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Excerpt: The Specialty Equipment Market Association, (SEMA), sponsored an April 2004 trade mission to China to investigate what it believes is a fertile business environment for its members in the world's fastest growing automotive market.
Excerpt: The 2005 National Export Strategy Report The U.S.?Jordan FTA entered into force on December 17, 2001. On January 1, 2004, FTAs with Chile and Singapore went into effect. Also in 2004, we concluded, and Congress approved, FTAs with Australia and Morocco. The United States has also completed negotiations on FTAs with Bahrain and five countries of Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua) and the Dominican Republic. The latter ag...
Excerpt: A Laboratory Guide to Method Validation and Related Topics Preface: An initiative in the UK to promote good practice in analytical measurement has identified six principles of analytical practice which, taken together, are considered to constitute best practice. The six principles which are described in more detail in a separate guide are: 1. ?Analytical measurements should be made to satisfy an agreed requirement.? (i.e. to a defined objective) 2. ?Analytical m...
Excerpt: Reliable analytical methods are required for compliance with national and international regulations in all areas of analysis. It is accordingly internationally recognized that a laboratory must take appropriate measures to ensure that it is capable of providing and does provide data of the required quality. Such measures include: // using validated methods of analysis; // using internal quality control procedures; // participating in proficiency testing schemes;...