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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MAJOR American golf clothing chain has failed to secure European Union (EU)-wide trademark rights to its name, because European Court of Justice (ECJ) judges found it insufficiently distinctive. Golf USA Inc franchises more than 100 golf clothing and equipment stores in 32 US states and 11 other countries: Belgium, Canada, Chile, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Mexico, Spain and Sweden.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve changes to a 1997 trade and political cooperation deal with Mexico, so that EU textile and footwear manufacturers are better able to exploit its export opportunities. This involves large annual low duty quotas, but under the existing treaty, these are allocated by Mexico through an auction.…

BY MONICA DOBIE, in Ottawa
PENNSYLVANIA based chocolate giant, Hershey, has announced it will close its plant in Smiths Falls, Ontario, 60km south of Ottawa, after 44 years in operation. Roughly 500 people will lose their jobs. The phased shut down will begin late 2007, continuing into 2008.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MEXICAN environmental group has lodged a formal complaint with a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)-linked tribunal, claiming a Mexican subsidiary of Canada’s Metallica Resources Inc has been given illegal authorisation to open a gold and silver mine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers have been asked to approve changes to a 1997 trade and political cooperation deal with Mexico, so that European and Mexican unalloyed aluminium producers are better able to exploit its export opportunities. For this to be achieved, aluminium made in the EU or Mexico has to be officially considered as originating from these jurisdictions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN AMERICAN anti-piracy group has warned that the Czech Republic and Costa Rica have joined the well-known major sources of counterfeit clothing such as China and Brazil. And in a report, the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition adds that the “vast majority” of pirated clothing exported from the Czech Republic was actually made in China.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has called on the Mexican government to push small family-run shrimp fishermen into commercial fishing and aquaculture operations, to better exploit a valuable export market.

In a new report – ‘Agricultural and Fisheries Policies in Mexico: Recent achievements, continuing the reform agenda’ – the OECD says unregulated "artisanal" fleets are preventing commercial operators from thriving and threatening stock levels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has exempted from its standard free trade rules for a further six years countries involved in the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme combating ‘blood diamond’ sales.

Its current waiver was to expire December 31 and protects trade restrictions undertaken by participating countries preventing rough diamonds being exported to non-signatory states.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH global trade ever increasing, and the power of brands to generate massive profits made starkly clear with every company report, the counterfeiting of goods is one of international organised crime’s major boom areas.

It is a serious problem for legitimate business, especially those based in developed countries with tough piracy controls, who are seeking to export to poorer countries where intellectual property crimes are a low priority.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH global trade ever increasing, and the power of brands to generate massive profits made starkly clear with every company report, the counterfeiting of goods is one of international organised crime’s major boom areas. The European Commission has been researching the threat posed from around the world.…