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BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

THE HEADLINES in the Japanese press in recent months are likely to have

piqued the interest of anyone looking for a destination where ill-gotten

gains can be made to appear legitimate, let alone the concern of global

money-laundering authorities.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

OSAKA, Japan-based Sumitomo Electrical Industries Ltd has got a foot in the door of the German automobile wiring harness market with its purchase of Volkswagen Bordnetze GmbH.

Approved by the European Commission, using its authority over international mergers affecting Europe, the cost of the deal is not being announced, but the Japanese company believes the acquisition will allow it to broaden its business throughout Europe.…

STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL

TOBACCO giants RJ Reynolds and Japan Tobacco may lose a comprehensive legal challenge to the unsuccessful efforts of the European Commission to sue for racketeering at a New York federal US court. The case, which rival Philip Morris later settled out of court, sparked claims that the Commission had acted beyond its powers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
INTRODUCTION

THE WORLD’S multilateral food trading system today stands at a crossroads: faced with the suspension of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Development Round, it can either retreat to protectionism, leavened by a series of competitive bilateral trade deals, or it can grasp the nettle of liberal free trade, slash subsidies and tariffs, and then watch the economic rewards roll in.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

EUROPEAN and US regulatory bodies have agreed to co-operate to develop common testing and engineering standards for mobile air conditioning systems such as those used in automobiles. Because some of the gases used in these systems, such as HFC 134a, are far more lethal to the environment than carbon dioxide, the European Union (EU) has agreed to start phasing them out in 2011 and stop using them in new autos from 2017.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency, or MIGA, is the international organisation companies turn to when they want to invest in a jurisdiction where their assets might not be that safe. Oil and gas companies have long used MIGA to cover risks that are too tasty for the private insurance industry, and at December 2005, MIGA had supported 13 oil and gas projects, with guarantees totalling US$707 million, with a standard leverage of five-to-one, so investments covered are actually five times larger.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTRODUCTION

THE WORLD’S multilateral food trading system today stands at a crossroads: faced with the suspension of the World Trade Organisation’s Doha Development Round, it can either retreat to protectionism, leavened by a series of competitive bilateral trade deals, or it can grasp the nettle of liberal free trade, slash subsidies and tariffs, and then watch the economic rewards roll in.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has cleared joint control of a Cypriot company Coke Oven Overseas Contribution Ltd by Mitsui & Co, of Japan, and the Evraz Group, of Luxembourg. The joint venture will exploit the Denisovskaya coal field in Yakutia, east Siberia, selling to Asian customers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

JAPAN and the European Commission have signed an ‘Agreement for Cooperation in the Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy’, designed to underpin future commercial and investment cooperation in the nuclear sector. The deal will run for at least 30 years, providing for cooperation regarding the development of nuclear technology, nuclear reactors, nuclear safety, radiation protection, the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear safeguards.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE MULTILATERAL Investment Guarantee Agency, or MIGA, is the international organisation companies turn to when they want to invest in a jurisdiction where their assets might not be that safe. Non-ferrous metal miners and processors use MIGA to cover risks that are too tough for the private insurance industry.…