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NUMBERS OF COUNTERFEIT PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS SEIZED IN EU FALLS BY QUARTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NUMBER of counterfeit personal care products seized by European Union (EU) customs teams fell by a quarter in 2008, compared to 2007, the latest European Commission figures claim. There were still many fake cosmetics, perfumes and personal soaps discovered however – 4.58 million items, in 2,134 cases however.…
INTERVIEW WITH THE EUROPEAN SMOKING TOBACCO ASSOCIATION
BY DAVID HAWORTH
THE EUROPEAN Smoking Tobacco Association (ESTA) represents the interests of the European manufacturers, distributors and importers of fine-cut (rolling) tobacco, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco and nasal snuff tobacco. The members of ESTA are mainly small and medium sized companies (SMEs) as well as member associations from the vast majority of the European Union Member States from Norway and Switzerland.…
EUROPE STILL STRUGGLING TO CREATE EU-WIDE GAS MARKET - DESPITE LIBERALISATION LEGISLATION
BY ALAN OSBORN
FEW people would challenge the European Commission’s assertion earlier this year that, in practice, market integration in the gas market in the European Union (EU) "is still far from a success."
In its report Progress in Creating the Internal Gas and Electricity Market published in April, Brussels said that major barriers to the efficient functioning of the market still existed largely because of "insufficient implementation of European legislation."…
GLOBAL: WTO promises on higher education liberalisation shelved by talks collapse
By Keith Nuthall
Plans to sweep away some restrictions preventing private universities and higher education service providers from teaching, researching and examining in foreign countries have been put on ice at the World Trade Organisation (WTO).
This follows the collapse of negotiations at the July ministerial meeting of the WTO IN Geneva, Switzerland, which had lasted 10 days.…
WTO TELLS CHINA TO SCRAP COMPLEX AUTO PARTS IMPORT DUTY SYSTEM
BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMPORT duties imposed by the Chinese government on auto-parts, when China-based assembly plants fail to use a minimum proportion of China-manufactured parts, have been declared illegal at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
A disputes panel ruled today that these tariffs broke China’s free trade commitments under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and so should be scrapped.…
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON COUNTERFEITING PART OF GLOBAL PUSH AGAINST FAKE PARTS AND VEHICLES
BY DEIRDRE MASON
THE AUTOPARTS and automotive industries are calling for far tighter world-wide enforcement against counterfeiting, as influential countries meet in Geneva to thrash out more details of a global Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
First mooted by the Office of the US Trade Representative in October 2007- and pursued aggressively by the US Chamber of Commerce – Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates have since come on board to try to develop ACTA.…
INDIA STARTING TO MOVE AGAINST DEEPLY ENGRAINED COMMERCIAL CRIME
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
THE RAPIDLY growing Indian economy is experiencing a sharp rise in corruption, money laundering and various other financial crimes. However the central government is trying to curb fraudulent activities and make the system more transparent. Raghavendra Verma reports from New Delhi.…
CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN URGENT AIR POLLUTION CLEAN UP, AHEAD OF OLYMPICS
BY DOMINIQUE PATTON
CHINESE government authorities are taking extreme measures to reduce the city’s infamous air pollution ahead of the summer Olympic Games.
A World Bank report in 2004 ranked Beijing the 13th most polluted city in the world, with an average air quality reading of 89 PM10, well above the guideline level of 50 PM10 (micrograms of inhalable particulate matter per cubic metre).…
STAGE SET FOR HIGH NOON MINISTERIAL TALKS AT WTO DOHA ROUND FOOD TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ANOTHER draft agreement for the long-running Doha Development Round food liberalisation talks has been released at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), which will be presented to trade ministers for crucial week-long negotiations starting July 21. That week will see parallel meetings aimed at securing final deals for the seven-year-long talks by July 25, which would be approved by the WTO’s trade negotiations committee that Thursday and Friday.…
ANTI-COUNTERFEITING OF GOODS PACT DEBATED IN GENEVA BY TOP WORLD POWERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A POWERFUL international bloc is debating forging an international anti-counterfeiting of goods agreement insisting upon cooperation over fighting fake drinks products. Australia, Canada, the European Union, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States have been discussing the idea in Geneva.…