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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).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE TALKS chairmen at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round talks on food liberalisation have lost patience with the big member governments trying to frame a deal behind the scenes, and will now draft take-it-or-leave-it proposals for the entire membership.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE TALKS chairmen at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round talks on food liberalisation have lost patience with the big member governments trying to frame a deal behind the scenes, and will now draft take-it-or-leave-it proposals for the entire membership.…

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).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ARGENTINA has formally requested the creation of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to rule on whether Brazil broke the WTO’s anti-dumping agreement when imposing tough anti-dumping duties on Argentine exports of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resins. Buenos Aires claims Brazil railroaded the tariffs through WTO-sanctioned legal procedures, ignoring commitments to properly consult with Argentine producers and carefully assess whether Brazilian PET manufacturer claims of cut-priced exports from Argentina actually held water.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has revealed the key G4 Group within the negotiations (the US, Brazil, European Union and India – loosely representing all WTO factions) were now “seriously engaged” and talking “about substance” regarding a final deal.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HOPES that the departure of former French president Jacques Chirac from the Élysée Palace would help create an opening for the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round have been dashed. New president Nicolas Sarkozy told northern France producers that he would insist on guaranteed subsidies protecting French meat and other specialities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round has said the USA will have to reduce its overall food production subsidies to secure agreement in the global commerce talks. In his first formal paper since the round was temporarily suspended last July, chairman Crawford Falconer said, quite bluntly: “It is frankly inconceivable that the US will come out of this negotiation with an entitlement to spend more on overall trade distorting domestic support than it had when it came in.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CONSTRUCTION of an energy-efficient sugar ethanol plant near São Paulo, Brazil, is being backed by a US$35 million lent by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. The Vale do Parana plant is a joint-venture of Brazil’s Unialco, Columbia’s Inversiones Manuelita and Guatemala’s Pantaleon Sugar Holdings.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CONSTRUCTION of an energy-efficient sugar and ethanol plant near São Paulo, Brazil, is being backed by a US$35 million lent by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation. The Vale do Parana plant is a joint-venture of Brazil’s Unialco, Columbia’s Inversiones Manuelita and Guatemala’s Pantaleon Sugar Holdings and will produce 141,000 meters of raw sugar annually.…