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BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR COSMETICS EXPORTS TO EU



BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRAZIL and Argentina are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their cosmetics exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system. The European Commission wants to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so those regarded by the World Bank as high-or-upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…

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ARGENTINA COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR FOOD EXPORTS TO EU



BY KEITH NUTHALL

ARGENTINA, Uruguay and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their food exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system, which lowers EU import duties for emerging market and developing countries for more 6,200 tariff lines, including many food products.…

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INDIA AIRPORT INDUSTRY FLIRTS WITH DEDICATED POWER PRODUCTION



BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

WHEN is a power plant deemed to be dedicated to a major customer? Obviously a key consideration is its location – but what if locating a major power plant right next to an industrial consumer is not acceptable?…

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EASTERN EUROPE'S ENERGY SECTOR GOES GREEN, THANKS TO EBRD



BY MARK ROWE

RENEWABLE energy investments may often be low in price, but when there are enough of them, they make a difference in a region’s energy profile. Such is the case for eastern Europe, where many millions of Euros are being invested in green energy projects.…

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NEW CENTRAL ASIA FATF PUSHES ANTI-MONEYLAUNDERING PROGRESS IN REGION



BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL

CENTRAL Asia is often in the news regarding political instability, and the complexity of the region’s borders and ethnicities make for an opacity that can encourage the growth of organised crime. Also, being far from the centres of anti-money laundering activities and standard setting – in Europe, north America and east Asia, the region’s often authoritarian governments have a poor reputation regarding the enforcement of law and judicial probity.…

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BRAZIL AND ARGENTINA TO LOSE TARIFF BREAKS IN EU GSP REFORM



BY KEITH NUTHALL

Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Iran are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their plastics exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.

The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…

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BRAZIL COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR KNIWEAR EXPORTS TO EU



BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRAZIL and Argentina are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their knitwear exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.

The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…

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BRAZIL COULD LOSE GSP PREFERENCES FOR CLOTHING EXPORTS TO EU



BY KEITH NUTHALL

BRAZIL and Argentina are among almost 100 countries expected to lose tariff breaks for their textile and clothing exports to the European Union (EU), under a planned reform of the EU’s Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) system.

The European Commission announced yesterday (May 10) it wanted to focus import duty concessions on poorer countries and so henceforth those regarded by the World Bank as high or upper middle income states would no longer qualify from January 2014.…

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US NAVY SAILORS SWITCH TO SMOKELESS PRODUCTS, AFTER SMOKING BAN IMPOSED ON SUBMARINES



BY CRAIG HOWIE

SINCE a ban on smoking tobacco on American naval submarines was enacted on last December 31, the number of sailors turning from cigarettes to smokeless tobacco products has boomed, a naval expert has told Tobacco Journal International.

The ban proscribes the use of all combustible tobacco products anywhere on a submarine, a tall-order for smoking sailors, given boats are submerged for up to three months at a time.…

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PATCHWORK OF PIPELINES BEING DEVELOPED TO BRING HYDROCARBONS FROM THE CASPIAN TO EUROPE



BY MARK ROWE

THE FUEL pipeline network around the Caspian and Black Seas increasingly resembles a London Underground map, a comparison enhanced by the latest potential addition to the lattice, known as the AGRI scheme.

AGRI, the acronym for the Azerbaijan-Georgia-Romania Interconnector, is a proposal for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transportation across the Black Sea.…

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