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[New] Under current law, US federal deficits will exceed $1 trillion in 2020 and each year over the next decade, and the national debt will soon surpass the size of the economy.
Local authorities will now be required by law to make sure all schools across England receive their minimum funding entitlements from next year.
In Europe major changes are afoot with the European Green Deal expected by March, providing the framework for energy developments over the next 30 years, with net-zero emissions by 2050 to be enshrined into law.
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is passing a law for protection of data in United States which will be effective by January, 2020.
The California Consumer Privacy Act was passed into law earlier in 2018 and will come into force in 2020.
Under current law, US national health spending is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.5 percent per year for 2018-27 and to reach nearly $6.0 trillion by 2027.
In 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) will take effect, giving users there the right to access their personal information, delete it, and opt out of its sale.
Under current US law, CBO projects that the budget deficit will exceed $1 trillion next year and continue to grow thereafter - averaging 4.7 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) over the next 10 years.
The ultra-responsive battery technology provides crucial enabling infrastructure that will allow us to meet the carbon reduction targets set in UK law in conjunction with the stated objective to withdraw all coal-fired generation by 2025.
National spending on health care would decrease modestly, by $22.6 billion or 0.6 percent, compared with current law in 2020.
A new California law is giving workers in the gig economy the right to a minimum wage: A similar battle will soon be underway in New York, where lawmakers are planning to take up gig worker legislation next year.
Under current law, CBO projects that US net interest costs will grow from 1.6 percent in 2018 to 3.0 percent in 2029, and will total 5.7 percent in 2049.
The United States must strengthen the rule of law, maintain a legitimate free-market economy and stand with economically powerful allies to meet challenges China will pose in decades to come.
The proposed US rules come as sales of CBD are expected to reach $13 billion this year, even as federal law tries to catch up with demand.
The 5th Money Laundering Directive has been passed by the European Parliament and will become law in the UK in early 2020.
Exchange tokens will be caught (along with other crypto assets) by the EU's 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive, which will be transposed into UK law by the end of 2019.
New Zealand's framework enshrines in law the new 2050 greenhouse gas reduction target and makes it a legally binding objective to keep global warming below a rise of 1.5 degrees Celsius forecast by the United Nations.
Going forward, China plans to introduce a new property tax law that could go into effect as soon as 2019, and could decrease the attractiveness of real estate as an investment, depending on its concrete formulation.
The debate on reinforcing the current EU toolbox to respond to systemic threats to the rule of law in Member States, launched by the Commission at the end of the 2014-2019 term, is expected also to figure on the EU institutions' agenda in the coming term.
The UK became the first G7 economy to put into law a commitment that Britain will reach net zero greenhouse gas emission by 2050.
Earlier this year, Putin signed a new law that could allow the government to cut access to foreign servers.
Although AB5, and its new ABC Test, is currently only the law in California, regional, national, and international companies with independent workers in California will need to take steps to come into compliance by the beginning of next year.

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Last updated: 18 February 2020