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BY KEITH NUTHALL
CONSULTANTS Charles River has called on European Union (EU) member states to coordinate tax breaks they offer pharmaceutical companies for research, to maximise resulting benefits. A report ordered by the European Commission warns these could be frittered away if used to attract pharmaceutical companies from one EU country to another.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE JAPANESE government has warned that anticipated increased airspace capacity on the route between its Fukuoka air traffic control zone and that of Shanghai, in China, may not be available next year. Reduced vertical separation minimum (RVSM) services are being introduced on flight path A593 between Japan and China, but not on the SADLI section adjoining Chinese and North Korean airspace.…

Keith Nuthall
THE JAPANESE government has come under pressure from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office to cut landing and user fees at its major international airports. The call came in advice from USTR deputy Josette Sheeran Shiner, handed over to Japan foreign minister Ichiro Fujisaki, in Washington.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has been authorised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to impose retaliatory duties on US textile products for failing to scrap its Byrd Amendment law allowing payments of anti-dumping and countervailing duties to American companies making complaints sparking such tariffs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS a truly global criminal problem, it is only right that fighting money laundering is a key priority of the United Nations (UN). Its general assembly and key committees have made declarations and approved conventions on the subject, and its specialist agencies have also devoted time, money, specialist staff and energy to fighting the problem.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced Euro 5 million of spending to help France, Denmark, Greece and Italy promote local food products in the USA, Canada, Japan, Russia, China, Australia, Norway, Switzerland, Bulgaria and Romania.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS European Union (EU) debates reforms to its working time rules designed to make it harder for Britain to opt-out of this EU legislation, an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) report has claimed more Britons work excessive hours than other Europeans, with 15.5% of UK citizens working more than 50 hours a week, while in other EU countries the proportion ranges from 1.4% in the Netherlands to 6.2% in Greece and Ireland.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority panel has ruled additive pullulan PI-20 can be used safely in Europe to make encapsulated and coated-tablet form foodstuffs, or as flavoured edible films, such as breath-fresheners. It has been used in Japan for 20 years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority panel has ruled additive pullulan PI-20 can be used safely in Europe to make encapsulated and coated-tablet form foodstuffs, or as flavoured edible films, such as breath-fresheners. It has been used in Japan for 20 years.…