There's an awful lot of really good Republicans out there' MORE (I-Vt.), would make importation of lower cost medications from Canada, and eventually other countries, lawful.
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"Air Seychelles flights to-from Madagascar were stopped from 8 October to reduce likelihood of further importation of cases from Madagascar," the WHO said.
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The Congressional Budget Office estimated a prior version of the Democratic importation bill would save the federal government nearly $7 billion over 10 years.
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According to the court order, Apple has to stop the sale, offer for sale and importation for sale of all infringing iPhones in Germany.
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Scully's conviction had been one of the few big successes that the FDA's Office of Criminal Investigations had touted in its drug importation crackdown.
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The Constitution banned the "importation" (trafficking) of slaves into the United States after 1809, but black-market slave trading continued until the Civil War.
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"The FDA previously exercised enforcement discretion regarding the importation of sodium thiopental used for lethal injection," said Lyndsay Meyer, a spokeswoman for the FDA.
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Importation would threaten and destabilize the significant industry-government collaboration already underway to ensure the safety and security of the domestic pharmaceutical supply chain.
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The Economy Minister Alejandro Gil Fernandez said last month that egg production had recently been affected by problems with the importation of avian feed.
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And earlier this year, a related bill that would allow the importation of cheaper Canadian drugs -- a bill introduced by none other than Sen.
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Sanders introduced a bill Tuesday that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies, as long as they meet certain safety standards.
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It remains to be seen if Trump's new FDA commissioner appointment will stand down on the opposition to the importation of lethal injection drugs.
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To bring prices down, most Democratic senators and a dozen of their Republican colleagues want to legalize importation of price-controlled drugs from Canada.
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Canadian officials don't support anything that would impact the country's supply of drugs, or potentially raise costs — both things that importation would likely do.
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The administration floated allowing importation of drugs to address price spikes this week, and posted a notice about an upcoming regulation on drug rebates.
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Grace said that the wildlife regulators brought "several big cases in the late '90s, early 2000s," related to importation of shahtoosh and related products.
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Legalizing drug importation is a key Democratic policy, but the bipartisan nature of Grassley's bill may mean he has more success than Democrats alone.
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The bill bans the production, use and importation of asbestos, implementing a complete ban on the substance within a year of the bill's passage.
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In the past, President Trump has supported drug importation from overseas, which was a plank of his health-care reform proposal as president-elect.
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Azar said former Food and Drug Administration commissioners from both sides of the aisle have been unable to certify that drug importation is safe.
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Monday's edition of the Federal Register contains new efficiency standards for wine coolers, importation procedures for sheep and goats, and slaughter requirements for cows.
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In 2005, the US Department of Agriculture lifted a 90-year-old ban to allow the importation of Mexican avocados to all 53 states.
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The white slavers secreted their slaves — an illicit cargo as the importation of slaves was then illegal — in what is now known as Africatown.
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Here's Booker: I support the importation of prescription drugs as a key part of a strategy to help control the skyrocketing cost of medications.
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He did not say how he would accomplish this although he previously suggested he was open to allowing importation of cheaper medicines from overseas.
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More work is needed, including considering selective importation of generics, an idea that is less complex because generics do not have unique intellectual property.
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Where it stands: Seven current and former Aventura employees have been charged with illegal importation and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, per the Times.
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The complaint requests that the commission issue a cease and desist order to block the importation of these pumping bras into the United States.
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He organized the importation of the cocaine into the United States via an elaborate network of trains, tractor-trailers and other vehicles, prosecutors said.
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Can the mass importation of people into this country (people, of course, being the very agents of pollution), not lead to negative environmental effects?
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Four states -- Florida, Vermont, Colorado and Maine -- recently passed laws to set up drug importation programs, though any action would need approval from HHS.
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They point to Florida officials who have identified 85033 prescription drugs for importation that present the most cost savings, most of which treat HIV.
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Guidance issued by the Department of Health and Human Services would enable the importation of certain medications made and sold outside the United States.
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Of the 567 people convicted for class A drug importation over 2013 and 2014, 120 were black, compared to 132 white and 55 Asian.
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Ted Deutch (D-Fla.) have introduced legislation that would ban the sale, manufacturing and importation of high-capacity magazines with more than 10 rounds.
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The municipality itself is called Mecca, a testimony to the early developers' importation of date palm trees from North Africa and their Orientalist fantasies.
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According to the CDC's report, Diphyllobothrium nihonkaiense, or the Japanese broad tapeworm......is reemerging because of global importation and increased popularity of eating raw fish.
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The President openly championed the importation proposal while standing next to Azar later in the week during a White House event about surprise medical bills.
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Grappling with deadly drug cartel violence, Pena Nieto last month sent a proposal to Congress to permit the use and importation of marijuana-based medicines.
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"During the flight from Haiti to the United States, the defendants confessed to participating in the charged cocaine-importation conspiracy, without coercion," the government says.
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My family knows of my previous addiction to heroin and of my drug importation but not of my sporadic use of opiates to this day.
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The committee also suggests "highly targeted temporary" importation of drugs from abroad to compete with a drug with a price that is far too high.
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Finally, allowing the importation of unregulated, uninspected medicines sold by anybody from abroad represents the very worst of the ongoing "deregulation-at-any-cost" crusade.
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Transparency is an important first step in shining a light on pricing practices, but it is inadequate to lower prices, and importation requires federal approval.
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Sanctions also will be reapplied to the importation into the United States of carpets and foodstuffs made in Iran, and on certain related financial transactions.
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"The money laundered through the CBA accounts included the proceeds of drug and firearms importation and distribution syndicates – predominantly involving methamphetamine," the court document said.
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Especially pernicious for consumers are instances where a U.S. tariff kills the importation of a product that cannot profitably be manufactured in the United States.
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"BOC NAIA will continuously protect the borders against importation and exportation of illegal wildlife trade and other prohibited and anti-social goods," the bureau added.
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However, China's role with the importation of fentanyl may soon shift, since President Xi Jinping agreed to make fentanyl a controlled substance late last year.
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The plan would also allow for importation of alternative drugs from countries with strong safety standards, as well as emergency purchases of drugs from competitors.
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The EU rationale for continuing to limit importation of GMO grains is based in part on the need for labeling to give consumers a choice.
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"The Evercore ISI analyst Umer Raffat called the proposal a "snooze," adding that "this proposal isn't quite that bombshell importation proposal that Street had feared.
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Indeed, De Benos went on to tell me that the cafe stocks almost no North Korean products, something which he attributes to difficulties of importation.
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Near the time the council was created, Zinke's Interior Department announced plans to overturn a ban on elephant trophy importation instituted by the Obama administration.
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Issues relating to the former are handled by the U.S. Court of International Trade, which has the authority to ban importation of patent-infringing goods.
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They say that Israel has also barred the importation to Gaza of wire cables that would allow them to line nets for plumbing the depths.
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His father, who is retired, was the chief executive of Vigier & Fils, a family-owned fruit and vegetable wholesale importation and distribution company in Paris.
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Booker will insist that these new provisions explain his reversal on Canadian drug importation, rather than the outpouring of anger he faced from the left.
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"We would want countries to focus on the mitigation efforts of identifying the possible importation of cases and responding to any domestic outbreak," she said.
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The legal importation of mammoth ivory, from creatures that vanished more than 3,600 years ago, has skyrocketed in China to slake an insatiable market's demand.
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At its head appeared to be Berry, coordinating the importation of huge quantities of drugs into the United States, via Canada, from Chinese chemical companies.
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Martinez Sanchez headed a narcotics importation, distribution and transportation organization that obtained multi-ton shipments of cocaine from Colombian supply sources, according to federal prosecutors.
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The change marked a shift in efforts to stop the importation of elephant tusks and hides, overriding a 2014 ban imposed by the Obama administration.
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It would set a $49 per ton fee, increasing annually, on carbon dioxide emissions, charged at the point of a fossil fuel's extraction or importation.
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The Trump administration is pushing forward with its plan to allow for the importation of some prescription drugs as a way to lower drug prices.
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It&aposs a continuation of a drug importation plan the administration laid out in July, which was criticized at the time by the pharmaceutical industry.
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Even limiting the importation of ammunition could help reduce deadly violence in a country awash with small arms, but not necessarily the bullets they use.
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Mr. Guzmán, 61, faced 10 charges, including leading a criminal enterprise and the importation and sales of large amounts of narcotics into the United States.
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For example, Ms. Klobuchar would allow for the importation of prescription drugs from countries like Canada, an issue she has worked on in the Senate.
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Vintage T-shirts in Japan took on cachet from the importation process: These were "real things" from the United States, once worn by real Americans.
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Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisTrump administration proposes limited drug importation from Canada Saudi officer ripped US support of Israel in tweet before naval base shooting: report The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by AdvaMed - A crucial week on impeachment MORE (R), a staunch Trump ally, has been a key force in pushing for the administration to consider importation, and has spoken with Trump numerous times about the issue.
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There is a risk that the other countries would move to intervene if they feel their own prices rising in response to a US importation program.
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The congressional proposals are a good start to understand the breadth of the dog importation danger, but more needs to be done to protect public health: ?
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In May, lawmakers stung into action by the growing public awareness of codeine abuse announced a ban on the production and importation of the cough syrup.
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The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions said on Twitter they were charged with attempted murder over the importation of 5,846,000 bags of substandard fertiliser.
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President Trump and the Interior Department announced Friday night that they're freezing plans to allow the importation of parts of elephants hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
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Last year, Vermont enacted a plan that will soon be ready for federal review, and 15 states have recently introduced bills to implement or study importation.
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Scientists believe it was the importation of salamanders to Europe that led to the appearance of the fungus in the Netherlands, Belgium and the United Kingdom.
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During the campaign, Trump backed two of the most far-reaching ideas on drug pricing: Medicare negotiating prices directly and allowing importation of drugs from abroad.
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In a letter sent to FDA and first shared with The Hill, the group said drug importation is a "risky scheme" that gambles with patient safety.
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Drug importation and the international pricing caps proposal are the only remaining policies that the White House can use to make a splash heading into 220006.
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HHS and the Food and Drug Administration will set up a framework for importation and want to see proposals from states, wholesalers, and pharmacies, Azar said.
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Paice is seeking a cease-and-desist order that would block importation and sales of Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche brand hybrid vehicles in the U.S. market.
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"It would have opened the way for personal importation through our airports of hashish and other products that are unsafe, unregulated and even deadly," he said.
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He's worked with the Gay Men's Sexual Health Alliance (GMSH) in Toronto, too, who emulated the importation model outlined on his site to spread the word.
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The Brooking Institution examined in May 2017 whether allowing drug importation could address high generic drug prices, so the FDA's interest didn't come out of nowhere.
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Yet the door is not completely closed to the importation into America of the notion that certain truths may not be set forth by certain entities.
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Contrast the U.S. response with that of Taiwan, which was predicted to have a very high "importation risk" for the virus given its proximity to China.
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He added that the use and importation of the e-cigarette devices would be banned, though he did not say when this would come into effect.
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He's also reversed his position and is now working to fulfill Trump's goal of allowing the importation of drugs from other countries — a priority for Gov.
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It&aposs the next step for a drug importation plan the administration laid out in July, which was criticized at the time by the pharmaceutical industry.
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Grassley, head of the powerful Senate Finance Committee, also teamed up this year with Klobuchar on legislation that would allow the importation of drugs from Canada.
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Or when Indonesia blocked importation of fruits, vegetable and meats from the United States and New Zealand, the WTO ruling caused those restrictions to be lifted.
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Rather, CanaRx works for individual American patients who wish to exercise their rights of personal importation, as permitted by law and by the FDA's own handbooks.
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The F.D.A.'s action comes at a time of renewed political attention to drug importation as an alternative for Americans facing expensive prescription medicines at home.
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State lawmakers in Vermont last year passed a bill authorizing drug importation, but have yet to submit it to the Department of Health & Human Services for approval.
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In 2013, the high court reversed the $600,000 verdict for Wiley, ruling that the "first sale" doctrine protected Kirtsaeng's importation and resale of textbooks legally purchased abroad.
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After a few years, importation from other countries would also be permitted, so long as the countries have comparable regulatory and safety standards to the United States.
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In 2000, as a member of the House, he championed legislation supported by President Bill Clinton that created an importation program between the United States and Canada.
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The continued importation of so much gasoline, as well as crude oil, at a time when domestic oil producers and refiners are struggling, has become politically controversial.
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Despite occasional complaints about the continued importation of Middle East crude, trade has provided critical export markets for U.S. refiners and kept refineries operating at record rates.
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The importation of Indian mangoes into the US had been officially banned since 1989, ostensibly due to concerns over pests that might have spread to American crops.
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The group lobbied on a plethora of issues, including fighting against measures that would allow importation of cheaper drugs and support of cutting drug subsidies to hospitals.
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Trump has pushed his health officials to find a way to approve the Republican governor of Florida's recent request to allow the importation of lower-cost drugs.
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Sanofi Pasteur will work with the CDC and the Food and Drug Administration to allow importation of an alternative yellow fever vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur France.
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The case marks the latest effort by the Food and Drug Administration to crack down on the importation of foreign unapproved drugs, known internally as "FUMP" cases.
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But in the last couple of years, a number of African countries, like Kenya and Uganda, have actually banned the importation of secondhand clothing from the West.
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It is a key component in President Mauricio Macri's plan to end the importation of energy in Argentina and instead convert the country to a net exporter.
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It's difficult to see how this narrative can survive the importation of Mr Durant, who was until recently a bitter foe with no ties to San Francisco.
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Beneath all of the bitter acrimony is an issue on which both of the presidential candidates agree: the legal personal importation of lower cost medications for Americans.
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A key strategy is to conflate importation of real medicine with that of counterfeit drugs and narcotics, as well as safe international online pharmacies with rogue ones.
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It does not allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, does not address the annual increases in drug prices, and does not permit drug importation for personal use.
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Opening the door to foreign drug importation, even in limited circumstances, would represent a significant step in the administration's efforts to lower the cost of prescription drugs.
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Chaotic Trump transition leaks: Debates must tackle how Democrats will govern differently MORE to use statutory authority to fast-track the importation of prescription drugs from Canada.
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The country received about 4.9 million slaves through the Atlantic trade, compared with mainland North America's importation of 389,000, according to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database.
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Drug importation and the international pricing caps proposal are the only remaining policies remaining that the White House can use to make a splash heading into 2020.
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The Trump administration has softened its stance on drug importation, giving a boost to states that want to curb rising drug prices by importing medications from Canada.
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According to the NCA statement, Ward and Hiley both pleaded guilty to 13 charges relating to the possession, importation, and supply of Class A and B drugs.
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Rules for future contracts will allow the importation of oil industry equipment that is not available in the country, Temer's chief spokesman Marcio de Freitas told Reuters.
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Specifically, he directed the U.S. Department of Commerce to cite China with unfair trade practice as it applies to the importation of China made steel and aluminum.
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Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is a Trump ally, helped convince the President to support the idea and submitted an importation proposal to HHS earlier this year.
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"The Administration chose to proceed with an importation scheme that could endanger American lives, could worsen the opioid crisis and has been called unworkable by Canadian officials."
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The administration is also finalizing regulations on drug costs (linking Medicare payments to international prices, allowing some importation from Canada) and price transparency for providers and insurers.
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The group also says the findings in the documents suggest the Trump administration is preparing to approve the importation of other species -- such as elephants -- from Tanzania.
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As an individual item it would be difficult to classify a vaporizer as 'drug paraphernalia,' and therefore it would be difficult to restrict its importation or sale.
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"The President and I have been very clear: We support importation if it can be done safely and if we can deliver real savings to patients," Azar said.
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The United States is not the only country in the world producing its own encryption products, after all, and no authority can reasonably hope to curb its importation.
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As the Washington Examiner noted, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently formed a council which is exploring once again allowing the importation of trophies from other animals including lions.
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Earlier this month local officials told shopkeepers that the production, importation and sale of the burqa must end, and made them sign a document agreeing to the change.
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As of September 2019, Hong Kong's Department of Health had investigated a total of 53 cases related to the importation of blood samples from China without a permit.
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But if price negotiations are Enemy #1 of prescription drug policy for Republicans, Enemy #2 is allowing importation of drugs from abroad — which Trump also wants to do.
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We broke the story ... allegations of multiple sexual assaults and human sex trafficking, along with alleged importation of exotic animals, triggered last month's raid on Mally's L.A. home.
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CBP's initial order invoked a statute largely related to taxes on the importation of merchandise into the US, which Twitter argues is insufficient authority to unmask a user.
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The coalition, which also includes associations representing doctors, nurses and diabetes patients, also raised fears that US approval of importation could fuel the growth of illegal online pharmacies.
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A 44-year-old Mexican national and a 56-year-old U.S. national were arrested at Auckland International Airport Friday evening and face drug importation and possession charges.
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Leyva, 45, who was indicted in August 2012 for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the United States, was extradited from Mexico in November 2014.
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Opening the door to foreign drug importation, even in such limited circumstances, would represent a significant step in the administration's efforts to lower the costs of prescription drugs.
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The institute also said that the probability of importation into France of foodstuffs, notably mushrooms, contaminated by ruthenium 106 near the site of the accident is extremely low.
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They are fighting U.S. charges that they worked with others to try to send 800 kilograms of cocaine from Venezuela to Honduras for importation into the United States.
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For instance, insulin, a diabetes drug whose high price tag has drawn frequent criticism, wouldn't be eligible for importation under one of the pathways outlined in the proposal.
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Despite the clear benefits drug re-importation would bring to consumers, the most recent high-profile effort hit a hurdle last month when an amendment sponsored by Sens.
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"We're going to see a lot of demand, the importation of maize the government has agreed to and oil imports," said a senior trader from one commercial bank.
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In 1989, following public outrage after a schoolyard shooting in Stockton, California, the federal government clamped down on importation of military-style semiautomatic rifles like the AK-47.
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DODOMA (Reuters) - Tanzania plans to ban the production, importation, sale and use of all single-use plastic bags by July, to help tackle pollution from non-biodegradable waste.
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The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service proposed Friday to revise its importation requirements that are intended to prevent animal diseases from being brought into the country.
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Importation from Canada is not a sustainable solution, because the reason drugs cost less in Canada is that the Canadian government uses its leverage to negotiate prices downward.
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"They are legally obligated to immediately cease sales, offers for sale and importation of the devices identified in the orders and to prove compliance in court," he said.
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The Afghan president recently decreed a complete ban on the importation of Iranian saffron and saffron bulbs so they do not dilute the quality of his country's product.
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He has pledged to speed applications for generics when there is little competition as part of a "drug competition action plan," but opposes stronger measures like allowing importation.
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals finally released its decision on the Texas ObamaCare case and back in Washington, the Trump administration proposed limited drug importation from Canada.
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Trump administration proposes allowing imports of certain drugs from Canada The Trump administration took another step toward allowing the importation of certain drugs from Canada and other countries.
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But it's not clear if the U.S. will find a willing partner in Canada, whose support of drug importation would be crucial for the proposal to take off.
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There's no way to estimate how much Americans might save from the Trump plan because it will depend in part on the importation applications HHS receives, Azar said.
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When the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reviewed the prospects of importation in 2004, it concluded that it would lead to few drugs entering the U.S., and small savings.
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The documents show Atkinson initially submitted his application in November 2016 for the importation of a sport-hunted trophy between July 11 and August 8 of this year.
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Not included in the initial text of the Better Deal is a proposal to legalize drug importation from Canada — an idea that Trump supported on the campaign trail.
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The country, with control over its food importation, even got beverage manufacturers to agree to reduce sugar content in drinks to a maximum of 210 percent by 2020.
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Of these 19, 15 countries are not expected to see a substantial increase in risk for importation above the usual baseline for travel by air to Zika-affected countries.
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For example, a recent Senate amendment to allow for importation of cheaper drugs was defeated with the help of 217 Democrats -- including Cory Booker, Patty Murray and Robert Menendez.
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But he has suggested support for importation of cheaper drugs and advocated increased scrutiny over drug price increases and a bigger role for negotiating down the cost of medicines.
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Because the March order was made by Customs agents, it relied on an unusual statute largely related to taxes on the importation of merchandise, which Twitter argued was insufficient.
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To combat the issue, the government recently slapped a nation-wide ban on the importation of machines from China, burning and bulldozing hundreds of machines in a symbolic display.
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"The ZIMRA board has become aware that questions have been raised and indeed criminal proceedings instituted pertaining to the importation of vehicles by some ZIMRA employees," the agency said.
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Since a 2015 court ruling, the government has allowed the importation on a case-by-case basis of medicine with cannabidiol (CBD), an active chemical ingredient of the drug.
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Not only do these proposals contradict past congressional activity, the concerns and risks posed by importation far outweigh any potential benefit to the supply chain, public health or patients.
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Manufacture, importation or supply can result in life in jail, while possession could carry a maximum of six months imprisonment in addition to a NZ$1,000 (US$719) fine.
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"While we haven't seen a formal proposal from the governor, importation schemes are the wrong approach," said Tiffany Haverly, a spokeswoman for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
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On October 18, the day after the cutoff date for Oregon's twenty-day residency requirement for voter registration, the Rajneeshees announced they were halting the importation of street people.
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"Drug importation schemes circumvent the robust safety requirements we have in United States, posing a serious public health risk and jeopardizing our secure medicine system," the industry group said.
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Baker backs rate-setting for high-cost drugs (Commonwealth Magazine) From The Hill's opinion page: Proposed drug importation bill would expose Americans to counterfeit meds View the discussion thread.
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The telecom firm said "certificates of capital importation" were requested for capital brought into Nigeria and that dividends were repatriated based on those investment, it said in a statement.
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Azar, who last year dismissed the idea of drug importation as a "gimmick" that would not work, expressed concerns about the idea in the meeting, the Florida lawmaker said.
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However, the EU has not allowed importation and labeling to give their consumers a choice of chickens washed in chlorine, or meat that comes from cows receiving growth hormone.
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"President Muhammadu Buhari ... disclosed that he has directed the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to stop providing foreign exchange for importation of food into the country," Tuesday's statement said.
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By publicly taking a stand against a Senate amendment permitting importation of pharmaceuticals, a practice which would likely lower the absurd prices that presently exist in the United States.
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Over the past 18 years, in both Democrat and Republican administrations, every FDA commissioner and secretary of Health and Human Services has failed to certify that importation is safe.
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Gottlieb told me that a key part of this, and the reason he convened the working group, is defining what situations are egregious enough that they warrant allowing importation.
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The next year, a Federal District Court judge ruled that the agency had a legal duty to block its importation and no discretion to choose not to do so.
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That has been a popular idea with the public, and it's received some bipartisan support, though experts have cast doubt that similar importation plans would actually have much effect.
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U.S. trade authorities have announced an investigation into whether Apple imports are infringing on patents held by Qualcomm, which requested a ban on the importation of some Apple products.
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It's not clear if the U.S. will find a willing partner in Canada; the Canadian government's support of drug importation would be crucial for the proposal to take off.
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The bears — well the bear carcasses — belong to American hunters who killed them legally in Canada but failed to bring them home before an importation ban went into effect.
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More than 200 illegal plastic recycling factories have been closed by the Malaysian government in recent months, Yeo added, as the country seeks to crack down on waste importation.
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Earlier this year, the Senate narrowly voted down a bill that would've permitted drug importation from Canada: a bill that somehow managed the incredible feat of getting both Sen.
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For instance, insulin, a diabetes drug whose high price tag has drawn frequent criticism, wouldn&apost be eligible for importation under one of the pathways outlined in the proposal.
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This February, a gazette notice by Wakhungu announced an end to the use, manufacture and importation of plastic bags for household and commercial packaging in Kenya from August 28.
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"Restrictions on importation, the banking sector, central bank, the systems that were in place before which were broken anyway are now completely exhausted," McGoldrick told a news briefing in Geneva.
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Several drug companies, including Amgen and Bayer, also lobbied on bills that would allow the importation of cheaper drugs from other countries, a proposal that is opposed by the industry.
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Koder is one of three Jamaa brothers currently facing charges over an importation racket that saw them smuggling 200 kilograms of MDMA and 50 million cigarettes into Australia in 2017.
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"They want us to talk directly to the people and the agencies that would be the end users and then do the importation through their import-export agencies," he said.
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Qualcomm has also asked regulators in the United States to ban the importation of several iPhone models over patent concerns, but U.S. officials have so far declined to do so.
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Backers of drug importation argue that it allows consumers to buy medicines at lower prices, but opponents say importing drugs could bring in unsafe drugs that don't meet U.S. standards.
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"I'll be working with the Trump administration and the legislature to create a prescription drug importation program to bring Floridians less expensive, FDA-approved prescription drugs from Canada," DeSantis said.
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Notably, the proposals do not include more sweeping changes that Trump has supported in the past, such as Medicare negotiating drug prices or allowing the importation of drugs from abroad.
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Under a system that allowed unregulated importation of foreign drugs (whether it be for personal or commercial use), Americans would put down good money and get worthless or dangerous medicine.
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Previous experiments with importation have failed miserably and future efforts would only exacerbate the challenges we have when it comes to ensuring that Americans have access to high-quality medicines.
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The proposal left out two big ideas that Trump previously supported when he was running for president: Medicare directly negotiating drug prices and allowing the importation of drugs from abroad.
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Chuck Grassley, Republican of Iowa, and Amy Klobuchar, Democrat of Minnesota, teamed up to introduce a bill that would allow the importation of prescription drugs from approved pharmacies in Canada.
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The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a plan for allowing the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from other countries, a key step in President Trump's efforts to lower drug prices.
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Last week, for example, officials announced they are exploring allowing importation of drugs to increase competition when there are price spikes on old, off-patent drugs, a potentially significant step.
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The bill would authorize $2202 million to ensure the CBP has chemical screening devices, scientists and other personnel available to detect the illegal importation of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
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U.S. prosecutors indicted Beltran Leyva in August 2012, while he was still in Mexican custody, on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine and methamphetamine for importation into the United States.
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"The changes do not allow for the commercial importation of Cuban rum or cigars, just yet," a Jefferies investment analyst said in a note on the announcement, according to Reuters.
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Azar also said that he and Trump are working on allowing the importation of cheaper drugs from other countries, a move Trump has endorsed but which drugmakers have long opposed.
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In Utah, a Republican state representative from Provo, Norman Thurston, is sponsoring legislation to allow the state government to engage in wholesale re-importation of medicines from countries like Canada.
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In the United States, we have to be prepared to see activities rising internally as well because we had importation of cases and we had some transmissions of the disease.
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After Tacky's uprising, the Jamaican government tried to ban the importation of Coromantees, then settled for separating them from one another on different plantations and expelling the more rebellious ones.
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These relatively small-scale bills steer clear of more controversial measures such as allowing Medicare to negotiate prices, permitting drug importation from Canada and banning drug makers from providing rebates.
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Other more aggressive drug pricing interventions, like allowing importation from Canada and setting prices in the US based on prices in other countries, have also been scuttled by internal divisions.
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Although reallocating funds from debt service to the importation of much-needed food and medicine is tempting, the government fears that subsequent lawsuits could actually leave less money for imports.
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While Booker isn't a 2020 frontrunner, he's emblematic of the party's shift: In 2017, he was heavily criticized for voting against a bill allowing the importation of drugs from Canada.
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One early deadline requires the two countries to sign a plant health safety agreement with the next "seven working days" to allow the importation of U.S. fresh potatoes into China.
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Several years ago, criminal investigators at the Food and Drug Administration launched a probe into the business, as part of a broader crack down on the importation of foreign unapproved drugs.
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"They are legally obligated to immediately cease sales, offers for sale and importation of the devices identified in the orders and to prove compliance in court," Rosenberg told Reuters in Dec.
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"They are legally obligated to immediately cease sales, offers for sale and importation of the devices identified in the orders and to prove compliance in court," he said in the statement.
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Since the Nigerian government had already banned rice importation into the country through the land borders, the commodity is still being smuggled into the country through the border with Benin Republic.
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We don't let Medicare negotiate prescription drug prices, and we don't allow re-importation of drugs from abroad that are often made in the same factories as the ones offered domestically.
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"The targeted Sinaloa cell has been responsible for the importation of millions of pounds of illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, into the United States from Mexico," she said.
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The baby dogs were en route to Houston, but the person transporting them was not allowed to fly them beyond Chicago due to airport restrictions on the importation of live animals.
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Under Singapore's Films Act, which relates to the "possession, importation, making, distribution and exhibition of films," there are tight regulations about what can or cannot be aired in the island state.
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But the clandestine paths also promote the importation of illegal narcotics, including Tramadol, a synthetic opiate that's been wreaking havoc on the war-torn state for much of the last decade.
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"Importers in the United Kingdom evaded a large amount of customs duties by using fictitious and false invoices and incorrect customs value declarations at importation," the Commission said in a statement.
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States have responded by developing a wholesale importation model that uses existing distributor and pharmacy networks, which the federal government can allow as long as consumer safety and savings are assured.
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The bills would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices, allow importation of drugs from Canada, and strip monopolies from drug companies if their prices are above those in other wealthy countries.
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"The importation of motor vehicle parts is not a risk to our national security," said Ann Wilson, senior vice president at the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association, another member of the coalition.
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Earlier this month, a coalition of non-profit organizations signed on to a letter to Congress supporting the importation bill and those Americans who currently need to import lower cost medication.
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In a statement on its website, the ITC said the complaint was related to the importation and sale of certain motorized vehicles and components that Fiat alleged infringed on its trademarks.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) also responded to the photo, calling for a worldwide ban on trophy hunting and for UPS to stop the importation of hunting trophies.
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The Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday said it is exploring allowing importation of drugs to create competition when there is a price spike for an off-patent drug.
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At the federal level, ending the importation of high-powered assault weapons into the United States would help restrict the flow of such weapons into Mexico, said Global Exchange's Lindsay-Poland.
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The Trump administration also has expressed its concerns and has proposed a number of measures to reduce prescription drug prices, such as allowing the importation of lower-priced drugs from Canada.
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She also told her online suppliers to label all of the packages as "office supplies," so they wouldn't be required to have importation permits or get fumigated when they reached Australia.
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"Qualcomm is pleased with the ITC's decision to investigate Apple's unfair trade practices and the unauthorized importation of products using Qualcomm's patents," Qualcomm general counsel Don Rosenberg said in a statement.
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Rand Paul (Ky.) is the lone GOP senator who has expressed reservations, as Paul didn't receive the endorsement of drug importation from Azar that he wanted at the Health panel's hearing.
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" She said the agency was in close contact with the companies and "exploring all possible solutions to this critical shortage, including temporary importation, to help with this shortage until it's resolved.
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Chinese trade with the North has increased over the past year, even as Beijing has said it is complying with United Nations sanctions on specific transactions, including the importation of coal.
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But we would be wise to learn from the failures of this national constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that lasted from 2202 to 2628.
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FDA could also be given the statutory authority to rapidly approve importation of critical drugs in short supply even if the foreign manufacturer has not obtained FDA marketing approval via reciprocity.
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"Today, for the first time in history, HHS and FDA are open for business on importation," HHS Secretary Alex Azar said as he announced the news in Tallahassee alongside Florida Gov.
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In addition to the main proposal, the administration on Wednesday put forward an importation route that could benefit drugmakers by letting them bypass payer contracts to sell drugs at lower prices.
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In Florida, DeSantis has asked lawmakers to appropriate $20.4 million to start an importation program that involves 150 drugs for the state's 4 million-patient Medicaid program, and its prison system.
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Here are four reasons why Trump's drug importation plan probably won't work: The proposal requires importers to have great expertise in complicated regulatory processes like safety tests and managing product recalls.
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Examples include blocking transactions with the Taliban, prohibiting the importation of diamonds from Sierra Leone, placing restrictions on North Korea and allowing faster treatment during the swine flu outbreak in 2009.
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Mr. Trump has broken with Republican orthodoxy by embracing a Democratic push to allow the importation of prescription drugs from Canada and to allow the government to negotiate lower drug prices.
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When the 90-day period expires, sanctions also will be reapplied to the importation into the United States of carpets and foodstuffs made in Iran, and on certain related financial transactions.
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DeSantis, who has yet to sign the importation bill, also allied himself closely with Trump during his campaign for governor and recently attended the President's campaign rally in hurricane-stricken Panama City.
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"The threat of (polio) virus importation is serious and this campaign aims to curb any possible return of the virus to Yemen," WHO's representative in Yemen, Nevio Zagaria, said in a statement.
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Juul has asked the ITC to halt the importation, distribution and sale of these products in the U.S. In all, eighteen entities are listed within the complaint as having infringed Juul patents.
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That same allegation is contained in the new indictment charging him with transportation of visual depictions of minors, as well as another count accusing him of importation or transportation of obscene materials.
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He answered, "yes, your honor," to a series of questions from the judge, ultimately using that phrase to say he pleaded guilty to charges of cocaine importation, cocaine distribution and money laundering.
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"[The general exclusion order] is particularly significant because it blocks importation of all products from all sources that infringe a broad patent covering Segway's PTs," read the statement posted on Segway's website.
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"I know it has been an issue for some time, we have agreed that we would be working to ... ease some of the limitations on importation of kava into Australia," Morrison said.
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Legalization would result in the expansion of importation in order to meet the demand for product that inevitably will rely on foreign supplies that do not meet FDA safety or efficacy requirements.
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More generics, some limited drug importation, and more negotiating power for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans are all improvements that experts do think could make some difference in drug costs.
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Sanders has introduced a number of bills aimed at increasing competition and reducing the power of monopolies, including a bill that would allow for the importation of prescription drugs from other countries.
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Treating them the same solely due to size, rather than individual risk profile, would make the U.S. financial system less resilient and more susceptible to the importation of risk from foreign banks.
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In his remarks, he honored the first people to form a government in what would become the United States but also recognized their importation of slaves in 1619 in the same region.
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Although Britain and the United States enacted laws abolishing the importation of slaves in 1807, the debate over slavery in Britain's territories continued through the decision in favor of emancipation, in 1833.
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But I would advise him to carefully think about the benefits of drug re-importation and how allowing it could save millions of struggling Americans a lot of money with minimal risk.
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The brand-name drug lobby has warned of the "dangers of drug importation" in the past — although the proposal laid out by the FDA would apply to generic drugs only, it seems.
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He cited a February post on the website accusing Mr. Booker of undermining a bill he wrote with Mr. Sanders that would allow the importation of medications from Canada and other countries.
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Drug prices will remain on the federal agenda President-elect Trump campaigned on populist promises to push for government negotiations of drug prices in Medicare Part D and importation of cheaper medicines.
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Congress should again ban the future production, sale and importation of military-style assault weapons, and require individuals already in possession of assault weapons to register them under the National Firearms Act.
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The legal importation of mammoth ivory, which comes from creatures that vanished more than 213,600 years ago, has skyrocketed in China as dealers and carvers seek a substitute to meet the demand.
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The goal of these rules was to limit the importation of Asian goods into Mexico for assembly and which were then exported into the United States under the lower NAFTA tariff benefit.
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And, the firm is working on a marketplace where, over time, customers will be able to learn from existing OKR setups and leverage analytics setups that help with data importation and visibility.
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Democrats dismissed the proposals as toothless and well short of the president's campaign promises to allow the government to negotiate drug prices for Medicare while promoting the importation of medicines from abroad.
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Lawmakers in Canada have yet to formally confront the fentanyl importation problem, though British Columbia Premier Christy Clark wants border agents to search all small packages, even envelopes, for the deadly substance.
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First, the CBP's investigation into the account "plainly has nothing whatsoever to do with the importation of merchandise into the United States," which is the relevant legal justification provided by the agency.
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Last week, two leading members of a UK gang, which bought the largest amount of automatic weapons into the UK mainland ever detected by police, were convicted of importation and firearms offences.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on Thursday he and Trump will also work to allow importation of cheaper drugs from other countries, a move drugmakers have opposed.
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said he has had prior discussion with Canada about importation and that it would be up to the states, pharmacies and distributors to address any hurdles.
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The motion alleged that the banks then issued certificates of capital importation worth a total $13.92 billion subsequently - but without central bank approval - so the South African firm could repatriate the hard currency.
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Let's further streamline the overly long FDA approval process for lower-cost generic drugs and allow re-importation limited to generic drugs, which have neither new intellectual property nor new active substance risks.
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Importation proposals currently on the table would not fully incorporate the critical provisions established by the DSCSA, which are necessary to ensure the integrity of the U.S. drug supply and ultimately, patient safety.
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"There are only two reasons why the FDA would take 17 months to make a final decision on Texas's importation of thiopental sodium: gross incompetence or willful obstruction," Paxton said in a statement.
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One of the most interesting concerns drugs, where she would allow Medicare to bargain for lower prices, permit importation of price-controlled prescription pharmaceuticals from other countries and limit direct-to-consumer advertising.
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The government has indicated it's open to speeding things up, with Health Minister Greg Hunt announcing Wednesday that authorities will allow more rapid importation of the drug while a domestic supply is built.
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Fisher & Paykel said last month that it sought an exclusion order from the USITC to prevent the importation and sale of Resmed's AirFit P10 range of nasal pillows masks in the United States.
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According to prosecutors, between 2004 and 2005 Elorez leased a farm in Medellin, Colombia, where he reared dogs and sewed bags of liquid heroin into nine puppies for importation to the United States.
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In reality, however, prescription limits have put people at risk of untreated pain without addressing the more common ways that people come to abuse prescription opioids, such as through illegal importation or diversion.
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The Council for Affordable Health Coverage, which represents insurers, employers, pharmacy benefit managers and drug companies, said it wants the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to disband an agency group examining drug importation.
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Once it receives approval, PharmaCielo will start growing marijuana and then process the material into medical products that can be exported to Canada and other countries that allow the importation of medical cannabis.
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Contributing to the Reagan presidency Whereas Mondale had avoided ongoing responsibilities in particular areas, Bush chaired task forces to reduce federal regulations and combat the importation of illegal drugs into the United States.
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For decades, importation of mangoes from India into the US was prohibited, until 2007, when the ban was finally lifted in a complex deal that also first allowed Harley-Davidson motorcycles into India.
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China banned the importation of several minerals from North Korea on April 503, including coal, as part of new United Nations sanctions on Pyongyang aimed at curbing the rogue state's nuclear weapons program.
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" NHTSA said in a statement that Transdev North America's use of its EZ10 Generation II driverless shuttle to take children to school "is unlawful and in violation of the company's temporary importation authorization.
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"As importation of live food animals entails public health and food safety considerations and the outbreaks of African swine fever in the neighboring countries are emerging, we have to exercise caution," said Chan.
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The results support ongoing efforts to update the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976, which addresses the production, importation, use, and disposal of specific chemicals in the U.S., but it severely outdated, Trasande said.
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In response to growing sales of counterfeit products, Congress passed the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) of 1990, to include the importation of knock-offs which undercut Native American economies and cultural heritage.
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State-owned telecom company Etecsa, the only internet provider on the island, will continue to operate without competition but the country will reportedly liberalize policies that prohibited the importation of routers for personal use.
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As FDA works on finalizing the importation rule, Hahn said the agency will be open to addressing criticism that states can't save money bringing in drugs from Canada if the pathway is too burdensome.
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On Thursday, he sent a defensive statement to Jezebel justifying his decision: I support the importation of prescription drugs as a key part of a strategy to help control the skyrocketing cost of medications.
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Even if it were good policy, attempting to construct such a regulatory system for importation would be a bureaucratic nightmare and incredibly costly to taxpayers, with no way to guarantee the quality of medicines.
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Last year, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar also called importation a "gimmick" and said it would not work because Canada does not have enough drugs to sell to the United States.
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Booker last year took heat from the left for voting against an amendment to allow the importation of cheaper drugs from abroad, with progressive critics accusing him of being too soft on drug companies.
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Both opioid abuse and the high price of medication have wreaked hell on Americans and their families, and now two very different bills in Congress that affect drug importation aim to alleviate these crises.
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"It is highly irresponsible for Vermont legislators to promote an importation scheme that would create more avenues for counterfeit drugs to enter the country in the middle of an unprecedented opioid crisis," she said.
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The report accused the government of "inconsistent, incoherent policies and pronouncements on maize importation", which led to a flood of maize imports which then depressed prices for local farmers once harvests eventually came in.
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The Department of Health and Human Services issued a plan outlining the steps it will take, including issuing a regulation to allow for states and pharmacies to submit drug importation pilot programs for approval.
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Interior submitted another rule in November aimed at reversing an Obama-era ban on the importation of elephant trophies from Africa, a measure initially put in place to deter big game hunting of elephants.
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Although comparatively higher wages and energy costs have contributed to the financial woes of the Tata plants, the biggest problem for Port Talbot and British steel production is the importation of cheap Chinese steel.
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Two years ago, China banned the importation of all US poultry in the wake of a stateside avian flu outbreak, an outbreak which eventually made its way to France and led to further bans.
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On February 6, Manaf was extradited from Estonia—where he had been jailed since October—to New York City, where he faces federal charges of attempted narcotics importation, narco-terrorism and attempted narco-terrorism.
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According to the lobbying disclosure filed Monday, the group focused on a large range of issues, including drug importation, 340B (a Medicare discount drug program), "drug cost and pricing policy issues" and tax reform.
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All his administration has released is a preliminary proposal to allow some drug importation and a requirement for drugmakers to post list prices in television ads, although that has been blocked by a court.
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"Screening is a very imperfect tool, but it's the only tool we have to try and prevent the importation of a disease," Eric Toner, a senior scientist at Johns Hopkins University, told Business Insider.
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Meanwhile, Sanders kicked off 2019 by rolling out a trio of bills that would allow Medicare to negotiate, permit the importation of drugs and peg prices to the median price in five other countries.
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Among them are a bill that would allow the importation of drugs from Canada, another that would force price transparency on drug middlemen, and another that would force drugmakers to justify dramatic price increases.
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The UN sanctions that North Korea wanted to lift may not be the whole suite of the sanctions against it, but they do cover a significant range of economic activities, including importation of petroleum.
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Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of the drug industry group Biotechnology Innovation Organization, condemned the Trump administration proposal an "empty gesture" and "dangerous importation scheme" that would endanger patient safety without saving consumers money.
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As Dylan Matthews explained at the Washington Post in 2000, the kind of amendment put forward by Sanders and Klobuchar was mostly symbolic — it would not have actually legalized prescription drug importation from Canada.
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" The US Department of Justice, for its part, has said that gray market goods are legal to import as long as they are not substantially different from the original product; this is called "parallel importation.
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During a recent debate over the budget resolution, Klobuchar and Bernie Sanders introduced a proposal to allow the importation of prescription drugs, a measure designed to introduce competition into the pharmaceutical marketplace and reduce prices.
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If the Trump administration were to follow through with approving Florida's proposal to import drugs, it would be a major step and a break from the traditional Republican position, which is opposed to drug importation.
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Those same Democratic lawmakers are promising investigations into rising drug prices as well as a push to allow the importation of cheaper medicines from other countries and allowing Medicare to negotiate prices with pharmaceutical companies.
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"According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole..." https://t.
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In response, many lawmakers now advocate for more limited "re-importation" policies that would permit Americans to purchase price-controlled medicines from Canadian pharmacies only if the drugs were originally manufactured in the United States.
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Dianne Feinstein introduced a bill that would ban the sale, transfer, importation, manufacture or possession of bump stocks, as well as trigger cranks and other accessories that accelerate a semi-automatic rifle's rate of fire.
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The prices for common drugs were far cheaper than in the U.S. Those who are against re-importation say that allowing it would put consumers at risk because the drugs could be counterfeit or tainted.
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In a statement Friday, Canada's Office of the Minister of Health said its acting ambassador to the United States has been in regular contact with the White House and HHS on the drug importation plan.
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Most of President Trump's much-hyped agenda to rein in drug prices has been underwhelming so far, but the Food and Drug Administration announced on Thursday it will explore one potentially significant idea: drug importation.
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"[They already do this] to facilitate the importation of products from other countries to address drug shortages," said Aaron Kesselheim, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who researches the drug approval process.
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With cocaine production and output in Colombia hitting record levels in 2018, there is now an abundance of inexpensive, high-potency cocaine feeding into the U.K. market, often via importation through Spain, Holland, and Belgium.
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Between September 2004 and January 2005, Andres Lopez Elorez, now 39, surgically implanted bags of liquid heroin into nine puppies he secretly raised for importation into the US on behalf of a drug-trafficking organization.
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For example, the agency has worked to promote the development of painkillers that aren't addictive, taken action against illegal importation and sales of opioids, and crafted policy supporting treatment for people with opioid use disorder.
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Canadian officials warn their country is too small to supply their neighbors to the south with prescription drugs, an argument that American drugmakers quickly seized on after years of aggressively opposing all drug importation efforts.
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Canadian officials warn their country is too small to supply their neighbors to the south with prescription drugs, an argument that American drugmakers quickly seized on after years of aggressively opposing all drug importation efforts.
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Importers would have to take many expensive and complicated steps to prove to the FDA that importation wouldn't harm Americans, and to weave through complex regulations and the intricacies of the U.S. health delivery system.
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The health care bills approved this week steered clear of the more controversial measures that Democrats are batting about, including "Medicare for All," allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices and permitting drug importation from Canada.
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"It is the immediate duty of congress fully to investigate the effects of the immigration and importation of Mongolians on the moral and material interests of the country," the Republican National Convention resolved in 1876.
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"The Rizzuto crime family was involved in the importation level, the Hells Angels working on the distribution level, the street gangs on the selling level," said Antonio Nicaso, author of several books on Canada's Cosa Nostra.
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"Opioids, including fentanyl and its analogues, are a serious public health concern, and the importation of vast amounts of this deadly synthetic chemical compound is a national security threat," the release said, quoting a CBP agent.
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The Stop the Importation and Trafficking of Synthetic Analogues Act is aimed at prohibiting analogs of drugs such as fentanyl from entering the US. Fentanyl is an opioid whose many cousins, like carfentanil, dominate overdose deaths.
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Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will introduce a similar proposal today, alongside a bill to allow drug importation and another to let Medicare negotiate directly for the cost of prescription drugs, rather than relying on third parties.
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"It is a plan to make a plan," said Rachel Sachs, an associate law professor at Washington University, noting that little to nothing has been heard from an FDA importation working group set up last year.
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I have a record of supporting the safe importation of drugs from Canada since 2007 & will continue to support efforts to do so concern was provisions related to wholesalers & whether they would comply w/ safety laws.
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Because Homeland Security raids repair shops on claims of counterfeit repair part importation and most devices are locked down, protected with end-user licenses, and are generally impossible to repair without help and, of course, authorization.
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Given the tragic consequences of the flow of prescription and illicit opioids that currently exists, easing the rules for drug importation between Canada and the U.S is an even worse idea today with potentially deadly consequences.
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So he should use his power under the 2003 Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act that permits the importation from Canada of selected drugs in short supply or those that have only one U.S. supplier.
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The three proposed bills would allow importation of cheaper drugs from Canada, allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices and strip monopolies from drug companies if their prices were above the average price in other wealthy countries.
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Bipartisan legislation is currently pending in Congress that would add a number of footwear styles to the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program to enable conditional duty-free importation from countries like Brazil, Cambodia or Indonesia.
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Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal was a drug smuggler who, in the early 1980s, orchestrated the importation of thousands of pounds of cocaine and marijuana into the United States via a remote airstrip in rural west Arkansas.
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These cases, which number 28503 with seven labeled "critical," have led to justified precautions in many countries who are on alert for the importation of evidence and surging demand for masks by the Hong Kong public.
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"Current efforts to prevent the importation, establishment, expansion, and impact of invasive species are insufficient to protect the United States from a continuous stream of invasive species, ranging from pathogens, bacteria, plants, and animals," they added.
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A spokesperson for Health Canada, the agency that runs the country's health care system, said in a statement to The Hill that it is engaging with U.S. officials to "better understand" the implications of drug importation.
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The proposals, while sure to be controversial, do not include some more sweeping measures that Trump has favored in the past, such as allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices or allowing importation of drugs from abroad.
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"For the first time in history HHS and FDA are open to importation as a means for lower prices," Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said on a call with reporters on Tuesday.
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"These funds were the proceeds of a drug importation syndicate and were proceeds of crime, within the meaning of the Criminal Code Act," AUSTRAC's statement of claim says, referring to CC&B only as Company 1.
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HHS Secretary Azar has predominantly been using the idea of importation as a threat to industry to get them to lower the list prices of prescription drugs, but that doesn't mean they wouldn't support the bill.
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The agency formed a drug importation task force last summer, though Gottlieb stressed at the time that it would mainly be for addressing short-term shortages of specific medications, including disruptions caused by sudden significant price increases.
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"In both cases, U.S. officials conducted on-site inspections in the Sihanoukville SEZ and determined that, although being represented as Cambodian, the goods in question were of Chinese origin on importation into the United States," it added.
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Last month, Congress closed a loophole in the Tariff Act of 1930 that had allowed for the importation of seafood and other goods produced through forced labor, as long as U.S. production could not meet domestic demand.
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On one side of the wall are the names of people who would have lived and worked when indigo plants were grown on the plantation during "saltwater slavery," before the importation of enslaved people ended in 216.
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Under the second pathway, drug manufacturers can apply to the FDA to approve importation of foreign drugs that are the same as drugs already approved for sale in the US. The idea is raising concerns in Canada.
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However, instead of dealing with tales of the drug trade, the series explores the period of Prohibition, which banned the production, importation, and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States throughout the 1920s and early 1930s.
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NAIROBI, June 25 (Reuters) - A Kenyan magistrate's court on Monday charged the head of the state-run standards body, seven other officials and two businessmen with attempted murder for allowing the importation of substandard fertiliser containing mercury.
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"The court order requires the FDA to refuse admission to the US any shipment of foreign manufactured sodium thiopental being offered for importation that appears to be an unapproved new drug or a misbranded drug," said Meyer.
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Alternatively, the president may do nothing or may choose to enter into trade negotiations to reach an agreement that "limits or restricts the importation" into the United States of the article that poses a national security threat.
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The difficulty of finding ones you can be assured were grown ethically is indicative of a blind spot in the movement toward equitable trade and undoing the damage wrought by major corporations in banana farming and importation.
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Although United States drug safety regulations would still remain in force, the unregulated importation of drugs from other countries would render them a dead letter while simultaneously worsening the opioid challenges we're dealing with across the country.
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In the 2015 drug importation case that led to his cooperation with the government, he transported at least 14 kilograms of heroin and cocaine and laundered about $670,000 in drug proceeds, the judge said at his sentencing.
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In perhaps a troubling sign for the pharmaceutical industry, Trump also asked the governor whether the idea of drug importation could be expanded to other states, and the two agreed that it eventually could be, Gaetz said.
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"Consumers would be well served by FDA disbanding the drug importation work group and instead convening stakeholders and administration personnel to continue a conversation on value-based solutions that do not threaten patient safety," the group wrote.
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Namibia's Chief Veterinary Officer Adrianatus Maseke said on Monday the recent complete ban on the importation of live poultry and poultry products from South Africa has been amended to allow for some bird products, under strict regulations.
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On Wednesday, BAN Toxics, an environmental group in the Philippines, called on the Duterte government to immediately halt the importation of hazardous waste and other garbage here in the wake of Canada's failure to meet its deadline.
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Despite Mr. Trump's campaign promises, Mr. Azar is not calling for the government Medicare program to negotiate directly with drugmakers, nor will he call for the re-importation of drugs from Canada, where they are generally cheaper.
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Shamo was found guilty on 12 of the 13 counts in the indictment, including aiding and abetting the importation of a controlled substance, manufacture of a controlled substance and intentional adulteration of drugs while held for sale.
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While the National Prohibition Act (aka the Volstead Act)—banning the production, importation, and distribution of alcoholic beverages—intended to stifle people's desire to get together and have a good time, it ended up increasing it tenfold.
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Since 1971, the Department of Agriculture has banned the production and importation of animal lungs because of the risk that gastrointestinal fluid might leak into them during the slaughtering process, raising the likelihood of food-borne illness.
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On this day 100 years ago, Prohibition went into effect -- banning the production, importation, sale and transportation of alcohol in the US. It all started with the temperance movement, which encouraged and advocated for abstinence from alcohol.
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Restricting immigration in the U.S. has traditionally been a central concern of the left, chiefly due to the pressure put on vulnerable citizen-workers (in terms of wages, unionization rates, etc.) by the importation of foreign labor.
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As proof that one person can make a difference, Gambia and neighboring Senegal banned the importation and use of plastic bags in 2015, citing the "environmental eyesore" and "dire threat" they pose to living and nonliving things.
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The rule would allow pharmacists and wholesalers to import certain prescription drugs from Canada into the U.S. if they meet conditions designed to ensure that the importation poses no additional risk to safety, and will save money.
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"The administration chose to proceed with an importation scheme that could endanger American lives, could worsen the opioid crisis and has been called unworkable by Canadian officials," said Stephen J. Ubl, CEO of PhRMA, an industry group.
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Jim Greenwood, current head of biotech industry group BIO and a former Republican congressman, said that importation would not result in lower prices for consumers, citing nonpartisan budget experts and past U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioners.
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"We are arranging the importation of blood products from areas unaffected by local Zika transmission to ensure the safety of Puerto Rico's blood supply," Dr. Karen DeSalvo, acting assistant secretary for health, wrote in a statement Monday.
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Around the mid 2000s, we were looking for something to replace a very popular and expensive powder that was sold on the streets that has a terrible human rights record relating to its chain of production and importation.
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The introduction of an industrial economy is a moot point when it entirely replaces an agricultural economy, denying Puerto Rico its own capacity for self-sustenance, imposing the importation of 22017% of its food products at inflated prices.
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Yet Hong Kong allows the importation of blood samples, provided they are not suspected of containing infectious agents and as long as a permit is secured, a spokeswoman from the city's Department of Health told CNN via email.
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By the end of the year Brussels will also propose new measures on VAT to "tackle the loopholes in the importation system", a move that follows an EU investigation on massive import frauds including to Britain from China.
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Federal prosecutors said Gigliotti and his son used their family-run Italian restaurant Cucino Amodo Mio in Corona, Queens, as well as a produce importation company, Fresh Farm Export Corp, to provide cover for drug trafficking for 'Ndrangheta.
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The subject is in the news again, not just because of Loveridge's book, but also due to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recent rolling back of restrictions on the importation of hunting trophies from places like Zimbabwe.
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WASHINGTON, March 29 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump signed a permit on Friday granting permission for TransCanada Corp to build pipeline facilities on the U.S.-Canada border for the importation of oil from Canada through the Keystone pipeline network.
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Dianne Feinstein, D-California, introduced a bill that would ban the sale, transfer, importation, manufacture or possession of bump fire stocks, as well as trigger cranks and other accessories that accelerate a semi-automatic rifle's rate of fire.
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Trump has said less on the topic but he has suggested support for importation of cheaper drugs, as well as advocating increased scrutiny over drug price increases and a bigger role for negotiating down the cost of medicines.
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On Wednesday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced a woman convicted of drug importation with intent to distribute to probation rather than prison time, basically on the logic that the restrictions on felons outside bars are punishment enough.
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The House voted 6900-2628 to approve the bill, which would authorize $28503 million to ensure the CBP has chemical screening devices, scientists and other personnel available to detect the illegal importation of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
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The company said in a statement that it sought an exclusion order from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to prevent the importation and sale of Resmed's AirFit P10 range of nasal pillows masks in the United States.
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Instead of ushering in a new drug pricing system for Americans, importation bills allow Americans to access cheaper Canadian drugs and introduce a measure of competition to the drug market, which may incentivize drug companies to lower prices.
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"What we see from China is that travel restriction can be important to buy time so they can slow down the importation of cases and then start later the epidemics in other places in the world," Vespignani said.
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Julia Hahn, who wrote about immigration for Breitbart — with headlines like "Republican-Led Congress Oversees Large-Scale Importation of Somali Migrants" — has followed her former boss, Stephen K. Bannon, to the White House as a deputy policy strategist.
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The House voted 412-3 to approve the bill, which would authorize $9 million to ensure the CBP has chemical screening devices, scientists and other personnel available to detect the illegal importation of fentanyl and other synthetic opioids.
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"When it comes to the illegal importation of drugs and the black market distribution of drugs, I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between what we have now and what we would potentially have," Keohokalole said.
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A period imposed by US Customs (US Customs, which depends on the Ministry of Agriculture) on any importation of plants, seeds and even land from abroad to avoid spreading diseases or importing species of invasive insects on American soil.
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The draft agreement sets minimum prices for tomatoes and "closes loopholes from past suspension agreements that permitted sales below" those prices and a brand-new inspection mechanism to prevent the importation of low-quality Mexican tomatoes, the department said.
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Even so, renewables make the most sense long-term for Puerto Rico's energy independence and stability: They rely less on factors like economic stability and importation of fossil fuels (Puerto Rico has no oil or coal of its own).
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It's not likely that any importer, whether on the scale of Amazon or a Pennsylvania dentist with a sweet tooth, will gain the necessary economy of scale to build a large and sustainable Indian mango importation business without demand.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Panama on Friday will sign an agreement with the U.S. Treasury and Energy departments aimed at paving the way for more private investment to expand the importation and distribution of U.S. liquefied natural gas in Latin America.
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Because of the lack of benefits and the serious injuries that can result from the use of baby walkers, we support the American Academy of Pediatrics' call for a ban on the manufacture, sale, and importation of baby walkers.
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The British government, for example, introduced the Modern Slavery Act last year, which can penalize violators with life imprisonment terms, and the United States amended a law to ban the importation of goods made with forced or child labor.
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This is more so in a world where drug pricing debates are impacting health care policies and the U.S. and other countries are considering legitimizing the importation of drugs from Canada with concerns about associated impact on drug quality.
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"The president asked Secretary Azar and Governor DeSantis to work together to explore additional options, including drug importation opportunities, to reduce drug prices in a safe way for Floridians," the White House said in a statement on Monday night.
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The HHS secretary needs to certify that importation would not pose an additional risk to the public's health and safety, and that it would result in a "significant" reduction in the cost of covered products to the American consumer.
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Van Beverhoudt was stationed in the US Virgin Islands and one of his duties was to inspect flights in order to prevent the importation of controlled substances, according to a news release from the US Attorney's Office in Atlanta.
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"China can put a limit or completely prohibit the importation from North Korea of textile products, garments, and clothing [which] are the most important foreign income sources for North Korea," Zhao said, explaining that there is some middle ground.
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The measures permit the creation of private wired and Wi-Fi internet networks in homes and businesses and allow the importation of routers and other networking equipment — though also maintain the government's iron-fisted monopoly over commercial internet access.
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MEXICO CITY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - The Mexican government on Thursday extended rules that impose restrictions on the importation of used autos, to bolster domestic sales amid uncertainty over trade ties with the United States, the country's top export market.
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Pangolin parts still legal for sale China regulates the sale and importation of pangolin meat and scales, however, existing regulations permit the limited use of legally obtained Pangolin scales in special circumstances, such as use in traditional Chinese medicine.
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The concept of allowing temporary or permanent importation has been proposed by the Senate Committee on Aging and in the Senate's Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments (RESULT) Act, which was introduced in the 114th and 115th Congresses.
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They added, however, that "athletes and healthcare providers from any country where the drug is not officially registered for medical use could easily obtain the drug through medicines importation and exportation routes, and even more easily through online purchases".
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To address the rise of prescription drug prices, Klobuchar's plan outlines "immediate and aggressive action" including provisions to allow for the personal importation of prescription drugs from "safe" countries, and utilizing the government as a vehicle to "directly negotiate" lower prices.
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"In this process, his office made a high-level calculation that MTN Nigeria should have paid approximately $20073 billion in taxes relating to the importation of foreign equipment and payments to foreign suppliers over the last 10 years," it said.
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Although the Obama administration banned the importation of African elephant trophies in 2014, on Wednesday the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service confirmed with ABC News that the ban had been lifted for Zimbabwe and Zambia, two nations with sizable elephant populations.
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This does not apply to (i) multiplayer or online services; (ii) tools, files, libraries, or functions that could be used to impact multiplayer or online services, or (iii) use or importation of other IP (including other Rockstar IP) in the project.
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"We understand that any true resolution of the current dispute requires addressing the structural issues ... that have long hindered importation of U.S. goods and services and operations of U.S. businesses in China," the chamber's chairman, Timothy Stratford, said in the report.
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"Worldwide, 21963 million measles cases are estimated to occur annually, and since 22.6, measles incidence has increased in five of the six World Health Organization regions contributing to the ongoing risk for measles importation into the United States," the report said.
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In the letter Byaruhanga also ordered AGR "to cease and desist from any further importation of gold from Venezuela" in light of the U.S sanctions imposed on the country, but said this month's shipment should be treated as an exception.
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Faurie will also inherit an ambitious but slow-moving effort to sign a trade deal between Mercosur and the European Union, as well as an escalating trade dispute with the United States over the importation of biodiesel, a key Argentine export.
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Ahead of the mark-up, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance (HDA) and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) — representing the nation's primary pharmaceutical distributors and pharmacies — are voicing our strong opposition to any amendment that would allow for drug importation.
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"Ensuring patients have access to needed medicines is critical, but the importation of unapproved medicines, whether from Canada or elsewhere in the world, is the wrong answer," the Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America trade group, or PhRMA, writes on its website.
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"While MSC is not accepting bookings for shipments originating from Iran, or destined to Iran, we will continue to carry certain legally acceptable cargoes during the wind-down period, notably for importation of foodstuffs," Switzerland-based MSC said in its note.
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The importation of organic crops is a lost opportunity for American producers, particularly beginning farmers and ranchers who are statistically more likely to be interested in organic markets, and who we need to step in for an aging farming population.
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The country's health minister, Ummy Mwalimu, reportedly told local media that "the government has banned the importation and use of the jelly to curb the spread of HIV," on the basis that lubricant encourages homosexuality, which is criminalized in Tanzania.
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Those costs come from the $85033 billion to create the tax deduction for insurance premiums, $30 billion of which is offset by allowing insurance to be sold across state lines and allowing the importation of cheaper prescription drugs from abroad.
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"This action would provide an alternative for the importation of fresh apple and pear fruit from certain countries in the European Union while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the continental United States," the agency noted.
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But last-minute talks over the weekend "substantially softened" the negative effects of the pre-emption provisions, Igrejas said, though he remains concerned about how provisions in the law related to the testing and importation of products will be implemented.
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"According to the Center for Immigration Studies, the $18 billion wall will pay for itself by curbing the importation of crime, drugs and illegal immigrants who tend to go on the federal dole," Trump tweeted, quoting the Fox News report.
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There have already been at least two Security Council resolutions since August that target the importation of North Korea's seafood, textiles, coal and iron as well as actions by China and others that curtail the regime's oil and other energy supplies.
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Michael Anton, in his Claremont Review essay " The Flight 93 Election ," saw "the ceaseless importation of Third World foreigners with no tradition of, taste for, or experience in liberty" as an imminent threat to the survival of the American republic.
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Azar said changes in the "landscape and opportunities" for safe foreign drug importation, such as the rise of large companies that distribute medicines around the world, had made it possible for the administration to explore imports, an idea he's previously criticized.
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"The success of this operation is a testament to the patience and dedication of our investigators, who have been working around the clock in the lead-up to Christmas to disrupt this record importation," AFP Deputy Commissioner Operations Leanne Close said.
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You might, therefore, expect that I would have been thrilled with Donald Trump's suggestion -- influenced apparently by media and animal rights pressures -- that he could decide against the US importation of trophy-hunted elephants (and possibly other species such as lions).
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"This action would provide an alternative for the importation of fresh apple and pear fruit from certain countries in the European Union while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of plant pests into the continental United States," the agency said.
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HHS Secretary Alex Azar and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb are taking several steps to speed cheaper generic medicines to market, to use importation as a relief valve, and to perhaps get rid of the secret pharmacy benefit manager rebate system.
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It is legal, however, to bring a 90-day supply across the US border in person with a valid prescription—a process Smith has clearly outlined on his site because those same importation laws don't exist south of the Canadian border.
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"The Kingdom of Cambodia has subsequently detected the COVID-19 virus on different foreign nationals, which requires immediate measures to prevent the spread and importation of the COVID-19 virus into Cambodia," Minister of Health Mam Bunheng said in the statement.
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In other words, the Trump administration may have blocked the importation of some Covid-19 tests at a critical moment in the evolution of the pandemic on the strength of a piece of research that is no longer in the literature.
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Azar, whose job does not appear to be in jeopardy, and other officials have promised Trump that the new importation plan will play a significant role in lowering drug costs, although some experts have derided the idea as a political stunt.
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A wiser choice would have been to fund properly the refugee camps in countries near Syria, thus avoiding both the issue of economic migrants masquerading as refugees and the unwitting importation of the terrorism that currently afflicts the Islamic world.
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Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantisTop Latino group: Trump is about to hold a 'fake Christian campaign rally' Trump administration proposes limited drug importation from Canada Saudi officer ripped US support of Israel in tweet before naval base shooting: report MORE and Sen.
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Lawmakers are beginning to seriously target insulin price hikes, Florida's Republican governor says he will get the administration to approve a drug importation plan, and top Democrats are urging the Trump administration not to proceed with proposed changes to ObamaCare.
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CALL TO ACTION: Urge Congress to pass the Conserving Ecosystems by Ceasing the Importation of Large Animal Trophies (CECIL) Act to ban imports of trophies and parts from African lions and elephants from Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Zambia into the United States.
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In the latest tally, 61 of the cases have been laboratory-confirmed in the Congo, formerly Zaire, following importation of the mosquito-borne virus from Angola, the United Nations health agency said in its latest weekly update on the outbreak.
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Bob Menendez of New Jersey tweeted at Rubio, sharing the bill he introduced after the Las Vegas shooting that, if implemented, would ban the importation, sale, manufacture, transfer or possession of gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition.
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Prior to that ban, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service had the power to authorize importation on a case-by-case basis, provided that the hunt in which the elephant was killed could be considered to aid conservation efforts.
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