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BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled its formal proposal for the suspension of European Union (EU) import duties on 75 tariff lines of export items from Pakistan for the next three years, with the aim of boosting EU imports by Euro EUR100 million.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) heads of government have agreed to temporarily remove trade barriers and tariffs impeding Pakistani exports to Europe, helping the country recover from recent devastating floods. A European Council communiqué confirmed a "Firm commitment to grant exclusively to Pakistan increased market access to the EU through the immediate and time-limited reduction of duties on key imports."…

BY MOHAMMED YUSUF

Aga Khan University plans major new Tanzania campus

Mohammed Yusuf

The Aga Khan University – the Pakistan-based international multi-site higher-education institution – is planning to open a new campus in Arusha, Tanzania. The campus would house an arts and science faculties and educate up to 3,000 students from across east Africa.…

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This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…

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EUROPEAN chemical industry federation CEFIC has called for a review of administration under European Union (EU) chemical control system REACH to help small-and-medium-sized companies (SMEs) deal with its burden. As the first key REACH chemical deadline of November 30 approaches, CEFIC director general Hubert Mandery has looked ahead to subsequent deadlines, which involve chemicals used in smaller volumes.…

BY MARK ROWE

WHEN it comes to palm oil production, there are – despite growing production in South America and west Africa – only two major players on the global stage – Malaysia and Indonesia. Cultivation in south-east Asia accounts for around 80% of the world’s global supply – which in turn reached a record high of 45.9 million tonnes in 2009-2010.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL, EMMA JACKSON, MJ DESCHAMPS

IT is the classic chicken and egg scenario. To what extent do widespread networks of fuel filling stations need to be established offering compressed and liquefied natural gas (CNG/LNG) for a mass market of autos using these fuels to develop?…

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH

BOB DYLAN was spot on: "One man’s loss always is another man’s gain." The stringent anti-smoking laws passed in India as a result of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control’s have stubbed out cigarettes from public places.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed imposing definitive countervailing duties on imports into the European Union (EU) of certain polyethylene terephthalate (PET) exported from Iran, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The duties – which as usual compensate EU producers for government subsidies or assistance in the exporting countries – would range from 5.1% to 16.7%.…

BY MINI PANT ZACHARIAH

BOB DYLAN was spot on: "One man’s loss always is another man’s gain." The stringent anti-smoking laws passed in India as a result of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) framework convention on tobacco control’s have stubbed out cigarettes from public places.…