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WTO LIBERALISATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent engineers and their firms from working in foreign countries. Its detailed suggestions were made in the ongoing WTO services round, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…

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WTO LIBERALISATION



Keith Nuthall
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent accountants from practising in foreign countries.

Its detailed suggested were made in to the ongoing services round of the WTO, in Geneva, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…

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HEALTH LABELS



BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN House of Commons could have paved the way for the introduction of warning labels on bottles and cans of alcoholic drinks, after government and opposition MP’s voted overwhelmingly 217 to 11 in favour of using the health warnings.…

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NEW WORLD WINES



BY MONICA DOBIE
EUROPE, in wine terms, has pedigree. It is, after all, the home of the longest established commercial wine-making tradition. But these days, its primacy is being challenged by colonial upstarts, in the shape of New World vineyards, and guess what; the new kids on the block seem to be ganging up on the oldsters.…

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FAO - FOREST FIRES



BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL action plan to fight forest fires is being drawn up with the assistance of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation. Experts from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Ethiopia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and USA have been discussing proposals for a system involving mutual assistance and coordinated approaches to forest fire management.…

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WTO LIBERALISATION



BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent architects from practising abroad. Its detailed suggestions were made in the ongoing WTO services round, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…

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