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SUPPORTERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION REGISTER PUSH FOR APPROVAL AHEAD OF DOHA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round moves towards completion, a big push is underway to see a wine and spirits geographical indication register established within final deal. A WTO special group for the issue met yesterday (Mon Dec 3) and supporters of the register pushed for full negotiations on the issue, ending technical discussions that have dragged on for years.…
ITALIAN HAM PRODUCERS SCORE MARKETING AID FROM EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ITALIAN ham and cheese producers are amongst the biggest beneficiaries of the latest funding from the European Commission to promote sales of European Union (EU) food and drink products outside the EU. Manufacturers of prosciutto and parma ham, and parmigiano cheese will get a large share of Euro 1.78 million in subsidies over three years.…
JAPAN AUTO MANUFACTURERS PUSHING INTO RUSSIA
BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo
WITH the start of production at its new automotive plant in the Shushary district of St. Petersburg on December 21, Toyota will become the latest Japanese car manufacturer to set up shop in a market it says has "tremendous potential" and is looking forward to the roll-out of the first Russian-built Camry.…
SUPPORTERS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATION REGISTER PUSH FOR APPROVAL AHEAD OF DOHA DEAL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round moves towards completion, a big push is underway to see a wine and spirits geographical indication register established within final deal. A WTO special group for the issue met yesterday (Mon Dec 3) and supporters of the register pushed for full negotiations on the issue, ending technical discussions that have dragged on for years.…
ITALIAN HAM PRODUCERS SCORE MARKETING AID FROM EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ITALIAN ham producers are amongst the biggest beneficiaries of the latest funding from the European Commission to promote sales of European Union (EU) food and drink products outside the EU. Manufacturers of prosciutto and parma ham, will get a large share of Euro 1.78 million in subsidies over three years.…
THE MIDDLE EAST: A HUB FOR FAKE CAR PARTS
BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Kuwait
THE MARKET for fake car parts in the Middle East is rising at an alarming pace, now accounting for an estimated 30% of the region’s US$11 billion parts sector. In a recent Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report, the Middle East was highlighted as a central market in the US$16 billion global trade in fake auto parts, which is growing at an estimated 9-11% a year.…
WTO CONCERNS RAISED OVER REACH COMPLEXITY, AS CHEMICAL CONTROL SYSTEM GETS INTO GEAR
BY KEITH NUTHALL
DIPLOMATIC grumbles are emerging about the European Union’s (EU) REACH chemical control system, claiming its complexity could break EU commitments under the being made at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) technical barriers to trade agreement. A meeting of the WTO technical barriers to trade committee heard Argentina, Brazil, the USA, South Korea, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, Chile, China, Mexico and Thailand raise concerns that REACH could impose illegally difficult tasks on exporters.…
COUNTERFEIT AUTO PARTS ABOUND IN CHINA, BUT THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS COULD OFFER HOPE
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
THE PRODUCTION of fake car parts is experiencing a "period of significant growth" in China, according to an umbrella group of foreign auto makers in China. In a report, 88% of members of the Automotive Working Group of the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), a coalition of multinational companies battling intellectual property infringement in China, have estimated losses to counterfeiting or piracy of auto parts, amounting to 15% of their overall sales.…
ITALIAN WINE PRODUCERS SCORE MARKETING AID FROM EU
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ITALIAN wine producers are the biggest beneficiaries of the latest funding from the European Commission to promote sales of European Union (EU) wine outside the EU. The Italian Wine Union (UIV) will receive Euro 1.9 million over three years for marketing campaigns.…
COUNTERFEIT AUTO PARTS ABOUND IN CHINA, BUT THE INCREASING SOPHISTICATION OF LOCAL MANUFACTURERS COULD OFFER HOPE
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
THE PRODUCTION of fake car parts is experiencing a "period of significant growth" in China, according to an umbrella group of foreign auto makers in China. In a report, 88% of members of the Automotive Working Group of the Quality Brands Protection Committee (QBPC), a coalition of multinational companies battling intellectual property infringement in China, have estimated losses to counterfeiting or piracy of auto parts, amounting to 15% of their overall sales.…