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BY MONICA DOBIE
International Chamber of Commerce

Anti-Counterfeiting Technology Guide

Pluses: The catalogue is a well-written comprehensive guide, which offers a general overview of technologies. It offers a thorough listing of manufacturing and suppliers of the products.

Minuses: Smaller companies may feel left out because much of the equipment would be better suited for the needs of large brand-owning companies with big budgets.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SO SWEEPING has been the foot-and-mouth tragedy in the UK, that British farmers might be forgiven for assuming that they have been singled out for retribution by the Almighty, in return for long forgotten sins.

This is far from being the truth, of course.…

KEITH NUTHALL
A DRAFT timetable for the setting up of anti-dumping and countervailing duties by the United States, on softwood lumber from Canada, has been released by the US International Trade Administration. It says that the American Department of Commerce will probably start inquiries on April 23, making a preliminary judgement on anti-dumping by September 10 and countervailing duties by June 27, a final judgement on November 26 and September 10, respectively, with duties being imposed on January 10 next year and this November 1.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SOUTH Korean government is continuing to bankroll its shipbuilding industry, allowing its companies to continue dominating this international sector, on the basis of unfair trading practices, a European Commission report has alleged. It noted that last year saw an significant expansion in shipbuilding orders worldwide, but that the 56 per cent rise in orders “benefited South Korean yards,” which increased their market share, rather than EU shipbuilders, whose share remained static.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
LOYOLA de Palacio, vice-president of the European Commission warmly welcomed today’s (Thursday) IMO agreement and confirmed that the 15 EU member states would implement their right to deny single-hull oil tanker access to their ports from 2015.

Mrs Loyola de Palacio, also European Commissioner for transport and energy, said that the EU had led the fight against marine oil pollution and was proud of its role in securing an international agreement which would make the seas safer and reduce the risk of oil spill catastrophes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SHIPPING companies will be able to source information about European Union research projects focusing on the computerisation of maritime transport systems, via a new Internet site. Managed by Brussels’ SWAN project, the site includes information on maritime research, technology and development projects funded by the European Commission’s Information Society Technologies Programme (IST).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a pre-requisite of successful policy making that public authorities need to have an accurate picture of the status quo, and also an effective way of measuring the results of reforms. Maybe nowhere is this truer than with the complex subject of sustainable agriculture and rural development.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced that it is to make a grant of Euro 2.5 million to the Yemeni government, allowing it to make improvements to its air traffic control systems. The money will be spent on repairs and replacement of inadequate communication and navigational equipment in the major Yemeni airports, the continuation of flight calibration of navigational aids to maintain reliability and compliance with international civil aviation standards and a training programme for the staff of the Yemeni Civil Aviation Authority.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ARABIC Internet Names Consortium has been set up, to establish domain names in Arabic characters and developing the computer coding necessary to make these addresses work and enable web browsers to negotiate their way through the net in the language.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Chamber of Commerce has released an anti-counterfeiting guide, describing the wide range of options that companies can take, when trying to protect products and packaging against counterfeiters, especially by using specialist inks and dyes.

These include overt and covert methods, about which the guide gives practical advice to companies as to which to employ in a particular situation.…