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CHINA DENIAL - WTO
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA has rebuffed claims that its cotton trading and production subsidy policies harm the export trade of west African countries. It released a statement following the tough attack at the World Trade Organisation on global cotton subsidies by Burkina Faso president Blaise Compaore; he named China as a country needing to liberalise its cotton industry.…
MOODIES REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ALTHOUGH air traveller numbers fell last year, with the civil aviation industry still reeling from September 11, the global travel retail market for perfumery and cosmetics grew by 7.2 per cent last year, the strongest performer of all duty-free shop goods.…
RADIOSPECTRUM CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union will call at the oncoming World Radiocommunications Conference, being staged by the International Telecommunication Union at Geneva, (June 9 to July 4), for the earmarking of spectrum promoting advanced mobile telephony and broadband Internet services.…
RADIOSPECTRUM CONFERENCE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union will call at the oncoming World Radiocommunications Conference, being staged by the International Telecommunication Union at Geneva, (June 9 to July 4), for the earmarking of spectrum promoting advanced mobile telephony and broadband Internet services.…
KYOTO REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report has warned that the industrialised world’s greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade, having stabilised during the 1990’s. Based on national government projections, the paper claims combined global warming emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by eight per cent from 2000 to 2010, (17 per cent over 1990 levels), despite measures already in place to limit them.…
KYOTO REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A KYOTO Protocol secretariat report has warned that the industrialised world’s greenhouse gas emissions will probably grow this decade, having stabilised during the 1990’s. Based on national government projections, the paper claims combined global warming emissions of Europe, Japan, the US and other highly industrialised countries could grow by eight per cent from 2000 to 2010, (17 per cent over 1990 levels), despite measures already in place to limit them.…
INDIA - IFC LOAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation of the World Bank is lending US$17.5 million in INDRupees to Indian textile company Alok Industries Ltd, allowing the Mumbai (Bombay)-based company to expand and modernise its facilities and meet growing demand from domestic and international customers.…
FRAMEWORK SIGNATORIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Heath Organisation announced that 40 countries and the European Union signed the new global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control within a week of it being agreed. Signatories included Britain, Spain, Iran, South Africa, Bangladesh and France.…
TAX POLICY CRITICISM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
PROPOSALS from the European Commission to exploit the oncoming imposition of International Accounting Standards (IAS) on all multi-nationals operating in the European Union (EU) to simplify tax returns have been attacked by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).…
CODEX MEETING
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GLOBAL food standards body Codex Alimentarius has opened its 26th ruling session, with representatives from its 169 country members debating standards for assessing the risk of foods created by biotechnology. These rules would cover issues such as pre-market safety evaluations, product tracing and post-market monitoring.…