Russia puts Motorola on hold

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Motorola Inc. of the United States brought a shipment of mobile phones into Russia and the consignment was impounded and 50,000 cell phones classified harmful and destroyed. The incident highlights the risks of Western companies doing business in Russia. The cell phone market in Russia is the largest in Europe with over 33 million handsets sold last year.

United States, Telephone and telegraph apparatus, Russia, Economic aspects, Telecommunications equipment industry, Political aspects, Motorola Inc., Industry overview

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India-tariff probe suspended: EU halts WTO panel after easing of duties on wines, spirits

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India's reduction of tariffs on wine and spirits has caused the European Union to suspend a World Trade Organization panel that had been created to investigate the tariffs, which in some areas raised the import tax to six times the value of the product. EU exports of wine to India totaled $12.8 mil in 2006.

Legal issues & crime, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Administration of General Economic Programs, Foreign trade, India, Distilled and blended liquors, Taxes, Tariffs & Duties, Tariffs & Quotas, Beer, Wine & Liquor, Whsle, Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Wholesalers, Standards, Taxation, Company legal issue, International trade, Investigations, Alcoholic beverage industry, European Union, World Trade Organization, Tariffs

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