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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has identified eight priority countries as sources of counterfeit goods as the focus of special diplomatic efforts to pressure their governments to deal with the problem. China, Thailand, the Ukraine, Russia, Brazil, Turkey, South Korea and Indonesia will receive encouragement and advice on fighting counterfeiting.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has confirmed that countries in its eastern Europe and central Asia area of focus are booming because of high oil prices. Its annual 2004 Transition Report says Russia and the Ukraine are experiencing “skyrocketing annual growth”, making the former Warsaw Pact the world’s second-fastest-growing region (up 6.1%), next to China and its southern neighbours.…

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.…

Keith Nuthall
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been told to monitor textile import flows into the European Union (EU) for one year after restrictive import quotas end on January 1, regularly alerting EU ministers to booms maybe harming European producers. The EU Council of Ministers may then approve temporary safeguard duties, especially against Chinese textile imports, hindering importers wanting a completely free hand under the incoming liberal World Trade Organisation regime.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been told to monitor clothing import flows into the European Union (EU) for one year after restrictive import quotas end on January 1, alerting EU ministers to booms maybe harming European producers. The EU Council of Ministers may then approve temporary safeguard duties, especially against Chinese clothing imports, hindering importers wanting a completely free hand under the incoming liberal World Trade Organisation regime.…

Keith Nuthall
EUROPEAN Commission trade officials have told their opposite numbers at a Beijing meeting that they will closely monitor any surge in Chinese exports following the ATC quota abolition in January. Brussels has threatened to use reserve safeguard powers to restrict imports in this case.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has lifted bans on exports from China into the EU of shrimps, farmed fish, honey, royal jelly and rabbit meat, after Beijing improved its anti-biotic controls in food production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA has resisted calls at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by its developing country competitors for special efforts to protect them from economic dislocation caused by January’s end of textile import quotas. Mauritius, Bangladesh, the Dominican Republic, Fiji, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and Uganda pushed at a WTO Council on the Trade in Goods for a WTO secretariat study identifying the likely problems and recommending solutions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE SUCCESSFUL defence of an American glue-maker’s intellectual property rights has been hailed by the US Trade Representative (USTR) as an example of a new anti-counterfeiting programme in action. USTR Robert Zoellick was launching STOP!, a comprehensive anti-piracy initiative, involving customs action, publicity and diplomatic efforts to freeze out counterfeiters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will spend Euro 855,000 promoting Portuguese wine in USA, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, China and Japan. The Portuguese government and private sources will also contribute to a total promotional budget of Euro 1.7 million over three years.…