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winery
Food
1 min read

Australia to take China to WTO over wine tariffs

Australia’s complaint to the World Trade Organisation over China’s anti-dumping duties on wine exports should enable bilateral negotiations, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Sunday. The government filed a complaint on Saturday over duties that were…

lotte
General
1 min read

Lotte Group forced to drop $4.5bn IPO

Following a 30 per cent drop in duty-free sales last month and the virtual closure of more than 100 supermarkets and discount shops in China, the Lotte Group has cancelled its US$4.5 billion IPO. Its woes are fallout from the mainland’s objection to South…

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Living
2 min read

Indonesia antsy over WTO’s expected tobacco ruling in 2017

The Indonesian government and tobacco farmers are waiting anxiously for the result of a dispute settlement against Australia’s plain tobacco packaging policy that they expect will come out in 2017, more than three years after the government submitted a…

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E-Tailing
4 min read

Jack Ma’s grand eCommerce plan

Alibaba Group executive chairman Jack Ma wants to knock down barriers to global eCommerce by creating a business-driven, Internet-based platform that will function something like the World Trade Organization – but without all the controversy. Speaking at the…