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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission could saddle imported American clothing products with protective duties of up to 100 per cent, because of a WTO ruling allowing Brussels to retaliate against the US’s use of foreign trade corporations to give its exporters illegal tax breaks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission could saddle imported American nuclear engineering equipment with protective duties of up to 100 per cent, because of a WTO ruling allowing Brussels to retaliate against the US’s use of foreign trade corporations to give its exporters illegal tax breaks.…

Keith Nuthall
FURTHER details have emerged about the US exported textile lines that could be saddled with protective duties of up to 100 per cent, because of the WTO ruling allowing Brussels to retaliate against the US’s use of foreign trade corporations to give exporters illegal tax breaks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has published a list of exported American book industry products that could attract protective duties of up to 100 per cent, because of a WTO ruling allowing Brussels to retaliate against the US’s use of foreign trade corporations to give its exporters tax breaks.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A NEW campaign to promote the merits of European wines is set to open in selected off-licences and other retail outlets in the next few months following agreement by the European Commission to pay half the cost.

The project, which involves spending of Pounds 3.6 million in total for all the EU countries, will stress the quality characteristics of European wines and focus on regional identification.…

Keith Nuthall
A GLOBAL questionnaire has been launched by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, (UNCITRAL), which wants to kick start efforts to create a UN convention on insurance liability during multi-modal transportation.

The UN agency has pointed out that despite the huge growth in container movements (from zero in 1965 to 225.3 million in 2000), there is still no global set of rules governing responsibility for cargo carried by combined transport involving ships, rail and roads.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE GREEK government is being taken to the European Court of Justice over its insistence that lorry drivers should pay registration taxes in Greece to use their vehicle temporarily in that country, even if it is registered in another EU Member State.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has won the first – usually decisive – battle at the European Court of Justice over a case brought by Britain’s Imperial Tobacco and British American Tobacco, asking its judges to annul Directive 2001/37/EC on the composition and designation of cigarettes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has published a list of exported American print industry products that could be saddled with protective duties of up to 100 per cent, because of a World Trade Organisation ruling allowing Brussels to retaliate against the US’s use of foreign trade corporations to give its exporters illegal tax breaks.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A EUROPEAN Union directive, regulating insurance mediators, such as brokers, has been approved by the EU Council of Ministers and will come into force as soon as procedural steps are taken.

The insurance mediation directive will allow brokers, banks and car dealers selling policies to trade across the EU by registering in their home Member State.…