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...Russia offers more to China's carmakers than the opportunity for fast growth. It may take decades for Chinese cars - which today are cheap, technologically unsophisticated and unable to meet tough Western safety and emissions standards - to be accepted by U.S. and European consumers. Russians, though, are snapping them up, giving Chinese companies a chance to gain experience navigating the overseas market while the training wheels are still attached. Russia is a "guinea-pig market," says Bonchev. That doesn't mean it's insignificant. Russia's growing middle class provides a big pool of would-be car owners. Viktor Semyonov...
...need an example of how thoroughly national politics can still trump the notion of common European interest, look no further than the three-day meeting in Brussels of fisheries ministers that kicked off on Monday...
...Every year in late December, the ministers meet for a marathon session to decide the following year's fishing quotas. The European Commission typically points to scientific evidence showing a collapse in key catches, and suggests that quotas should be slashed across the board. And just as predictably, individual governments within the E.U. ignore these proposals, and raise the quotas - usually around 50% higher...
...conservationists say, a policy to fish Europe out of business. "Mocking scientific advice has become standard practice in the decisions made by the European fisheries ministers," says World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Fisheries Policy Officer Carol Phua...
...real drama was to come. After India reiterated its objection - and was essentially supported by the European Union - the lead American negotiator Paula Dobiansky turned to speak, and announced that the U.S. would not accept India's changes, which sought to lighten the expectations from developing countries. (The UN negotiating process requires total consensus.) Boos rained on the U.S. delegation from NGO observers and even the press gallery, breaking the last remaining appearance of diplomatic placidity...