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US-VIETNAM DEAL
BY PHILIP FINE
THE US government has signed a bilateral textile pact with Vietnam that gives the south-east Asian country the most generous access to the American market ever granted in an initial two-country agreement, according to a critical American Textile Manufacturers’ Institute (ATMI).…
ASIAN E-LEARNING
BY MARK ROWE
THE SCHOOL textbook and related academic reading material has been a traditionally lucrative and never-ending market for publishers. But the growing phenomenon of e-learning is opening up new dimensions in this field across the globe.
The reason is the sheer scale of future need for education in developing regions, particularly in Asia where the potential numbers of higher education students is staggering.…
USTR PORK REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICAN pork exports are thriving according to a new report from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office. Overseas sales of swine, pork and pork products have increased three times in volume and 2.5 times in value since 1993, with the US now exporting more than 700 tonnes of pork worldwide worth over US$1.5 billion.…
ROAD SAFETY PLAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
INSURANCE companies have been asked to subscribe to a European Road Safety Charter, committing them to back measures reducing road accidents. The move is part of a seven-year plan to improve road safety in the European Union that has been launched by the European Commission; it aims to halve the number of people killed in road accidents annually across the EU from 40,000 to 20,000 by 2010.…
AFRICA OIL CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOVES to spread the wealth generated by the African oil industry amongst local populations have been debated at the 7th African Oil & Gas, Trade & Finance Conference, in Luanda, Angola. Co-organiser the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) promoted ways of transforming the industry “from its present status as a virtual enclave in which foreign companies absorb most of the gross revenue.”…
IMO COMPENSATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A HUGE increase in international compensation for oil spill victims will be made available via a new International Maritime Organisation coordinated fund. National membership will be voluntary, but will probably apply in Europe, as the plan was an EU initiative.…
LIBERALISATION DIRECTIVES - LATEST
BY KEITH NUTHALL AND ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has beefed up the powers and duties of the European Regulators Group to be established following the passage into the law of the European Union’s new internal market package for the electricity industries.…
EU SAFETY COMMITTEE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ESTABLISHMENT of a European Union Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work has been approved; it will help the European Commission prepare health and safety initiatives and boost cooperation between national health and safety administrations, trade unions and employers’ organisations.…
SWINE FEVER TESTS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU’s Community Reference Laboratory will evaluate a new classical swine fever discriminatory test, enabling pigs with a vaccine to be distinguished from those with the disease. It would also boost trade in pigmeat in affected areas and encourage the use of vaccines to protect pigs.…
EU SAFETY COMMITTEE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ESTABLISHMENT of a European Union Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work has been approved; it will help the European Commission prepare health and safety initiatives and boost cooperation between national health and safety administrations, trade unions and employers’ organisations.…