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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A BOOM in counterfeit clothing accessories being smuggled into the European Union (EU) has overshadowed a fall in the trade in fake sportswear, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 30 million items of clothing and accessory fakes last year, up 175%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

IT could be said that preparation, preparation and preparation is the best way to deal with the European Union’s (EU) chemical control system REACH, and maybe this is truer for the oil and gas industry than any other, because it is based on, well….preparations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE BOOM in counterfeit cigarettes being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is intensifying, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized 156 million packets’ worth of fake cigarettes in 2006, up 380% on 2005.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
CIGARETTE counterfeiters have borne the brunt of recent Chinese government efforts to curb the country’s rampant trade in fake goods. However, Beijing’s recent efforts to rationalise and modernise the country’s cigarette industry – by some measures, the world’s largest – have unwittingly aided the counterfeiters.…

BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
CIGARETTE counterfeiters have borne the brunt of recent Chinese government efforts to curb the country’s rampant trade in fake goods. However, Beijing’s recent efforts to rationalise and modernise the country’s cigarette industry – by some measures, the world’s largest – have unwittingly aided the counterfeiters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE BOOM in counterfeit goods being smuggled into the European Union (EU) is continuing, according to the latest figures from the European Commission. It says EU customs officials seized more than 250 million fake items in 2006, compared with 75 million in 2005 and 100 million in 2004.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States is challenging China at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), asking a disputes panel to order Beijing to tighten its “inadequate protection of copyrights and trademarks”. The US Trade Representative office claims that China’s “excessively high legal thresholds for launching criminal prosecutions offer a safe harbour for pirates and counterfeiters,” breaking Chinese commitments under the WTO’s Trade Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in Westminster
ENERGY experts, officials and politicians from around the word have told a senior London conference ‘The New Politics of Energy: Europe in a Global Context’ how with rapidly global energy markets changing rapidly at present, the European Union is becoming more disadvantaged in coping with the coming new realities.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Dubai
THE CLOTHING market in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is experiencing stellar growth on the back of rising consumer spending, a surge in tourists, and 145% growth in retail space as new malls and shopping centers spring up.…

BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas
Five years after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre a major overhaul of Nevada’s anti-money laundering laws has effectively transferred regulation of the gambling industry from state to federal hands. From July 1st this year, casinos in Nevada will have to abide by the federal statute, Title 31, instead of Regulation 6A, a state law, which has been in place for more than 20 years.…