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EUANTI-DUMPING DUTIES CHINA SHOE EXPORTS - EUROPEAN COMMISSION



BY ALAN OSBORN

European Commission officials confirmed today (Monday) that anti-dumping duties of around 20% on leather shoes from China and other Asian countries will be proposed this week. The move follows close monitoring by Brussels of sales from China and Vietnam over the past 12 months which found there was an average subsidy of 8.5 Euros per pair of shoes.…

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EUANTI-DUMPING DUTIES CHINA SHOE EXPORTS - EUROPEAN COMMISSION



BY ALAN OSBORN

European Commission officials confirmed today (Monday) that anti-dumping duties of around 20% on leather shoes from China and other Asian countries will be proposed this week. The move follows close monitoring by Brussels of sales from China and Vietnam over the past 12 months which found there was an average subsidy of 8.5 Euros per pair of shoes.…

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USA CHINA EU IMPORT QUOTA - POULTRY, VEGETABLES - EASTERN EUROPE EU EXPANSION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed opening 48 European Union (EU) import quotas for China and American foodstuffs, taking account of previous trade agreements with the 10 eastern and southern European countries joining the EU in 2004. China quotas cover rice and garlic, USA quotas – poultry, for instance.…

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CHINA NUCLEAR INDUSTRY EXPANSION PLANS - POLITICAL CONCERNS



BY DAVID EIMER, in Beijing

"Build nuclear power, enrich the people", proclaim the billboards at China’s Qinshan nuclear facility in the south-eastern province of Zhejiang. Qinshan, a 120 kilometres south of Shanghai, is the centre of China’s nuclear sector and home to five of the country’s nine operational reactors.…

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EFSA FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE - FMD - IMPORT AVOIDANCE ADVICE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has released practical guidance on how Europe can shore up its defences against the import of foot-and-mouth disease. With fresh outbreaks erupting in Argentina and cases continuing to occur in China and India, EFSA has declared: "With further globalisation, the resources needed to reduce the risk…will probably continue to grow".…

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CHINA VIETNAM SHOE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY



BY ALAN OSBORN

EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has formally proposed slapping anti-dumping duties on imports of leather footwear from China and Vietnam into the EU. He said the European Commission had found "compelling evidence" that shoes from these two countries were being sold at below production costs which is against world trade rules.…

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USA CHINA EU IMPORT QUOTA - POULTRY, VEGETABLES - EASTERN EUROPE EU EXPANSION



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed opening 48 food European Union (EU) import quotas for China and American products. The move has been negotiated with Washington and Beijing because of the EU’s incorporation in 2004 of 10 eastern and southern European countries.…

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CULTURAL TRADE IMBALANCE - UNESCO



BY KEITH NUTHALL

DEVELOPING countries are failing to exploit the demand for cultural products, says a UNESCO Institute for Statistics report, which notes Britain, the USA and China produced 40% of the world’s cultural trade products in 2002, while Latin America and Africa together accounted for less than 4%.…

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EU WTO ROUND UP



BY KEITH NUTHALL

NEW EFSA BOSS BUDGET ROW – LATEST ADVICE

THE FRENCHWOMAN appointed to take the vacant top executive director job at the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) will need all her political skills to solve a potential budget crisis facing the agency.…

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CHINA EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Bank has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with China’s finance ministry for developing a Clean Development Fund (CDF), funnelling pollution reduction revenues gained from emissions trading regimes into sustainable development. *http://www.carbonfinance.org

ENDS…

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