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Bill: OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement.
Details
Submitted by[?]: Hutori Party
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This bill is a resolution. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 4724
Description[?]:
| This committee will discuss a drafted trade deal between Hutori and the Western Dovani Economic Area. The following Members of Parliament are invited to sit on this committee: Hon. Linda Glover, Minister of Trade & Industry (Royalist)* James Hanes, Trade & Industry Spokesperson (NPU) ___________, Shadow Minister of Trade & Industry (One Party) * Indicates committee chair (OOC: please let me know who the members are that will be sitting on the committee) The current draft of the deal is included below. This agreement is signed between the Western Dovani Economic Area and the Commonwealth of Hutori and must be ratified by their respective Legislative branches. 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 1: 𝙅𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐀 - 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 The signatory countries will form a Joint Commission on Transnational Justice and Extradition, with 5 members from each state a piece and with the mandate to handle, review and decide the requests for extradition between the two parties. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁 - 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚 The signatories will commit to eliminate the visa requirement for citizens of Hutori and the WDEA nations. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂 - 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 The signatory countries shall not discriminate against the citizens of any other signatory nation for ethnic, religious or political reasons or any other issue of a personal or public nature. ◙ The registration requirement on these personal matters is eliminated for the citizens of the other country. ◙ If there is one already registered, it will be removed from the database at the request of the person concerned. ◙ This point will be independent of the national legislation, with the except for the citizens of the another signatory country in question. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃 - 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 The signatory countries pledge to maintain the rights of workers as established underneath this agreement ◙ Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining ◙ The effective abolition of exploitative child labour might it be direct or indirect ◙ The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation ◙ The elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 ２： 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔 - The nations of the WDEA will commit to providing grants for university students exchanges originating from Hutori, promoting Masters, doctorates, internships, practical experiences and training within universities, laboratories and domestic institutes (and vice-versa) 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁 - The signatory nations will commit to promoting science and research, through the Terran Society for the promotion of science (national agency of science and technology), affiliating and sponsoring local research centres of both the WDEA and Hutori, generating projects in common, exchanges of bibliographic-didactic material and research works between both. 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 3: 𝙀𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙘 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔 - The Governments of the respective nations of the WDEA and Hutori will cooperate for productive and social investment. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐁 -The credits will be executed under the coordination of development and domestic investment institutions of the WDEA (and Hutori) and will require that Hutori (and the WDEA) open an account in such institutions and comply with the minimum requirements. ◙ The aid international agreements will be carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the body that it designates. ◙ The Governments of the respective nations of the WDEA will commit not to seize, freeze, confiscate or close accounts of the Government of Hutori and vice-versa. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂 - Hutori and the WDEA are obligated to inform each other about the bank accounts of individuals, organisations and/or companies from the other nation/economic area in financial institutions in their jurisdiction, thus allowing for taxation of said accounts 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐃 - Both countries agree not to expropriate, close, liquidate transnational companies (based in the other signatory country) for a minimum of 10 years since the original investment, or expansion about 15% and to avoid these practices with these companies. 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄 - For the resolution of any disputes between companies and the host countries, the signatory nations accept to recognise to the investors the right: ◙ to demand and carry out friendly consultations between the parties. ◙ to apply to the judiciary of the host nations if the friendly consultations failed. ◙ to submit to international arbitration the dispute after 18 months from the beginning of the dispute process. About the international arbitration the signatory countries accept to satisfy the claiming investors bringing the issue to face an Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS), an international public law trade arbitration court in front of which the investors will be able to bring to trial the dispute. The Parties shall agree to choice jointly a judge to conduct the trial and are free to choice their legal representatives (one for each party) . The ISDS will be governed by the International Public Law and the International Trade Law. The host countries undertake to consider binding the judgements given by the arbitration. 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 4 - 𝘽𝙞𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔 - The WDEA and Hutori both guarantee the free movement (including the exemption from taxes, duty and fees) of these products or services provided by companies of both WDEA and Hutorian origins:- 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙞𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙪𝙛𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 Software, security, Cars, chemical products, crude oil, natural gas, planes, polymers, telephones (including smartphones, laptops, PCs and consumer goods), Medical service and supplies, pharmaceutical drugs, weapons and military products, satellite services (included licenses about exploration and exploration with Peaceful Uses Outer Space), international Shipping (e-commerce included), air-travels (open skies policy for airlines), sea-travels, train service, capital goods, ICT systems and services, financial services and media service. 𝘼𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 5 - 𝙒𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙊𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙊𝙪𝙩 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔 - 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝘂𝘁 Should any of the nations of the WDEA or Hutori dictate it necessary that they should no longer be privy to the articles of this agreement and thus would request to be excluded from the business being conducted through/within this agreement, the nation in question should inform the respective parties of a decision to withdraw or opt out of the articles of the agreement. |
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Debate
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| Date | 19:37:46, January 13, 2020 CET | From |  Hutori Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Members of the committee, As chair of the committee, I have extended invitations to both Charles Thompson, Associate Minister of Foreign Affairs for Dovani Affairs and Patricia Campbell, Deputy Minister of International Trade. They are invited to speak on this trade deal and answer any questions members have. Hon. Linda Glover Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Date | 20:05:33, January 13, 2020 CET | From | Government of Hutori | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Members of the Committee As the Foreign Affairs lead on this file, when it originally started, I have worked closely with my colleague, Mr. Thompson, to move these talks along. Thanks to rapid changes in Parliament this talks of course stalled. We will gladly answer any questions that we can, though I will of course note that two specific provisions will require others, which I will of course highlight. In the interim I will go through the Sections one at at time to highlight benefits and provisions. Article One, Section A, We may need to have someone from the Department of Justice weigh in on this, confirming that the laws in the beneficiary nation do not clash with our current laws on extradition, though I will note that Hutori and Kazullia, the leading nation of WEDA, already have an ongoing extradition treaty and have had for many years. I will allow my colleague to speak on Section B & C for diplomatic reasons. Section D is an interesting case, we are free and clear on 3 subsections, however the point on Child Labour could be a sticking point. Currently child labour is on the books in Hutori, with Child Labour being defined by the Department of Economical Development's Labour Relations Department, as any Hutorian resident underneath the age of the majority, sixteen in this case, having employment. Now I'm aware that additional measures were supposed to be put in place, however I can speak as to whether or not the Department of Economical Development ever put these into effects or what they were to look like. Article 2 as a whole is an excellent resource, and the Hutorian International Development Corporation does offer grants and scholarships to international students, though it's been primarily designed for developing nations. University and student exchanges are a simple matter of speaking to the universities and colleges directly, however scholarships, as they've been handed off to the provinces will be slightly more complicated. Joint Research is a simple enough matter, through the Public Research Agency, our national research agency underneath the Department of Science & Technology, along with a dozen other research agencies throughout Hutori. Some agencies may not want to be so free with their technology or research, such as the Centre for Viral, Biological and Medical Research and the Defence Department's Joint Defence Research Agency. Any questions thus far before I continue? Patricia Campbell Deputy Minister of International Trade |
| Date | 22:11:25, January 13, 2020 CET | From | National Progressive Union | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | OOC: The Trade & Industry Spokesperson for the NPU is James Hanes, he'll be sitting on this committee |
| Date | 22:16:46, January 13, 2020 CET | From | National Progressive Union | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | OOC: Also, Deputy Minister of Justice Maria Cook can be called as counsel on Article One if desired |
| Date | 22:17:07, January 13, 2020 CET | From | Government of Hutori | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Alright if you have questions feel free to jump in. Moving on to Article 3. There are no issues in theory, outside of the fact we have no local development agencies or aid Agencies. All Hutorian aid Programs are pushed through the Hutorian International Development Corporation. So there is nothing for domestic aid programs or initiatives at this time. Outisde of that however, the HIDC has no issues investing in WDEA's initatives as the primary area of investment for HIDC has been the developing world in Dovani. There is an issue with words in regards to Section C, it notes that we are obligated to inform the WDEA members of companies that make Hutori their home for income purposes, but there is nothing that states that the WDEA is obligated to inform Hutori of Hutorian companies that make their homes abroad in the case of taxation, though I'll note since we have a 0% Corporate Tax Rate at this time it's irrelevant, but may become necessary if we introduce one. There are no issues with Section D, and the only thorn we can possible see with Section E is the Investor-State Dispute Settlement mechanism. This will surrender our sovereignity on matters of this, but it seems a small price to pay for access to such a lucrative market. Under Article 4, Section A, we have an issue only with one good; military and defence technology. As the export of defence technology from Hutori requires authorization from the Departments of Defence, International Trade and Foreign Affairs, I would ask for an exemption for those goods alone. Any questions on any Articles, or to the issues I've brought forward? Patricia Campbell Deputy Minister of International Trade |
| Date | 00:34:01, January 14, 2020 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Members of the committee, To act on the concern of Ms Campbell, would the committee support proposing a change to Article 3 Section C? I propose changing the wording to "Hutori and the WDEA are obligated to inform each other about the bank accounts of individuals, organisations and/or companies from the other nation/economic area in financial institutions in their jurisdiction, thus allowing for taxation of said accounts." Does this work for the other members of the committee? Hon. Linda Glover Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Date | 01:13:39, January 15, 2020 CET | From | National Progressive Union | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Minister Glover, I would support such a change. And to the committee as a whole, If I may, would we be willing to revisit Article 1 Section D? I believe that adding the term "exploitative" before "child labour" may allow for our nation's laws of regulated teenage labor to remain uncompromised, while also upholding our nation's believe in opposing childhood slave labor. James Hanes International Trade Advisor for the NPU |
| Date | 02:14:25, January 15, 2020 CET | From | Hutori Party | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | Mr Hanes, I agree with your proposed change to Article 1 Section D. I will add the proposed changes to the draft. If there aren't any more changes that we believe need to be made, I will send off our revised version of the treaty to the WDEA for their approval. Hon. Linda Glover Minister of Trade and Industry |
| Date | 18:47:48, March 11, 2020 CET | From |  Moderation | To | Debating the OOC/RP: Committee on a Hutori-WDEA Trade Agreement. |
| Message | OOC: Archiving |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 248 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 97 | |||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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