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THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling sought by the USA on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), Canada, China, and Mexico on US confectionery and sweet bakery and associated ingredient exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…

There are two displays in the Moscow office of the CFO of Volvo Car Russia, Vladimir Lagutin, that catches the attention, immediately: a large elegantly-framed poster of UK electronic music band Depeche Mode and a case of tennis balls.

“Those things – music and tennis – keep me from being stressed,” says Lagutin.…

With the USA re-imposing sanctions on Iran, and international financial institutions wary of dealing with the country, Tehran is dusting off its pre-2015 sanctions-busting playbook. Old networks are being renewed, including with neighbouring countries and China, but there are more obstacles for the Iranian government to contend with this time around.…

THE ENFORCEMENT of Russian anti-money laundering laws is in the rise, although there are concerns that some AML cases have political motivations behind them, even if – ultimately – the evidence demonstrating ML offences took place stands up in court. Between 2012 and 2016, according to research of Russian press reports and official law enforcement agency statements, more than 30 Russian governors and state officials, former and serving, were accused of fraud or [and] corruption.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), Canada, China, and Mexico on US drinks exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), Canada, China, and Mexico on US drinks exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has agreed to establish disputes settlement panels to rule on whether retaliatory duties imposed by Canada, China, and Mexico on US meat exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…

Companies in Russia that help the law enforcement authorities uncover and investigate misconduct could be exempt from corporate bribery charges under a new Russian law. The law amends provisions on bribery by legal entities in the Russian Code on Administrative Offences (Administrative Code) to lay down conditions for exempting companies from liability.…

Leading Russian cosmetics and perfume producers have called on Russia’s President Vladimir Putin to block the introduction of mandatory security labelling rules in the country’s personal care product industry to help the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.

This follows the May 3 approval by the Russian government of a list of goods, that will become subject to mandatory labelling, with each product unit assigned a unique code, creating a labelling system where all identification information will be stored digitally.…

THE RUSSIAN government has said that its promotion of manufacturing capacity to deliver raw materials for both the domestic standard textile and technical textile industry will fill structural shortages by 2020-2021.

Statements released by the ministry of trade and industry have stressed the potential impact of a project promoted by the federal government, the Ivanovo oblast and private investors, to build an Ivanovo Polyester Complex, north-east of Moscow.…