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BY KEITH NUTHALL
HEADS of government of the European Union taken unprecedented steps to crackdown on the financing of terrorist groups, following the attacks in the United States that have sparked the worldwide ongoing emergency military and financial response.

Notably, the public pressure resulting from the disasters have helped to break the political logjam stalling the agreement of long-debated reforms to the European money laundering directive.…

Keith Nuthall
BACKGROUND

IN traditional ‘old economy’ sectors the malpractice of ‘passing off’ is usually pretty tough to achieve. Setting up a shop or restaurant that looks similar to an established chain can entail a lot of expense and could end in a lawsuit preventing any trading going ahead, and maybe leading to a compensation order.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
KNITTED clothing and textile manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…

BY KATE REW
AMERICAN bra manufacturers are responding to growing demand from larger women who are no longer content to wear cumbersome, corset-like structures but would prefer flimsier, sexier bras which are both comfortable and flatter their fuller figures. For a long time this market, which stands at around 40 per cent of intimate wear and is growing all the time, has been overlooked, according to Joyce Baran, Vice President of Merchandising and Design, Liz Claiborne Intimates.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in Westminster
THE THIRD annual Information Security Solutions Europe conference has opened at the QE2 centre in London against a background of heightened tensions in the Internet community arising from the terror attacks on the US and a recent world-wide decline in investment in B2B activities.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FOREIGN companies will be able to hold 100 per cent ownership in hotels in China by March 2005, under the trade deal which led to Chinese membership of the World Trade Organisation being approved last week. Until now, international hotel groups have had to work with a Chinese partner in formal joint-ventures, as a condition of being able to trade in China.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
DETAILS on the agreement reached by China on the terms of its accession to the World Trade Organisation, thereby opening up the world’s potentially largest consumer market to international drinks manufacturers, distributors and retailers, have been revealed in a briefing paper.…

KEITH NUTHALL
AN EAST Asia Ministerial Conference on Forest Law Enforcement and Governance has accepted an unprecedented declaration committing their countries to combat illegal logging, associated illegal trade, and other forest crimes. The comminique said that this was the first ever international commitment by governments to combat corruption in the forestry sector.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
TAIWANESE authorities have decided to spend more than NT$ 3 billion on upgrading Kaohsiung international airport in western Taiwan, as well as its seaport facilities. The plan has been announced by the country’s Economic Development Council and includes lengthening runways.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Montreal, Canada
FREDERICTON airport in New Brunswick, Canada has announced that it will undergo a CAN$2 million expansion and renovation project.

The 6,000 feet runway will be enlarged to 8,000 feet, enabling it to become an international airport, with larger passenger planes use the facility from the United States.…