Latest content added for UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service Reportshttps://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/collections/CRSR/browse/?fq=dc_language:eng&sort=default&fq=str_location_country:South+Korea&fq=str_location_country:Australia2015-05-29T05:37:21-05:00UNT LibrariesThis is a custom feed for browsing UNT Digital Library Collection: Congressional Research Service ReportsThe G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress2013-12-03T12:16:12-06:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc267832/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc267832/"><img alt="The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress" title="The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc267832/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the background of the G-20 (an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies) and some of the issues that it has addressed. It includes historic background on the work of the G-20, information about how the group operates, overviews of G-20 summits, major issues that the group is likely to address and the likely effectiveness of the G-20 in the near future. The members of the G-20 include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.</p>The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development2012-08-31T21:48:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/"><img alt="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" title="The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99122/small/"/></a></p><p>This report provides a background of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) financial crisis and the issues for Congress.</p>The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress2012-08-31T21:48:36-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99014/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99014/"><img alt="The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress" title="The G-20 and International Economic Cooperation: Background and Implications for Congress" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc99014/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the background of the G-20 (an international forum for discussing and coordinating economic policies) and some of the issues that it has addressed. It includes historic background on the work of the G-20, information about how the group operates, overviews of G-20 summits, major issues that the group is likely to address and the likely effectiveness of the G-20 in the near future. The members of the G-20 include Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.</p>Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition2015-05-29T05:37:21-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505479/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505479/"><img alt="Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition" title="Ballistic Missile Defense in the Asia-Pacific Region: Cooperation and Opposition" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc505479/small/"/></a></p><p>This report presents background information and discusses potential issues for Congress relating to U.S. ballistic missile defense (BMD) efforts in the Asia-Pacific region. These efforts pose several potential policy, funding, and oversight issues for Congress. Decisions that Congress makes on these issues could affect U.S. defense funding requirements and military capabilities, and U.S. relations with countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Australia.</p>The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues2012-06-15T10:07:48-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/"><img alt="The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues" title="The Proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement: Background and Key Issues" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc86556/small/"/></a></p><p>The proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a new agreement for combating intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement. The ACTA negotiation concluded in October 2010, nearly three years after it began, and negotiating parties released a final text of the agreement in May 2011. Negotiated by the United States, Australia, Canada, the European Union and its 27 member states, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, and Switzerland, the ACTA is intended to build on the IPR protection and enforcement obligations set forth in the 1995 World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS Agreement).</p>APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues2005-06-12T10:21:58-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs83/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs83/"><img alt="APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues" title="APEC - Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation: Free Trade and Other Issues" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs83/small/"/></a></p><p>As a result of an initiative by Australia in 1989, the United States joined with eleven other Asia/Pacific nations in creating APEC, the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization. This report discusses the annual Ministerial Meeting of APEC in Seattle, held from November 17 - 19, 1993.</p>APEC and Free Trade in the Asia Pacific2005-06-12T10:23:42-05:00https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs261/<p><a href="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs261/"><img alt="APEC and Free Trade in the Asia Pacific" title="APEC and Free Trade in the Asia Pacific" src="https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs261/small/"/></a></p><p>This report discusses the summit held by President Bill Clinton and other leaders of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on November 19, 1995. The report discusses the primary reason for the summit, an Action Agenda intended to lead to free and open trade and investment among its members. The report also discusses how APEC countries were divided on certain issues going into this summit.</p>