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CHINA TO BECOME EXPORT MARKET FOR SOUTH ASIAN TEXTILE PRODUCERS
BY DOMINIQUE PATTON, in Beijing, RAGHAVENDRA VERMA, in New Delhi, and KEITH NUTHALL
TIME was when the Chinese clothing industry was all about exports. But the astonishing success of China’s export industry has inspired competitors, making life harder for its exporters.…
TOURISM BOOM SPELLS WEALTH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOURISM is continuing to boom in developing countries, boosting their economies, according to the latest figures from the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). Its claims the number of individual international tourism journeys leapt by 6% in 2007 (compared to 2006) to 898 million visitors.…
CHINA STRUGGLES TO ERECT EFFECTIVE ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CONTROLS IN BOOMING ECONOMY AWASH WITH DIRTY MONEY
BY MARK GODFREY, in Beijing
A YEAR after China began enforcing its Law of the People’s Republic of China on Anti-Money Laundering – effective from January 2007 – observers are wary about the ability of the country’s understaffed enforcement agencies to keep pace with huge inflows of questionable funds into China’s booming economy.…
VIETNAM IS SOUTH-EAST ASIA BOOM ZONE FOR PAINT SECTOR
BY MARK ROWE
VIETNAM is a country enjoying an extraordinary boom. Cities teem with cars and a seemingly infinite number of motorcycles, whilst new offices and advertising hoardings are erected daily, symbolising a new era for the country and good news for the paint industry.…
IRAN AND VENEZUELA DEVELOP ANTI-AMERICAN OIL AND GAS AXIS
BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas
FOLLOWING the late-November OPEC summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez visited Tehran to discuss joint ventures over oil refining and then chuckle with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, over the weakened US dollar.…
SOUTH KOREAN SEAFOOD INDUSTRY FIGHTS TO BOOST EXPORTS AS SUPPLY PROBLEMS LOOM
BY KARRYN CARTELLE
THE SIGNING of a bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between South Korea and the United States is expected to fuel an already booming seafood trade. And with the Koreans having a host of other FTAs in the works, it appears this seafood-producing nation will use free trade agreements to push its seafood products to every continent.…
IN KOREAN NUCLEAR POWER, IT'S NOT ONLY KIM JONG-IL WHO'S PUNCHING ABOVE HIS WEIGHT
BY ANDREW SALMON, in Seoul
THE WORDS ‘nuclear’ and ‘Korea’ automatically conjure up images of Kim Jong-il’s underground atomic weapons programs, but south of the heavily militarised border, it is South Korea that has quietly built up one of the world’s most competitive nuclear industries.…
WTO LAUNCHES INDIA WINE, SPIRITS DUTY PANEL
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has created a disputes panel to rule on the vexed question of whether India’s import duties on wines and spirits are so punishing, they break WTO rules. The panel will hear complaints from the United States, whose drinks industries have long chafed at the aggregated duties that range between 150% and 550%.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS INCREASED CLOTHING COMMERCE THROUGH ASIAN TRADE DEALS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries would dramatically boost commercial activity in the clothing, textile and apparel sectors if the agreements are passed, European Commission analysis says.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION PREDICTS LEATHER COMMERCE GAINS FROM ASIA TRADE DEALS
BY PAUL COCHRANE
SLATED European Union (EU) free trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will dramatically boost commercial activity in the leather industry if the agreements are passed, claims a study by Copenhagen Economics for the European Commission.…