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BY RICHARD Hurst, in Johannesburg
DAIMLER Chrysler South Africa’s new dealer strategy has prompted the Retail Motor Industry (RMI) organisation to investigate the possibility of taking the matter before the country’s competition authorities.

The new strategy will see changes in ownership, franchise territories realigned and a single band ownership in the major urban areas.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A DEAL has been struck between the European Commission and the German publishing industry which will lift the threat of legal action by Brussels to fight collective embargoes imposed on book sales from foreign websites.

Indeed, Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels e.V.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE BATA Shoe Organisation has been invited to take part in the Calcutta Leather Complex, the West Bengal press has reported. State chief minister Buddadeb Bhattacharjee has said that Bata would be welcome to take advantage of the complex’s exporting and manufacturing facilities for leather goods.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHILEAN government has expanded the safeguard duty investigation on steel imports that it launched in December, so it can take into account the chain of events sparked by the Bush administration’s imposition of wide-ranging steel tariffs.

In a statement to the World Trade Organisation, Santiago said that the decision was taken “on the basis of the emergency measures adopted in recent weeks by a group of producer countries, the implications of which on the domestic industry can not yet be fully appreciated.”…

BY MARK ROWE
THE UNITED States faces another World Trade Organisation battle over tariffs, this time with Thailand over Washington’s intention to waive clothing duties on exports from South American countries. The Thai government has warned that its industries will suffer heavily if the US waives duties on garments and footwear exported from Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE EUROPEAN Commission is taking France to the European Court of Justice for applying a reduced rate of withholding tax on income from investments and contracts with a debtor who is resident or established in France, while not allowing this tax break when the debtor lives in another EU Member State.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IT is common knowledge that deepening concern about terrorism following the September 11 attacks has led to tighter security in the civil aviation industry, but there have also been important implications for the shipping sector. Keith Nuthall reports.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided to bring an action against Greece in the European Court of Justice over its interpretation of the EU’s maritime cabotage regulation of 1992 and its application to the number of crew on board cruise and other vessels engaged in services between the Greek islands.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A MEETING of gas industry representatives, regulators and consumers from across the European Union has agreed good practice guidelines for third party access to the EU’s gas transmission network, a move that the European Commission has hailed as “significant progress in creating a single internal market for gas.”…

KEITH NUTHALL
ANGER has been sparked inside the Indian government by the European Union’s decision to effectively maintain anti-dumping duties on exports of Indian bed linen, which New Delhi claims is in clear contravention of two World Trade Organisation rulings on the matter.…