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EUROPEAN Union (EU) pharma companies are set to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada, with Canada liberalising its patent protection rules. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), Canada will lock its practice of providing eight years’ market exclusivity, with a six year block on applications for generic drugs, and a two-year ‘no-marketing’ period when generic manufacturers can prepare medicines for sale.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian plastics exporters are to benefit from a new free trade deal struck between the EU and Canada. Once the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been ratified (probably in 2015), it will lead to all existing non-food duties imposed on good traded between the parties being scrapped.…

CANADA’S international environmental reputation has taken a beating in the past decade, dropping out of the Kyoto Protocol and developing emissions-rich production oil sands for a world that is hungry for its energy products. But Canada’s Association of Certified Chartered Accountants (ACCA) is seeking to address that problem by encouraging environmental reporting, helping to set fiscal terms of reference for the country’s emerging clean energy economy.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Canadian confectioners can look forward to increasing their trans-Atlantic trade once a new free trade agreement between the EU and Canada comes into force, probably in 2015.

The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), announced on October 18, will remove most tariffs for confectionery and sweet bakery products imposed by both sides on each other’s exports.…

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has provisionally recommended that exposure levels to food consumers from the plastic packaging chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) be lowered sharply. This follows a review of more than 450 studies, which identified “likely” damage to consumers’ livers, kidneys and potential harm to mammary glands “linked to exposure to the chemical.”…

The European and Canadian steel industries have welcomed the recently agreed free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union (EU). Senior officials from both sides say their steel exports should rise as a result, especially from the mutual liberalisation of public procurement contracts.…

Given its location, political actors and recent history, Lebanon has long been under the international regulatory spotlight. The US Treasury’s fingering of the Lebanese Canadian Bank in 2011 for money laundering concerns rocked its financial sector. Beirut has since been scrambling to address any short-comings, while at the same time dealing with sanctions on neighbouring Syria.…

Canadian mineral products exporters are optimistic that the free trade agreement struck between Canada and the European Union (EU) last Friday will increase sales of Canadian minerals to Europe. The Mining Association of Canada supports the deal in principle, said its spokesperson Johanne Senécal.…

Canadian non-ferrous metal and metal product exporters are optimistic that the free trade agreement struck between Canada and the European Union (EU) last Friday will increase sales of Canadian metal to Europe.

Jeffrey Pierce, policy analyst for the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters organisation told Metal Bulletin: “To be able to remove tariffs and open a market of 500 million new consumers for Canadian mining and mineral organisations, that’s a tremendous opportunity,” he added.                                                                                                     …

For manufacturers looking for a cost effective fibre in current global markets, cotton prices are at last stabilising following the last few years’ price distortions and increases, said Mark Messura, US-based Cotton Incorporated’s senior vice president of global supply chain marketing.…