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  Department of Trade and Industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Technology, creating a new cabinet post of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
In 1983 the departments of Department of Trade and the Department of Industry were reunited.
The Department of Energy was re-merged back into the DTI in 1992, but various media-related functions transferred to the Department for National Heritage.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Department_of_Trade_and_Industry   (293 words)

  
 Department of Trade & Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Department of Trade & Industry is to invest £90m in the commercialisation of nanotechnology over the next six years, and expects universities and industry to collaborate in their research.
The Department of Trade & Industry is to publish plans for the development of a major renewable energy industry in Scotland, with cables connecting wind farms and hydroelectric dams in northern Scotland to cities across the country.
The Department of Trade & Industry is to provide £5m of funding to encourage collaboration between the UK and US in biotechnology and medical research, which will help UK scientists find new partners and set up a training programme for the commercialisation of the research.
www.ukbusinesspark.co.uk /dey02102.htm   (968 words)

  
 Department of Trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Board of Trade was merged with the Ministery for Technology on 15.10.70 to form the Department of Trade and Industry.
The Department of Trade was recreated on the 4.3.74 after the demerger of the DTI.
The Department of Trade merged with the Department of Industry after the 1983 General Election.
www.psr.keele.ac.uk /table/york/Trade.html   (87 words)

  
 Department of trade and industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department.The agencies responsible for the government of the United Kingdom consist of...
The Oil and Gas Directorate of the Department of Trade and Industry is responsiblefor maximising the economic benefit to the United Kingdom of its oil and...
The Department of Trade and Industry is a United Kingdom government department.The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Quick Facts...
www.integralphotography.com /department-of-trade-and-industry.html   (922 words)

  
 THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY (1970-74)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
THE DEPARTMENT OF As well as unifying the trade and industrial policy functions of the Board of Trade with the Ministry of Technology, the new Department also took over responsibility for government policy towards monopolies and mergers from the Department of Employment.
The Department of Energy was established on 8 January to discharge the functions and responsibilities of the government in relation to energy resources, thus creating a new Department from the energy divisions within the Department of Trade and Industry.
After the general election the Department of Trade and Industry was split on 5th March to form three new Departments: Department of Trade; Department of Industry and the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection.
www.consumer.gov.uk /history/dti.htm   (224 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Department of Trade and Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Board of Trade was a body the government of the United Kingdom, originating as a committee of inquiry in the 17th century and evolving gradually into a government department with a diverse range of functions.
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety.
The Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was a short lived United Kingdom government department created by the incoming Labour government in 1974 when the functions of the Department of Trade and Industry were divided between three new departments; (the Department of Trade, the Department of Industry and the Department...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Department-of-Trade-and-Industry   (804 words)

  
 Trade Mark Department
Specialised trade mark conferences and seminars are an important source of information on trade mark issues such as antidilution, licensing, cross-border injunctions, domain names, parallel importation and comparative advertising, and members of our firm are frequent participants at these events, often as speakers.
As trade mark attorneys, it is our role to advise and assist our clients along each step of the way from the selection of a suitable mark, to its clearance for registration and use and its protection in the markets of present and potential future interest.
One of the principal reasons for obtaining a trade mark registration is to allow the trade mark owner to use his mark in relation to his goods or services to the exclusion of competitors who may seek to compete unfairly or counterfeiters who indulge in criminal activities.
www.jenkins-ip.com /serv/t_trad02.htm   (2567 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE (1974-1983)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The new Department assumed responsibility for general overseas trade policy, commercial relations and tariffs, including those aspects of relations with the EEC.
Following the general election, on 3rd May the Department of Prices and Consumer Protection was abolished and its responsibilities transferred to the Department of Trade.
Following the general election, on 11 June, the Prime Minister announced that the Departments of Trade and Industry would be merged to form the Department of Trade and Industry.
www.consumer.gov.uk /history/trade.htm   (135 words)

  
 Department Of Trade And Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
And when he is not racing between his office at the Foreign Office and his rather less grand office at the Department of Trade and Industry, he is learning...
Department of Trade and Industry: Broadcast Advisory Note...
In a study released last year, the Department of Trade and Industry predicted that call centres will recruit a further 200,000 by 2007, taking total employment...
www.wikiverse.org /department-of-trade-and-industry   (296 words)

  
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Applications submitted to the Department of Commerce for the export of certain biological agents are generally referred to the Department of State and the intelligence community on a case-by-case basis.
Certified trade missions may use the seminar format, the exhibit format, the traditional trade mission format, or a combination, such as a seminar/mission or exhibit/mission.
The two primary trade effects of a customs union are: (a) trade creation -- the shift from consumption of domestic production toward consumption of member imports and (b) trade diversion -- the shift from trade with non-member countries in favor of trade with member countries.
www.ntia.doc.gov /lexcon.txt   (18574 words)

  
 Department of Trade and Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The department was first formed in 1970 with the merger of the Board of Trade and the Ministry ofTechnology, creating a new cabinet post of Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
In January of 1974,the department's responsibilities for energy production were transferred to a newly created Department of Energy.
In 1983 the departments of Department of Trade and the Department of Industry werereunited.
www.therfcc.org /department-of-trade-and-industry-91608.html   (140 words)

  
 Secretary of Commerce & Trade Michael Schewel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Each of the 14 Commerce and Trade agencies actively contributes to the Commonwealth's economic strength and high quality of life.
For information on housing concerns, the Department of Housing and Community Development is a good starting point.
Department of Business Assistance can help you with small business counseling, access to capital, workforce training and business problem solving.
www.commerce.virginia.gov   (263 words)

  
 UK government responds to Christian Aid trade campaign
The creation of an open and fair rules-based trading system that fulfils its potential to contribute to the reduction of poverty in poorer countries is at the heart of the Government's international trade policy.
There is a considerable volume of evidence to show that on average, the poor benefit from increased trade openness in the same proportion as richer households.
The detailed picture is mixed and the extent to which trade openness contributes to poverty reduction depends on broader economic and social circumstances and policies in each country.
www.christian-aid.org.uk /campaign/trade/0303govt.htm   (2387 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The key message was that the DTI is going in the right direction, but that the Department needs to continue to raise its effectiveness to a consistent standard across the whole Department and to publicise its successes.
He added that the associated activities, such as developing the DTI’s PSA structure for SR2004 and working on its business support and innovation strategy gave the Department great strength and opined that one of the strongest parts of the DTI was its regulatory factor, with the Department having a strong reputation in economic regulation.
He explained that there were a number of departments in a similar “turnaround” position as the DTI and suggested that the problem of reputation is, to a large extent, one of public perception.
www.lowpay.gov.uk /SMD3/EB_mins_271103.htm   (1469 words)

  
 Board Of Trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The department became part of the Department of Trade and Industry in 1970, with the Board of Trade now remaining in existence only for legal reasons.
The position of President of the Board of Trade has become a secondary title of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry.
In 1621, King James I directed the Privy Council to establish a temporary committee to investigate the causes of a decline in trade and consequent financial difficulties.
www.wikiverse.org /board-of-trade   (414 words)

  
 Trade & Industry home page
The Department of Trade and Industry is the successor to the Department of Economic Development.
Whilst historically the Department would have dealt exclusively with economic activity generated within Gibraltar, it has of late become equally oriented towards the promotion of inward investment.
On satisfactory completion of the works a joint exercise is put in place with the Environmental Agency and the Fire Prevention Department to establish whether the new building is fit for occupation.
www.gibraltar.gov.gi /gov_depts/trade_industry/trade_index.htm   (549 words)

  
 Department of Trade and Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Department of Trade and Industry isone of the key agencies of the Philippine Government.
It is charged with promoting and economic and business environment conducive to the birth and growth of enterprises, and supportive of a fair and robust trade and goods and services both from within and outside the Philippines.
DTI is a coordination agency for all government activities that relate to trade, industry and investments; it is also promotional machinery to further trade and investment, as well as regulatory body to ensure that fair competition prevails.
www.esprint.com /~pointcebu/Contacts/dti.htm   (371 words)

  
 THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMB: Who is Ramzi Yousef? And Why It Matters - The National Interest, Winter, 1995/96
Indeed, one State Department official described the FBI'S unwillingness to share information as "the train wreck coming"--meaning that given the FBI's lack of expertise in international politics, there may well come a time when the Bureau will be sitting on information that, in the hands of others, could have been used to avert a disaster.
For if Saddam Hussein was behind it, then the Justice Department, in effect, has blinded the national security bureaucracies to a serious danger, namely the possibility that in the extreme Iraq might use biological agents, whether for terrorism in America or in the context of military' action in the region, possibly involving U.S. troops.
The lack of coordination between the Departments of Justice and State may have created a niche for terrorism within America's borders; while the lack of any adequate response to the two major bombing conspiracies may have already begun to undermine the credibility of the threat of deterrence.
www.fas.org /irp/world/iraq/956-tni.htm   (7399 words)

  
 Department of Trade and Industry -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The funding, once allocated, is available to the RDAs to spend as they see fit to achieve the regional priorities identified in their regional economic strategies and the challenging targets set by them in their Corporate Plans.
The objective of the New RDA Tasking Framework is to help Departments and the RDAs to work on regional priorities in a way that also serves national interests more effectively.
The GOs also have the responsibility of being the eyes and ears of Government Departments in the regions, in particular reporting on the performance of the RDAs to parliament through ministers.
www.consumers.gov.uk /rda/info   (1336 words)

  
 the dti/Home
This collective effort has to be located within the context of a developmental state that is integrated into the global trading system.
Mirage because for an example when a mother needs to send her children to school in January, she has no recourse but to borrow funds for school fees from friends and family.
In March 2004, the Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry set up a Steering Committee to look into the establishment of a Microfinance Apex Fund to address access to affordable financial services for the poor.
www.dti.gov.za   (642 words)

  
 Trade Directorate:Department   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The key objective of OECD work on trade is to support a strong, rules-based multilateral trading system that will maintain the momentum for further trade liberalisation, while contributing to rising standards of living and sustainable development.
The Workshop is convened jointly by the OECD Trade Committee, the German government and InWEnt, Capacity Building International, Germany.
After stagnating in the first quarter of 2005, merchandise trade volumes for the Group of Seven countries rose again in the second quarter.
www.oecd.org /department/0,2688,en_2649_33705_1_1_1_1_1,00.html   (844 words)

  
 T I P S - H o m e - Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies: Welcome
Trade and competition policy are at least at a theoretical level firmly part of this.
However in practice, in the cut and thrust of trade negotiations, and the legalese of merger filings this is often forgotten.
IPP is being challenged at the Competition Tribunal, and the Department of Trade and Industry is currently negotiating with various firms to limit its use.
www.tips.org.za   (1044 words)

  
 Department of Internal Trade
In practice, civil service within the DIT was also part of the Department of Trade Control, except for those civil servants which were in the Provincial Commerce Offices, they were transferred to the new Department of Economic Relations.
The duties of the DIT thus included the duties that were formerly the responsibilities of three departments: Department of Internal Trade, Department of Trade Promotion, and the Department of Trade Control.
On August 2003, the Department of Internal Trade was relocated from Maharaj road, Pranakorn District, Bangkok to Sa-Nam-Bin-Nam road, Bang-Kra-Sor district, Nontaburi province.
www.dit.go.th /eng/contentdetail.asp?TypeID=15&catid=101&id=309   (745 words)

  
 Trade Association Forum - Encouraging the development and sharing among UK Trade Associations
We aim to assist buyers, government departments, researchers, the public and other enquirers wishing to access information about UK trade associations and business sectors.
The Trade Association Forum invites members to its Christmas Reception which will be held on 19 December at Centre Point from 16.00hrs.
On 23 August the DTI issued a consultation on whether Part 9 of the Enterprise Act 2002 should be amended to allow for information to be released for the purposes of civil court proceedings.
www.taforum.org   (402 words)

  
 DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A lot of work is already in hand across the Department to better link to the Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) however the regional agenda needs to be pushed wider and deeper, and we need to move faster on it.
A sense of Realpolitik was urged: for the Department to use the levers available and to work with other government departments to help the RDAs, and to be clear about what the Department can and can’t deliver on.
In addition, it was cautioned that the Department should push to ensure that there is a real balance in the partnership otherwise it could fail.
www.lowpay.gov.uk /SMD3/EB_mins_181203.htm   (928 words)

  
 DTI pushes into global economy - SouthAfrica.info
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) offers a variety of services to those interested in establishing or conducting business in South Africa.
The Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA) agency works under the umbrella of the Department of Trade and Industry to provide a one-stop shop for investors and exporters at a national level.
Khula is a limited liability company with Department of Trade and Industry as a major shareholder.
www.safrica.info /doing_business/investment/agencies/dti.htm   (582 words)

  
 Department of Trade   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Department of Trade, Commerce and Industry was established under legislation enacted in 1990 and amended in 1994 with a specific mandate to promote and encourage private sector investment.
All enquiries concerning trade and investment may be directed to TIPU in the first instance.
However, due to Samoa's pending membership of the World Trade Organisation, investors are advised to contact the Department of Trade, Commerce and Industry regarding the latest official position concerning trade with these markets.
www.tradeinvestsamoa.ws /investing_in_samoa/sector_studies/coconut/promococo.htm   (4752 words)

  
 Department of Trade and Industry   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Department of Trade and Industry had its beginnings on June 23,1898 when President Emilio Aguinaldo formed four government agencies, namely the Departments of Navy, Commerce, Agriculture and Manufacturing.
Prior to EO 94, the Bureau of Commerce was tasked to develop and promote the country's trade and industry, under the overall supervision of the Department of Agriculture and Commerce (Act 4007 on December 5,1932 by the Philippine Legislature).
On June 2,1975, the Department of Trade was created under PD 721 to pursue efforts of the government toward the strengthening of the country's socio-economic development, particularly in the area of commercial activities.
www.dti.gov.ph /contentment/66/57.jsp   (604 words)

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