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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PLOTS RENEWABLES DIRECTIVE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is planning to propose a directive writing into European Union (EU) law the target accepted by EU ministers earlier this year that 20% of Europe’s energy be renewable by 2020.
Speaking to a Paris energy conference, EU energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said: “By the end of this year, I will table a new ‘umbrella renewables directive’.”…
EU MINISTERS DELAY GALILEO FUTURE FUNDING DECISION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have refused to give up on EU global positioning service GALILEO, telling the European Commission to draw up detailed proposals by September for initial funding by taxpayers. Whilst leaving an option to pull the plug, an EU Council of Ministers meeting has backed a communiqué that “reaffirms the value of Galileo as a key project”, and accepts its deployment will require “additional public funding”.…
WTO FOOD TALKS CHAIRMAN SAYS US MUST CUT FOOD SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA must reduce food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. Crawford Falconer said: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more” than the US$19 billion currently allowed annually.…
ISO OFFERS OIL AND NATURAL GAS SECTOR GOOD GLOBAL PRACTICE ADVICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OIL and gas sector was always a global business, and with world trade increasing and new reserves being opened up in all continents and oceans, it is becoming ever more international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…
WTO FOOD TALKS CHAIRMAN SAYS US MUST CUT FOOD SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA must reduce food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. Crawford Falconer said: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more” than the US$19 billion currently allowed annually.…
EU AND CHINA TALK TO AVOID TEXTILE TRADE PROBLEMS IN 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and China are negotiating an agreement on handling their trade in textiles and clothing, once outgoing World Trade Organisation (WTO) restrictions are removed on December 31, 2008, and special protections for EU producers end this December.…
NEW DELHI AIRPORT MOVES TOWARDS EXPANSION IN PRIVATE HANDS
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi
“India is a cultural unity amidst diversity, a bundle of contradictions held together by strong but invisible threads”: These words uttered by India’s first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru used to once greet visitors on a plaque mounted at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport.…
ABSOLUT VODKA BRAND DIRECTOR LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM
BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm
Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.
*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?
Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…
EU MINISTERS DELAY GALILEO FUTURE FUNDING DECISION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have refused to give up on EU global positioning service GALILEO, telling the European Commission to draw up detailed proposals by September for initial funding by taxpayers. Whilst leaving an option to pull the plug, an EU Council of Ministers meeting has backed a communiqué that "reaffirms the value of Galileo as a key project", and accepts its deployment will require "additional public funding".…
ISO OFFERS OIL AND NATURAL GAS SECTOR GOOD GLOBAL PRACTICE ADVICE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OIL and gas sector was always a global business, and with world trade increasing and new reserves being opened up in all continents and oceans, it is becoming ever more international. As a result, the need for common standards and practices, relevant to the industry, its suppliers and its customers is becoming increasingly important.…