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USA VOX POP – GLOBAL WARMING
BY MONICA DOBIE, in New York QUESTION GLOBAL warming is destroying the ice cap habitat of the Arctic’s iconic polar bear. Recently, the Bush administration proposed that the polar bear should be added the US ‘threatened’ species list because warming temperatures are melting ice flows where bears hunt seals.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS LEATHER COMMERCE GAINS FROM ASIA TRADE DEALS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will dramatically boost commercial activity in the leather industry if the agreements are passed, claims a study by Copenhagen Economics for the European Commission.…
ABSOLUT VODKA BRAND DIRECTOR LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM
BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm
Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.
*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?
Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…
WTO LAUNCHES INDIA WINE, SPIRITS DUTY PANEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has created a disputes panel to rule on the vexed question of whether India’s import duties on wines and spirits are so punishing, they break WTO rules. The panel will hear complaints from the United States, whose drinks industries have long chafed at the aggregated duties that range between 150% and 550%.…
WTO CREATES DISPUTES PANEL TO RESOLVE INDIA SPIRITS ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has created a disputes panel to rule on the vexed question of whether India’s import duties on wines and spirits are so punishing, they break WTO rules. The panel will hear complaints from the United States, whose drinks industries have long chafed at the aggregated duties that range between 150% and 550%.…
ABSOLUT VODKA BRAND DIRECTOR LOOKS TO THE FUTURE WITH OPTIMISM
BY MARK ROWE, in Stockholm
Interview with Anna Laestadius, Director Global Brand, Absolut Vodka.
*How would you describe the market for Absolut at the moment?
Absolut grew by seven per cent worldwide in 2006, from what we viewed as an already strong position, to a total volume of 89 million litres (2005, 83 million litres).…
INTERNATIONAL ROUND UP - GUINEA BISSAU FISHING ACCESS AGREEMENT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has signed another fishing access deal with a weak African state – this time with west Africa’s Guinea Bissau, which has recently been criticised for being a staging point for Europe-bound illegal narcotics from south America.…
US INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE CALLS FOR MORE FDA POWERS OVER SMOKING
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE USA’S Institute of Medicine has called for the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be given more regulatory power over the marketing, packaging, and distribution of tobacco products in America, to curb the current smoking rate of 21%.…
WTO LAUNCHES INDIA WINE, SPIRITS DUTY PANEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has created a disputes panel to rule on the vexed question of whether India’s import duties on wines and spirits are so punishing, they break WTO rules. The panel will hear complaints from the United States, whose drinks industries have long chafed at the aggregated duties that range between 150% and 550%.…
US INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE CALLS FOR MORE FDA POWERS OVER SMOKING
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE USA’S Institute of Medicine has called for the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be given more regulatory power over the marketing, packaging, and distribution of tobacco products in America, to curb the current smoking rate of 21%.…