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FOOT AND MOUTH THINK PIECE
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SO SWEEPING has been the foot-and-mouth tragedy in the UK, that British farmers might be forgiven for assuming that they have been singled out for retribution by the Almighty, in return for long forgotten sins.
This is far from being the truth, of course.…
BY MONICA DOBIE
A TINY educational publishing firm based in Toronto, consisting of only eight people, has managed to secure a contract in China, the “Golden Goose” of world book markets, worth (Can)$18 million.
Lingo Media has announced a co-publishing deal with China’s education giant, the People’s Educational Press (PEP), to supply Chinese students with text books from the 1st year of primary school to the senior levels, across the country.…
PRODUCT REVIEW
BY MONICA DOBIE
International Chamber of Commerce
Anti-Counterfeiting Technology Guide
Pluses: The catalogue is a well-written comprehensive guide, which offers a general overview of technologies. It offers a thorough listing of manufacturing and suppliers of the products.
Minuses: Smaller companies may feel left out because much of the equipment would be better suited for the needs of large brand-owning companies with big budgets.…
US TRADE REVIEW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Trade Representatives Office has launched an environmental review of America’s existing trade agreements. It will alert Washington to potential environmental drawbacks of the deals, and will especially focus on the ongoing World Trade Organisation round on agricultural products and services.…
TESCO CASE
BY MONICA DOBIE
BRITISH supermarket giant Tesco is likely to win a European Court of Justice case over the parallel trading of Levis Jeans.
The preliminary ruling from the Advocate General of the ECJ ruled that the trademark holder should not have the power to dictate where retailers purchase their goods.…
SYRIA COTTON
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE EUROPEAN Commission is be investigating trends in Syrian cotton exports which have been booming since 1996, when sales went from almost nil in 1996 to 10 per cent of the EU’s total cotton yarn imports in 2000.…
TESCO CASE
BY MONICA DOBIE
BRITISH supermarket giants Tesco and Costco are likely to win a European Court of Justice case over the parallel trading of Levis Jeans.
The preliminary ruling from the Advocate General of the ECJ ruled that the trademark holder should not have the power to dictate where retailers purchase their goods.…
ENVIRONMENT REPORT
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union countries are still achieving economic growth at the cost of exhausting the world’s natural energy and mineral resources, a report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) has claimed. It commissioned Germany’s Wuppertal Institute to use the recently-developed Total Material Requirement (TMR) indicator to calculate the EU’s overall burden on the environment.…
WTO LIBERALISATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent engineers and their firms from working in foreign countries. Its detailed suggestions were made in the ongoing WTO services round, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…
WTO LIBERALISATION
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEMBER governments of the World Trade Organisation are to examine in detail proposals made by the Australian government for the dismantling of bureaucratic barriers that prevent architects from practising abroad. Its detailed suggestions were made in the ongoing WTO services round, which has just reached the end of its first stage.…