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BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
INDIA has launched a study to mark and expand its sea boundary by an additional one million square kilometres, (400,000 square miles), beyond its existing exclusive economic zone, the country’s Daily News has reported. A seismic survey is being carried out by the National Institute of Oceanography, with a view to staking a claim by 2005 for extended maritime borders on the east and west coast of India.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
INDIA has launched a study to mark and expand its sea boundary by an additional one million square kilometres, (400,000 square miles), beyond its existing exclusive economic zone, the country’s Daily News has reported. A seismic survey is being carried out by the National Institute of Oceanography, with a view to staking a claim by 2005 for extended maritime borders on the east and west coast of India.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A GROUP of developing countries has said that progress towards creating differential pricing arrangements for pharmaceuticals should not undermine the right of their governments to authorise the emergency production of drugs, as well as parallel imports of low cost lines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INDIAN government has sought formal talks at the World Trade Organisation with Argentina over what it claims is discriminatory treatment of its pharmaceutical exports. The south Americans insist that for medicines to enter Argentina, they must have been made in a country included on one of two official Buenos Aires lists, linked to specific inspection regimes.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
DEMAND for ostrich leather, particularly from south Asia, has been one the result of the recent spread of foot-and-mouth disease across the globe, notably to Britain, Argentina, Uruguay, South Africa, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The problems have created a scarcity in the market for bovine leather and there have been industry reports from India saying that there has been a resulting good demand for printed leathers, especially ostrich leather print, reflecting positive opinions that it is distinctive and elegant.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo
THE FOOTWEAR group Floresheim has ended its leather contract with India, warning that it would not renew a purchase deal unless the Government in New Delhi takes measures to improve treatment of animals, the Press Trust of India has reported.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE, in Columbo, Sri Lanka
THE AIRPORT Authority of India, (AAI), is studying ways to speed the clearance of cargo through Indian airports because of concerns that it is taking an excessively long time. V.K. Duggal, Chairman of Scope Air, (Standing Committee on Promotion of Exports-by Air), said at a meeting in Chennai, that the AAI was studying ways of reducing the time cargo remained at airports, notably by providing facilities to major airlines to set up their own X-Ray machines.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Union and India have agreed that Brussels has until August 14, this year, to implement the rulings of the WTO disputes settlement body, that found that the EU had wrongfully imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of Indian cotton-type bed linen.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EAST Asian shipping companies are expected to receive a boost from the ratification by China of the Bangkok Agreement, making one of Asia’s oldest trade accords the world’s largest in terms of market potential.

With China joining the arrangement – which is based on shared trade preferences – it becomes the largest regional trade arrangement, opening up a market with a combined population of more than 2.5 billion, said the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, (ESCAP).…

KEITH NUTHALL
INDIA has launched formal talks at the World Trade Organisation over the imposition by Brazil of anti-dumping duties on its exports of jute bags, which New Delhi claims were erected in contravention of WTO rules.…