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INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS WORLDWIDE STRUGGLE TO COMPLY WITH GLOBAL RULES RESTRICTING THE CARRIAGE OF LIQUIDS
BY ALAN OSBORN
YOU would think it would be possible to ensure that liquids capable of making explosives are not taken on to aircraft without at the same time requiring the confiscation of countless bottles of duty-free from passengers at airports every day.…
BANK SECRECY LAWS BLUNT SINGAPORE'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING POWERS
BY DINAH GARDNER
SINGAPORE may rank highly on global anti-corruption ratings league tables but it has been coming under considerable fire recently for its strict bank secrecy laws. Last October, in the wake of the brutal crackdown on protests in Myanmar, the island state was accused of being a money laundering hub for top junta officials.…
COSMETICS INDUSTRY COULD BE WINNER AS WTO'S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the cosmetics, soap and perfumery industries might start considering that a final deal may lead to the elimination of most import duties on their products, worldwide.…
SRI LANKA FISHING INDUSTRY SUFFERS FROM RETURN TO WAR
BY KEITH NOYAHR, in Colombo
WHEN hostilities resumed in Sri Lanka’s long-smouldering civil war in July 2006, fish production in the country’s eastern province that year dropped two-thirds to 26,680 metric tonnes from 72,580mt in 2003, according to the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.…
PLASTICS INDUSTRY COULD BE WINNER AS WTO'S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the plastics industry might start considering that a final deal may lead to the elimination of most import duties on its products worldwide.…
WTO ROUND TO SLASH - EVEN REMOVE - FISH AND SEAFOOD IMPORT DUTIES WORLDWIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FISH and seafood processing industry could get a big shot in the arm this year, if the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round reaches a successful conclusion, as planned. If it does, all import duties on fish and fish products traded worldwide would be significantly reduced and there is a chance they could be eliminated altogether.…
PAINT INDUSTRY COULD BE WINNER AS WTO'S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the paint industry might start to consider that a final deal may well lead to the elimination of most import duties on paints and coatings, worldwide.…
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY COULD BE WIN REAL GLOBAL FREE TRADE AS WTO'S DOHA ROUND DRAWS TO A CLOSE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the pharmaceutical industry might start to consider that a final deal could lead to the elimination of most import duties on drugs and medicines, traded worldwide.…
TRANSFERRING AIR PASSENGERS STILL FACE DUTY FREE PERFUME CONFISCATION OVER SAFETY CONCERNS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
AIRPORTS Council International (ACI Europe) has warned air passengers arriving in the European Union (EU), Switzerland, Norway and Iceland with duty free alcohol purchased at non-EU airports or non-EU airlines still cannot take these products onto connecting flights.…
WTO ROUND TO SLASH - EVEN REMOVE - TEXTILE AND CLOTHING IMPORT DUTIES WORLDWIDE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is a curious quirk of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) that it considers fish and fish products to be industrial goods, while almost anything else edible is regulated as the fruit of agriculture – but this anomaly may help the fishing sector this year.…