Translation of "Banque spécialisée dans l'escompte d'effet de commerce " (French → English) :

The United Nations, and not the European Union, is the arena in which to pursue an international arms trade treaty and it must include as many countries as possible, and particularly China, if it is to have the desired effect.

E-commerce and electronic banking are dependent on secure communications via the Internet.

Risk-sharing between banks and investors in the private sector and public financial institutions specialised in SMEs, or through mutual guarantee societies, is an efficient way of leveraging scarce public funds and has proved to be successful in increasing funding for business start-ups.

More generally, the EU should play an active part in establishing an international dialogue bringing together the ILO, the WTO, UNCTAD and the World Bank, with a view to examining the possibilities for optimising the positive social effects of the liberalisation of trade and investment.

[2] Dutch banks could though receive notes earlier if they so requested, as could banks and large sales outlets in France.

This is the case, for instance, with the liberalisation of services (postal services, electricity, transport, telecommunications), consolidation of the internal market (banking, insurance, construction, telecommunications), Community policies (agriculture, fisheries, transport), strengthening of competitiveness in a globalised economy (textiles, clothing, footwear and leather), professionalisation and the quality of work and services (private security, industrial cleaning and personal services), and the effect of new technologies on work organisation (telecommunications, commerce) ...[+++].