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BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTERNATIONAL pharmaceuticals companies will find it easier to export to China in the future, following the approval of its membership of the World Trade Organisation, a decision that was achieved by China making a wide range of concessions that will liberalise its commercial laws.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
Britain is the key source within the OECD countries for scientists and engineers working in America, according to the latest Science, Technology and Industry indicators published by the organisation. They show that 7,086 scientists and engineers from the UK are at present working in the US, followed by 5,351 from Canada, 2,298 from Germany and 1,843 from Korea.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
NEW international fishing deals are being developed by the European Union, which should allow fishing businesses to exploit grounds overseas while efforts are made to conserve stocking levels in Europe’s own territorial waters.

EU ministers have been asked to approve a deal negotiated by the European Commission with west Africa’s Guinea-Bissau, which will last until 2006.…

KEITH NUTHALL
IMPORT tariffs payable on fish products exported to China are to be cut, following the striking of an international deal allowing Beijing to join the World Trade Organisation. Officials at the European Commission’s directorate general for trade say that all fish exports to China will benefit from lower tariffs, though the reduction is not as great as for industrial goods.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE USA takes more scientists and engineers from Britain than from any other country in the western industrial world, according to the latest Science, Technology and Industry indicators published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The report shows that 7,086 scientists and engineers from the UK are at present employed in the US, followed by 5,351 from Canada, 2,298 from Germany and 1,843 from Korea.…

Keith Nuthall
FURTHER details have emerged about the concessions in the textile trade that have been agreed by China to secure accession to the World Trade Organisation. According to an EU briefing paper, the right for foreign private firms to import silk directly from China has been confirmed.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
FOLLOWING last week’s (19/9/01) agreement on the terms of China’s accession to the World Trade Organisation, the way has been opened for British and other retailers to set up wholly owned enterprises in the world’s most populous country.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SIGNIFICANT opportunities for British and other law firms to practise in China have been opened up following agreement by the Chinese government on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation. The European Commission said there was “great demand” for legal services from western firms as China enters international markets on an unrestricted basis for the first time.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
SIGNIFICANT opportunities for British and other ceramic exporters have opened up in China following Beijing’s agreement to the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation. Under the deal, China has agreed to reduce tariffs on 11 key ceramics products from between 24.5 and 35 per cent to between 10 and 15 per cent by 2005, including ceramic and porcelain tiles and ceramic tableware.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A later briefing paper issued by the European Union also confirmed that the accession deal involved China conceding the right for foreign private firms to import silk directly from China. In the past, this has been subject to a state run export monopoly.…