These are: inland waterways, the promotion of the Irish and Ulster Scots languages, food safety, aquaculture and marine matters, trade and business development and special European Union programmes.

BBC: Paisley: Embryo all-Ireland government

They will implement all-island laws on inland waterways, the promotion of the Irish and Ulster Scots languages, food safety, aquaculture and marine matters, trade and business development and special European Union programmes.

BBC: Historic day for north-south council

With regard to the problem of poaching of and illicit trade in endangered and protected wildlife and living marine resources, ASEAN welcomed U.S. support in combating illicit trade in wildlife, and both sides agreed to explore future cooperation in this area.

WHITEHOUSE: Joint Statement of the 4th ASEAN-U.S. Leaders' Meeting

As has been thoroughly documented by Lawrence Kogan of the Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development, the marine environmental protection requirements emanating from LOST are rooted in the European-derived "precautionary principle, " a legal tenet requiring assurance that a proposed action will cause no harm to the environment before proceeding.

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