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CHINA-EU DRUG PRECURSOR DEAL



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the European Commission to negotiate an agreement with China that would enable both sides to cooperate in fighting the trade of chemical precursors used to make illicit drugs. Some of these are key ingredients used in the pharmaceutical sector.…

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IFC SIGNS US$50 MILLION CLEAN COAL DEAL WITH CHINA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is pumping US$50 million into a Chinese plant converting coal into dimethyl ether (DME), a liquid fuel significantly cleaner than its hard fuel source. It is investing US$10 million into China’s Xinao Group, while lending it US$40 million, to set up petrochemical plants using cheap coal from Inner Mongolia.…

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MIDDLE EAST BUCKS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPE IN LINGERIE SHOPPING BOOM



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.

Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops.…

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CHINA CHAMOIS LEATHER DEFINITIVE ANTI-DUMPING DUTY PROPOSED



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that definitive anti-dumping duties of 58.9% are imposed on imports into the European Union (EU) of chamois leather from China. Brussels has also proposed a provisional duty imposed since March be withheld and not retuned to Chinese exporters.…

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EU FRAMES SILICON CARBIDE DUTIES FOR CHINA, ABANDONS TARIFFS FOR RUSSIA, UKRAINE



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed re-imposing 52.6% anti-dumping duties on exports into the European Union (EU) of silicon carbide from China, while suggesting they are lifted for Russia and the Ukraine. Following a review into duties in place – at least formally – since 1986 – Brussels concluded for China, exporters were continuing to dump the processed mineral, and that "there is no reason to believe that this behaviour would change."…

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IFC SIGNS US$50 MILLION CLEAN COAL DEAL WITH CHINA



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is pumping US$50 million into a Chinese plant converting coal into 400,000 tons-a-year of dimethyl ether (DME), a liquid fuel significantly cleaner than its hard fuel source. China’s Xinao Group will use cheap coal from Inner Mongolia.…

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MIDDLE EAST BUCKS ISLAMIC STEREOTYPE IN LINGERIE SHOPPING BOOM



BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.

Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops.…

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CHINA STARTS FUEL-CELL BUS OPERATION IN BEIJING



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE FIRST public operation of a hydrogen fuel-cell bus in China has begun, plying an 18.2 km route in Beijing. A hydrogen-refuelling centre will also be fully operational by September. The UN Development Programme and the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) have supported the project, which will see three more fuel-cell buses operating in Beijing later this year.…

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CARIBBEAN CRACKDOWN ON CHINA ORIGIN SCAM: OLAF REPORT



BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE LATEST annual report from European Union (EU) anti-fraud agency OLAF has told how an unnamed Caribbean customs authority cancelled proof of origin certificates covering more than 21 million pieces of knitted textiles (mainly jerseys, pullovers and cardigans).…

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CHINA DIVERTS TEXTILE EXPORTS TO EVADE 'BRA WARS' AGREEMENT



BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHINESE exporters have been fraudulently routing clothing and textile exports via Hong Kong and South Korea to evade quota limits imposed last year, following the ‘bra wars’ spat with the European Union (EU). Swedish government figures claim Hong Kong clothing and textile exports to the EU rose by 234% in the past year, which would mean every Hong Konger was employed in the textile industry.…

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