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THE COMPREHENSIVE Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the European Union (EU) and Canada has prompted hopes within the Canadian personal care industry that it can seize more future sales in Europe’s huge market. Industry figures told Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics that while they welcomed the duty reductions arising from the deal which was agreed in principle last October, what really encourages them is the prospect of regulatory harmonisation between the EU and Canada.…

White-collar professionals involved in UK organised crime will face up to five years in jail under a new offence promised in the Queen’s Speech, detailing the last legislative programme before a 2015 general election. Ministers hope to prosecute up to 200 lawyers, accountants and other professionals every year as a result of provisions in a serious crime bill unveiled today.…

The value of European Union (EU) exports of spirits and liqueurs dropped 1.6% in value last year after being the fastest-growing product group in 2012, according to the European Commission’s ‘Agricultural trade in 2013: EU Gains in Commodity Exports’ report. Whisky exports in particular dropped steeply – by EUR131 million.…

AN INDIAN pharmaceutical manufacturer is borrowing USD147.5 million from the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation (IFC) to boost production of affordable generic medicines, especially for poorer India consumers. Jubilant Pharma Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of India-based international pharma company Jubilant Life Sciences Ltd, manufactures in India, USA, and Canada.…

LIVE pigs imported from the USA and Canada will henceforth be tested for porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) to prevent the disease being introduced to Europe from north America.

The controls have been approved by the European Union’s (EU) standing committee on the food chain and animal health (SCOFCAH).…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released a new European Energy Security Strategy, aimed at further reducing Europe’s reliance on energy imports, notably on politically unreliable trading partners such as Russia.

Its new policy plan was to be debated at the next European Union (EU) summit (European Council) on June 26-27, in Brussels.…

A European Commission investigation into Fiat’s tax arrangements in Luxembourg has put the spotlight on alleged backdoor subsidies received by Europe’s automobile manufacturers and comes at a difficult time for the sector.

At the heart of the probe is the suggestion that Luxembourg authorities gave Fiat finance and trade an unfair advantage over other companies in a 2012  “tax ruling” that calculated the company’s taxable profits.…

US-based Baker & Taylor and Canada-based Whitehots Inc have agreed to cooperate in offering Canadian libraries and schools a one-stop, cloud-based platform to acquire and distribute print and digital material. “What was missing in the [Canadian] market was a Canadian company that was able to sell both print and digital materials to Canadian public and school libraries,” said Russ Culver, CEO of Whitehots.…

CANADA’S Torstar Corp has told the Bookseller that it was not looking to sell its stake in romance novel publisher Harlequin Enterprises Limited, but the offer from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp was too good to pass up.

Torstar spokesman Bob Hepburn said yesterday (Tuesday): “Torstar had not been looking to sell (Harlequin), it has been and remains profitable.”…

WHEN it comes to subsidies in the European Union (EU), the representatives of the fossil fuels industries and those of the renewable energy sources have long pointed the finger at each other about who receives more support from the public purse.…