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BY KENCHO WANGDI
THE BUDDHIST Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has imposed a nationwide ban on the sale of tobacco products starting December 17, 2004, making it the first country in the world to do so. Ban violators will be fined US$227 equivalent and shops and hotels engaged in tobacco sales will lose their business licenses.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FORMAL decision has been taken by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to abolish all remaining textile and clothing import quotas for World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries from January 1. It means 210 quotas affecting exporters from Argentina, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, Philippines, Taiwan, South Korea and Thailand will go.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has been authorised by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to impose retaliatory duties on US knitted 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 SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYKE
AIR India has predicted that its home country air cargo market will grow at seven per cent between 2002 and 2006, while the global air freight market should grow at 5.3 per cent.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYKE
PRIVATE airlines are expected to be given the right to operate flights from India, the Indian press has reported, claiming that the country’s directorate general of civil aviation has been authorised to issue such permits. Meanwhile India has exempted helicopters and small aircraft seating up to 80 people from paying landing charges.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has asked the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to extend definitive countervailing duties imposed on Indian exports to the EU of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film to Brazil and Israel. Brussels fears that Brazilian and Israeli companies are being used as fronts to funnel PET into the EU market, evading the duties.…

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 ALAN OSBORN
IS there a role for the insurance companies of rich countries to play in developing “micro finance” in the world’s very poorest regions? The question has become relevant following the launch earlier this month (November) of the International year of Microcredit 2005 by the UN’s Agricultural Fund for Development (IFAD).…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission (EC) has asked the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers to extend definitive countervailing duties imposed on Indian exports to the EU of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film to Brazil and Israel. Brussels fears that Brazilian and Israeli companies are being used as fronts to funnel PET into the EU market, evading the duties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
REPRESENTATIVES of 40 governments have heard how space technology can be used to boost drinking water quality worldwide. A conference organised by the Vienna-based United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs heard how satellites can aid groundwater monitoring, flood predictions, lake and river water movement assessments, and other key tasks.…