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However, Clive Bairsto from Streetworks UK, the trade association for utilities companies, said there was no evidence of abuse of powers.

Last year, it signed a $100bn free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association - a group of four European countries that are not members of the European Union - after almost 16 years of negotiations.

"There are in practice very few hours at the moment in which gas does not set the price despite being a minority of the overall generation," said Adam Berman, director of policy at Energy UK, the trade association for the energy industry.

“They definitely seemed to be targeting agricultural workers and day laborers,” said Casey Creamer, president of California Citrus Mutual, the trade association for citrus growers.

The American Property Casualty Insurance Assn., a national trade association representing home, auto and business insurers, released a statement that called California’s current insurance regulations “outdated” and “too slow to respond to rapidly evolving conditions.”