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REGIONAL TRADE DEALS PROMOTE GLOBAL TRADE IN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE SECTOR
BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas; ALAN OSBORN, in London; KARRYN CARTELLE, in Tokyo; BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg; PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut; RACHEL JONES, in Caracas; MARK ROWE; and KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round being slow to proceed since its 2001 launch – and only this year approaching something resembling and end game – free traders wanting to encourage global commerce have looked to bilateral and regional trade deals.…
INTERNATIONAL BUTTER MARKET ROUND UP
BY KARRYN CARTELLE, in Auckland; LUCY JONES, in Dallas, Texas; MONICA
DOBIE, in Ottawa; and BILL CORCORAN, in Johannesburg
NEW Zealand has long retained a position of prominence in the global butter products
industry, despite the fact that competitors are always looking to seize export markets in
what is an increasingly competitive market.…
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COULD BE WIN REAL GLOBAL FREE TRADE AS WTO'S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the pharmaceutical industry might start to consider that a final deal could lead to the elimination of most import duties on drugs and medicines, traded worldwide.…
BOTTLES WATER AND FRUIT JUICE CONSUMPTION BOOM FUELS GROWTH IN MIDDLE EAST DRINKS SECTOR
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut, and HELENA FLUSFELDER, in Jerusalem
THE DRINKS market in the Middle East continues to increase on the back of population growth, economic development, improvements in distribution and retail, and more aggressive advertising campaigns.
But like much of the rest of the world, younger and better educated market segments within the region are shifting away from carbonated soft drinks (CSD) towards fruit juices and bottled water as people become increasingly health conscious according to independent industry analysts and the drinks sector.…
ASIA COMMERCIAL CRIME UNIVERSITY EXPERTS ARE SMALL IN NUMBER BUT COMMAND VALUABLE EXPERTISE
BY GAVIN BLAIR, in Tokyo
THOUGH the number of academic specialists in commercial crime in the Asia-Pacific region may be fewer than in the US or Europe, many of the leading figures are both willing to work with corporate clients and have a great deal of experience outside the ivory towers.…
UNIVERSITIES EXPLORE NEW TEACHING OPTIONS IN VIRTUAL WORLDS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EVERY decade or so comes a technology that is so new, comprehensive, interesting, and damned useful, that it changes the way that we learn, have fun and do business. Think commercial air travel, the mobile phone and the Internet…..these…
OPENING OF LIBYA'S OIL SECTOR A BOON FOR ENERGY COMPANIES SEEKING NEW CRUDE SOURCES
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Tripoli and Beirut
THE OPENING up of Libya’s economy could not have come at a better time for international oil companies, which have been beset in recent years by dwindling easily accessible oil reserves, tighter controls over exploration rights and extraction, and heightened security concerns.…
GULF CAR SECTOR BOOMING, BUT WITH A FEW EXCEPTIONS SAY EXPERTS
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Kuwait City and Beirut
THE AUTO sector and market of the Middle East’s Gulf region experienced yet another boom year in 2007 on the back of high oil prices, a rising population and strong economic growth. But although sales were uniformly high among the six Gulf Arab states that make up the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwait had a noticeably slower year, particularly for American and European brands.…
SOUTH AFRICA STRUGGLES TO ENSURE SECURITY OF OIL AND GAS SUPPLIES
BY BILL CORCORAN, in South Africa
SOUTH Africa is in a race against time to ensure the country’s
burgeoning economy is not crippled by fuel shortages, forcing its oil and gas companies to innovate to ensure security of supply, notably from neighbouring countries.…
AL ZOUR: THE WORLD'S LARGEST 'GRASS ROOTS' REFINERY IS BEING BUILT IN KUWAIT
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Kuwait City
THE KUWAIT National Petroleum Company is pushing ahead with multi-billion dollar energy projects, recently green lighting a US$14 billion budget for the 615,000 bpd Al Zour refinery, the world’s largest purpose built facility of its kind.…