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EU-China agree on geographical protections for beverages
2020-09-15 16:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
The European Union and China have signed a reciprocal agreement to protect the names of 100 food and beverage products on both sides from "usurpation and imitation".
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Retail group sets out benefits of EU-China trade deal
2016-04-26 14:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A leading European retail trade association has set out what it sees as the "substantial" benefits of a free trade agreement with China, and is calling for a broader discussion about future trade relations between the European Union (EU) and China.
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Would 'carbon tariff' on solar panels solve EU-China trade spat?
2014-06-02 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: As European solar panel manufacturers battle against cheap modules produced in China, researchers in the US have called for the industry to set a "carbon tariff" that would push up the cost of products that fail to meet certain environmental standards. Scientists from Northwestern University in Illinois and the US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory unveiled a study late last week which found solar panels produced in China have a carbon footprint that is almost twice the size of those...
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E.U.-China solar deal highlights tough climate for green jobs
2013-08-29 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: European Union countries have long set world-leading goals for fighting climate change and boosting renewable technology. But the economic bottom line might have been a bigger concern when they were faced with a trade war with China over green technology. A new E.U.-China deal to set a price floor on cheap Chinese solar panels has opened rifts among European policymakers, manufacturers and environmental advocates, with green energy taking a back seat to broader efforts to defend a fast-growing...
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EU-China solar panel deal benefits world (opinion)
2013-08-05 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
China Daily USA: The amicable solution to a dispute between the European Union (EU) and China over solar panels has prevented a full-scale showdown between the two major trade partners and provided a chance for both sides to review their policies on related industries. For China's photovoltaic (PV) industry, as some experts have already pointed out, a lack of technical innovation, improper planning, misreading of market trends, and blind expansions are among the problems that demand urgent attention and quick solution....
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