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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is preparing for a probable World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against India, where it would ask a disputes settlement panel to rule its spirits and wine import duties break Indian WTO commitments. Brussels officials said they want a liberalisation promise from New Delhi by Friday (17-11) and would otherwise lodge a request for formal talks with India – the first stage of a disputes proceeding.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

THE CONTROVERSAL Indo-US nuclear agreement on supplying latest technology and fuel to India’s civilian nuclear power plants finally got the approval from United States Senate last week.

However, in contrast to the House of Representative bill passed earlier this year, the Senate bill has added two clauses restricting re-export and insisting on the ‘end use monitoring’ on any transferred nuclear technology, which are viewed suspiciously in India.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has exempted from its standard free trade rules for a further six years countries involved in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme combating ‘blood diamond’ sales.

Its current waiver was to expire December 31 and protects trade restrictions undertaken by participating countries preventing rough diamonds being exported to non-signatory states.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH global trade ever increasing, and the power of brands to generate massive profits made starkly clear with every company report, the counterfeiting of goods is one of international organised crime’s major boom areas.

It is a serious problem for legitimate business, especially those based in developed countries with tough piracy controls, who are seeking to export to poorer countries where intellectual property crimes are a low priority.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

PEPSI and Coca-Cola India received temporary relief today when the country’s Supreme Court agreed to wait for a forthcoming government food-safety report and delayed the verdict in a controversial pesticides contamination case for two months.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH global trade ever increasing, and the power of brands to generate massive profits made starkly clear with every company report, the counterfeiting of goods is one of international organised crime’s major boom areas. The European Commission has been researching the threat posed from around the world.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INDIA has been branded a serious hotspot for counterfeit books, in a global European Commission survey of countries where product fakes are manufactured. The Commission’s directorate general (DG) for trade gathered information from companies, diplomatic missions and trade federations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHILE and India have been highlighted in a European Commission piracy survey as international blackspots for the counterfeiting of cosmetics and related products. Cosmetics companies "invoke frequent infringements of their design rights and utility models" in Chile, said the survey report, collated by the Commission’s directorate general (DG) for trade.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

"REFINERY Process Outsourcing" or simply RPO is an exciting buzzword in the otherwise hard-pressed Indian petroleum industry, as the term represents newly found and highly profitable venture of operating refineries to fulfil surging international demand.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi

FUEL reprocessing, inspection schedules, civilian/military separation and unilateral moratoriums versus bilateral commitments: the list of hurdles potentially hindering the Indo-American civilian nuclear cooperation deal, pending ratification by the United States Congress, is long. Varying interpretations and last minute amendments in the deal have shaken the Indian nuclear establishment and polarised political parties, problems that could derail the whole process.…