EU pushes China on trade - EUbusiness Week no 360

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15 June 2007
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. EU scraps subsidies on dairy exports
2. EU eases way for small cross-border legal claims
3. EU extends state aid rules for film industry
4. EU carbon emissions edge down
5. Britain wins EU court health and safety ruling
6. EU hails Google decision on user data

Publisher's Note
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Chinese producers and exporters cannot continue to enjoy
liberal access to the European market unless the Chinese
government acts to redress its increasingly lopsided trade
relations with the European Union. This message was set out
by EU Commissioner Peter Mandelson in frank talks with
Chinese Trade Minister Bo Xilai in Brussels this week.

The EU ran a trade deficit of EUR 128 billion with China
last year, and the shortfall is likely to shoot up to EUR
170 bn this year. While European consumers enjoy the cheap
prices offered by Chinese goods, European companies
complain about Chinese trade barriers and a lack of respect
for intellectual property rights. The EU is likely to want
concrete action on these issues before it accedes to
China's wish to enjoy recognition as a "market economy".
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/1181678415.79

Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. EU scraps subsidies on dairy exports
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The EU is to end all subsidies on dairy exports, almost 40
years after they were introduced, the Commission announced
on Thursday.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/1181840419.29
EU ends maize price guarantee
http://www.eubusiness.com/Agri/1181574018.69

2. EU eases way for small cross-border legal claims
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European justice ministers have agreed to smooth the way
for people to make small legal claims across EU borders.
http://www.eubusiness.com/EUlaw/1181743217.3

3. EU extends state aid rules for film industry
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The Commission on Wednesday extended rules allowing Member
States to support film-makers with public money in the face
of an onslaught of popular American movies.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Media/1181736007.79

4. EU carbon emissions edge down
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Overall greenhouse-gas emissions by the EU edged downwards
in 2005 but rose in Italy and Spain, which are now badly
adrift of their pollution-cutting targets under Kyoto.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Environ/1181815213.44

5. Britain wins EU court health and safety ruling
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A European court on Thursday dismissed a legal action
brought by the Commission accusing the British government
of breaking its worker health and safety rules.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/1181833201.35

6. EU hails Google decision on user data
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The Union has welcomed a pledge by the operators of
Internet search engine Google to remove information
about its users after 18 months to meet European demands.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Internet/1181739630.7

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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DNA: EU countries have agreed to allow police to share DNA
and fingerprint data to better combat terrorism and
cross-border crime.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/1181653202.25
EU fails to agree on common minimum rights for suspects
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1181750415.67
Germany mum on EU treaty hot topics
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/1181840416.34
EU keen to save immigrant lives, unsure how to help Malta
http://www.eubusiness.com/Malta/1181678401.8
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Commission Watch
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EU deficits: public finances improved markedly last year in
Europe, but many governments are still failing to use an
economic boom to further lower their deficits.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1181728802.1
EU, Serbia resume rapprochement talks
http://www.eubusiness.com/Serbia/1181732427.66
EU suspends relief projects in Gaza
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1181761203.81
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Strasbourg: most EP members would like to scrap its seat in
Strasbourg and do all its business in Brussels, thereby
saving time and money, according to the results of a poll.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/1181757615.41
ECB's Trichet tells MEPs interest rates 'accommodative'
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1181577601.61
EP's Martinez pays visit to Cuba
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1181437201.33

Also this week, a Joint Parliamentary Meeting called for a
new EU treaty that salvages the substance of the
constitution; and the Budgets Committee called for the
European Institute of Technology to be funded adequately.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl

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18 Jun, EP Plenary
18 Jun, EU - Moldova Cooperation Council
18 Jun, EU - Ukraine Cooperation Council
18-19 Jun, General Affairs & External Relations Council
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