UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) have launched a competition for Australian and New Zealand business owners to expand their business in the UK.
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UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) is encouraging Australian and New Zealand businesses to launch in the UK with its new business plan competition, Go UK.
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The USA will consider implementing 100 percent tariffs on Chinese steel pipes to discourage dumping, a move that could spark a protectionist trade war with the Asian giant. The US alleges that the pipes were backed by unfair subsidies. Dumping, the practice of selling product at a price less than its value to edge out [...]
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The Japan Fair Trade Commission has slapped Panasonic and two South Korean competitors with hefty fines after finding them guilty of price-fixing. LG Electronics, Panasonic, and Samsung have been collectively fined US$37 million for running a cartel in cathode-ray tube television sets from as far back as 2003. The commission found that the three companies [...]
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Are you thinking about exporting your product or service? Congratulations, exciting times are certainly ahead of you. Yet with the thrill of launching your product into a new market come plenty of challenges, including deciding which country to export to, how to get into the market and how to make sure it is profitable and [...]
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Australia is ranked 15th in the world for global competitiveness, according to the 2009/10 World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index, moving up three places since the last index was released. The lift in the rankings came from a comparative improvement in macroeconomic stability and our high level of financial market sophistication, said Heather Ridout, [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) today launched proceedings against international airline Emirates after an investigation over whether the airline colluded with others to fix air cargo prices. The ACCC suspects that between 2002 and 2006, “Emirates entered into arrangements or understandings with other international air cargo carriers that had the purpose and effect [...]
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The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is presiding over access issues in the wheat industry after its liberalisation from a single wheat exporter to 23 accredited wheat exporters in 12 months. One condition liberalisation is that the ACCC must accept port access arrangements provided by port operators. Having conducted a review of port arrangements, [...]
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