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BY DAVID HAYHURST, IN PARIS

THREE years ago, the Group of Twenty (G20) finance ministers and central bank governors stated the organisation’s intention was to "rationalise and phase out over the medium term inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption".…

BY ROBERT STOKES, IN MALAGA

12 SEPTEMBER 2012

SPAIN’s ailing book industry has seen things go from bad to worse throughout 2012 as the country moved centre stage in the Eurozone crisis, government austerity measures hit hard, and unemployment hovered around 25%.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS, IN CALGARY, AND PACIFICA GODDARD

But while the USA offers a degree of complexity within its states, drinks companies face much sterner logistics challenges in Latin America, Marcelo Nascimento, spokesman for leading New Zealand-owned but international system supplier of carton packaging and filling machines for beverages, SIG Combibloc, which has been focusing on Brazil.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CEO of Nestlé has praised the role of international standards in managing his multi-national company, giving it a health-based legal framework within which its specialists can creatively develop new confectionery and other food products.

Speaking within an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) briefing, Paul Bulcke said: “Tastes may differ, but health requirements and minimum standards are the same the world over.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

THE INTERNATIONAL Air Transport Authority’s (IATA) Americas airports chief has called on Mexico’s new incoming government to make progress on the long delayed proposals to build a new international airport for Mexico City, the capital.

Indeed, Mexico City International Airport (AICM) is no longer able to accommodate the growing demands of Mexican tourism and trade, and the capital city is in desperate need of a second airport.…

BY POORNA RODRIGO AND MUNZA MUSTAQ, IN COLOMBO

Of course the BRICs countries are far from being the only emerging market suppliers for the global apparel sector – and a knot of competitors such as Bangladesh and Vietnam have long been vying for business.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE CASPIAN Sea oil and gas industry is among the most promising worldwide, so it can seem strange at face value to take in the spectacle of rigs going down, as well as up, sometimes cheek by jowl.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has declared safe the use of recycled plastics in food contact technology where they are sourced from 10 recycling processes, the first time it has released such a formal opinion. These processes include four based on VACUREMA Prime technology – LuxPET, Jayplas, PolyQuest and CIER; five based on Starlinger IV+ technology – namely the Preformia, STF, MPTS, PET to PET and Eco Plastic systems; and the recycling process PETUK SSP.…

BY CARMEN PAUN AND WANG FANGQING

A PLANNED free trade agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Japan could end the Japanese BSE-linked ban on EU beef and veal imports, say industry representatives.

The European Commission has asked the EU’s 27 member states for a mandate to start negotiations with Japan by the end of the year, and these will cover non-tariff issues such as sanitary and phytosanitary rules as well as duties.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LA PAZ

Bolivia’s clothing industry is diversifying its exports as it looks to combat the challenges faced by the influx of cheaper products from China.

One of Bolivia’s leading clothing companies Aemprotex (the Bolivian Association of Textile Producers Entrepreneurs) has announced that it is expanding its production to boost exports to Venezuela.…