"Let me do myself the negotiation" - MERCOSUR bets

Tariffs? The EU is not a wheeler-dealer, and some partners will have to promise less and p0ut more into practice. Mercosur’s agreement with the EU is accelerating transformation of South American production systems as well as loosening dependency on U.S. politics or Chinese investors. Ironically, the smallest Mercosur member deals the cards. Uruguay’s Agriculture Minister Fernando Mattos Costa (until March 1, 2025) details for B2Bioworld’s readers the strategy of his country inside and outside of Mercosur. Unexpectedly, Italy may ruin plans.Read more ...

Roller Coaster of a Pan-African Automotive Market

- Inside Auto Industry Diplomacy

Opportunities and disappointments of creating a pan-African automotive market for the industry. David Coffey, CEO of AAAM details what has been achieved in discreet negotiations and in hands-on activities. On gridlocks and regulatory suprise, government’s manoeuvering, or vehicle production volumes. Will indigenous carmakers benefit? Will development wither away? What about batteries, or alternative fuels?Read more ...

Countering blackmailing of fossil or nuclear energies suppliers. The rise of renewables

Renewable energies are overtaking the political soapbox. They become a serious economic reality, but more needs to be done says the International Energy Agency (IEA) during a press conference about its new report at Paris. China is a model adopter, if disregarding a broader range of renewable technologies. Nuclear energy is set to play a secondary role. Russia’s energy ploy soon annihilated.Read more ...

Beyond AI - Big Data Challenges

Big Data & Research – Acquisition, Analytics, and Exploitation

Ulrich M Gassner, Professor of Public Law at Universität Augsburg (DE) discussing privacy, research disclaimers, DigiMed Bavaria, and wiggle room between national, regional, EU regulationsRead more ...

Regulatory Challenges of Big Data Operations – Algorithms, Healthcare, or Autonomous Driving

Herbert Zech, Professor of Life Sciences and Intellectual Property Laws at Universität Basel on key juridical concepts of the current debate about big data and artificial intelligence applications beyond privacy lawsRead more ...

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Africa not the dumping ground of used vehicles by developed economies

German Automotive Industry: Pulling Strings Together in Africa

Yamaha’s Brazilian Flex-Fuel Bike. Years too late to re-program Honda Moto

Creeping Risks of Regular Overtime Work

Lobbying ethanol plants in the United States - “Some expectations were very aggressive…”

Opening up Emerging Markets for Rapid Diagnostics and Point-of-Care Assays

Patenting and Innovation in Japan

Plants are Nature’s Best Chemists

Smells of Change in American Coffee Consumption

Teeth to the Convention on Biological Diversity

Accessing Biomass in Russia

Amazing Graze - Huffs and Bluffs in the Dairy Industry

Stem Cells – Failings and Deliveries

Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Non-communicable Diseases

Lab Automation: Everyone Re-invents the Wheel

Re-positioning Turkey’s Chemicals Industry

Easier Access to Patent Claims Encoded in Chinese

Top Trade Fair Organisers Worldwide 2012-2014

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"Failure is part of our business" ... but

De-risking the trade fair business

The Laboratory Furniture Market

Innovation – Try Again, Fail Again, Fail Better

Future Lab Work: Designing and Testing Environments

Defining The Exhibition Industry's Core Business Globally

Prospects of Enzyme Engineering and Biofuels Markets in Russia

Riding ahead of demand in the trade fair industry

Managing Ideas, Tools, and People for Chemicals Manufacturing

REACH in Practice - Biofuels and Lubricity Agents as Example

What Future for the Chemicals Industry?

Upheaval in Iran’s Mining, Minerals, and Steel Industries

Eurasia-Europe Gas and Oil Pipelines: Impact on Greece

BIO 2009: lobby show, not mirroring global biotech

Turkey’s Chemicals Industry in Search of Modernisation

Bio-Based Economy? What’s in it for Business

Customs Sequencing Markets

Emerging Market North Korea?