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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank is to loan the Polish government Euro 112.8 million to support its Revised Hard Coal Sector Reform Programme, which is aimed at helping the country transform its coal industry into a “competitive and profitable sector.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLOTHING manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…

Keith Nuthall
What now for the “Havana Club” rum brand name after this month’s

ruling by a panel of the World Trade Organisation in the dispute between

the European Union and the US ? Both sides have claimed a victory of

sorts out of the split ruling, though both agree the struggle is far from

over.…

BY MONICA DOBIE AND ALAN OSBORN
FOR many, the big development in the cigar business this year is Cuba’s decision to start manufacturing and exporting mini Havanas. All the famous names – including Montecristo, Romeo e Julietta, H Upmann, Jose el Pidra, Partegas and Punch – are now available in mini form.…

Keith Nuthall
A DEAL has been stuck at the World Trade Organisation’s goods council, which will extend the time that eight developing countries can erect trade barriers to restrict the import of components for automobile manufacturing, to promote local engineering companies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Bank has approved a US$18.5 million-loan to Uruguay to help the important beef-producer wipe out the Foot and Mouth outbreak that has been devastating cattle herds. The money will benefit 50,000 livestock farmers as well as the livestock sector in general.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
FINLAND is the world’s most technologically advanced country, according to a United Nations Development Programme, (UNDP), report, which puts the UK at number seven in its league table, also behind the USA, Sweden, Japan, South Korea and the Netherlands.…

KEITH NUTHALL
TEXTILE manufacturing countries that are members of the World Trade Organisation have attacked the world’s major importers – the US, the EU, and Canada – for failing to even approach the liberalisation targets imposed by the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
MOOSEHEAD Breweries, based in New Brunswick, Atlantic Canada, has legally challenged several US and Canadian brewers, alleging that their branding on brands, such as ‘Moose Drool’ and ‘Moose Juice,’ infringe the company’s trademark rights.

Joel Levesque, spokesperson for Moosehead told Off Licence News that brewers could not resist the popularity of the beast.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD food standards body, Codex Alimentarius, has revised its guidelines for sugars, cocoa and dairy products, sitting in its 24th session in Geneva, Switzerland.

Attended by 365 delegates, alternates and advisors from 87 Member countries, this meeting of Codex commission adopted 41 new or revised standards, guidelines and related texts, all of which are voluntary, although having influence by the fact they have been agreed internationally and that they promote trade.…