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The Copper and Brass Fabricators Council is a non-profit membership trade association open to any person, firm, or corporation engaged in the fabrication or production in the United States of products made, in whole or in part, from copper or copper alloys. Generally, the member companies are engaged in the production of copper and copper alloy sheet and strip, rod and bar, plumbing tubing ...
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Climate change
Climate change legislation failed to pass the U.S. Congress in 2009-2010, even though various legislative vehicles were introduced that would have restricted and placed a high cost on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases (GHG). Most contained so-called cap and trade provisions that would set a cap on permitted...
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Currency
Fundamental exchange-rate misalignment occurs when a foreign government engages in protracted, large-scale intervention in the exchange markets with the result that its currency is undervalued or overvalued on an inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted basis by at least 5 percent, on average, during a specified 18-month period. This misalignment distorts international trade by acting (a) as a subsidy that reduces prices on exports...
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