1. The only country to have its individual quota raised was the UAE. 2. Although the AFL-CIO has spoken out against raising the quota, it has focused its efforts on attaching provisions to the legislation that would protect U.S. workers. 3. Analysts estimate that, after the quotas are raised, most of this cheating will simply be absorbed into the new limits. 4. Analysts say Haixin should profit from decisions earlier this year in the U.S. and Europe to eliminate tariffs on toys and raise quotas. 5. Auto manufacturers raised production quotas for April to make up for lost days during the General Motors strike last month. 6. But high-tech companies, including many around Boston, asked Congress to raise the quota. 7. Crude oil prices could hold steady amid expectations that member nations of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, meeting in Jakarta beginning Wednesday, will consider raising quotas. 8. In fact, suspicious that this would lead to raising the quota, the workers used an elaborate protocol to keep their output a little below it. 9. Increased U.S. oil supply comes just as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries meets in Jakarta to discuss raising export quotas. 10. Others are already producing close to the limits of their capacity, and so see little benefit in raising quotas. |