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Subsidise sustainable energy technologies

25/11/2008

Chennai: Government intervention and policy structure are necessary to develop the correct ‘pull’ in the alternative energy space, urges a new book. “Fiscal incentives by way of rationalised import duties, concession in various taxes and direct subsidies can be used,” suggest Amitav Mallik, Nitant Mate, and Devayani Bhave in ‘Renewable Energy Technologies: Special focus on distributed power generation’

Jakarta Protests KL's Extended Anti-Dumping Duties on Newsprint: INDONESIAN TRADE MINISTER

25/11/2008

JAKARTA, Nov 21 Asia Pulse - Indonesia has lodged a protest against Malaysia's decision to extend anti-dumping import duties on Indonesia's newsprint for another six months.

Indian Govt. considers Temporary Licensing Regime For Select Items

25/11/2008

(RTTNews) - The Commerce Ministry is contemplating a temporary licensing regime for import of select items, considering a threat of cheap imports flooding the Indian market, especially from China, media reported.

Govt mulls temporary licensing regime

25/11/2008

NEW DELHI: Faced with the threat of cheap imports, particularly from China, flooding the Indian market, the Commerce Ministry is mulling a temporary licensing regime for import of select items.

Despite WTO, Vietnam faces problems in garment exports

25/11/2008

Since Vietnam joined the WTO, its textile and garment sector has enjoyed opportunities to expand markets but also faced difficulties resulting from possible US protectionism and limited competitiveness of local firms.

Customs seeks to keep unsafe, cheap shrimp out of U.S.

25/11/2008

BATON ROUGE — Federal law-enforcement agents have begun new efforts to prevent Chinese shrimp producers from evading trade and food-safety laws.

Currant 'dump' duty

25/11/2008

Customs last week handed down a report that found Greek currants were being dumped in Australia at a much cheaper price than what they sell for in Greece.

Big Changes in EU Bike Import

25/11/2008

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Despite the fact that the country doesn’t benefit from a duty free export status for bicycles shipped to the European Union, it managed to more than double its export to Europe up to almost 1.5 million and promptly took over second position from China.