2023-07-17 04:30:31 The public should not have to rely on promises and self-commitments, but has a right to know whether products contain labor exploitation Vienna (OTS) – Since the research by journalist Sandra Jungmann for the “Fleisch Magazin” on the domestic jewelery label BRUNA, many people have been wondering what promises made by companies with … Read more
2023-07-16 09:30:10 IV Pres. Knill received representatives of the Mercosur region Nelson Antonio Tabajara de Oliveira, Brazilian Ambassador – Exchange shows: Agreement is in the interests of both partners Vienna (OTS) – In the run-up to the EU-Latin America summit in Brussels next week, Georg Knill, President of the Federation of Industrialists, invited the representative … Read more
2023-07-13 07:19:45 Presentation of a new wiiw foreign trade study with a focus on SMEs Vienna (OTS/BMAW) – With a share of around one third of total value creation and employment, foreign trade is of crucial importance for prosperity in Austria. A new study by the Vienna Institute for International Economic Comparisons – wiiw analyzes … Read more
2023-05-30 05:31:40 Human rights organizations and demand distancing from controversial MPs: “ÖVP must not be harnessed to the cart of corporate lobbies” Vienna/Brussels (OTS) – On Thursday, June 1st, the EU Parliament will vote on its position on the EU Supply Chain Law. In advance, members of the European People’s Party surprisingly table amendments for … Read more
2023-05-24 04:00:30 Austria must not accept greenwashing leaflets and anti-democratic voting tricks Vienna (OTS) – Greenpeace is calling on Economics Minister Martin Kocher to speak out clearly against the EU-Mercosur trade pact at tomorrow’s Council of EU Trade Ministers in Brussels. The agreement endangers both nature and local agriculture. Minister Kocher must also make it … Read more
2023-05-05 12:11:16 The rejection rate of the commerce ministry’s recommendations to impose anti-dumping and countervailing duties on different imported products by the finance ministry has gone up substantially between September 2020 to October 2022, according to a report. The report of the ‘Centre for Digital Economy’ also said that the rejections are almost invariably without … Read more
Changes must be legally binding Brussels (OTS) – As early as 2019, the National Council passed a binding resolution on Austria’s rejection of the EU-Mercosur Agreement. On the basis of this, the agreement is also clearly and unequivocally rejected in the intergovernmental agreement. This was discussed at today’s meeting of EU agricultural ministers. The EU … Read more
Paris/Vienna (OTS) – The mood among entrepreneurs, financial market participants and consumers improved somewhat at the beginning of the year. The expected supply bottlenecks have not occurred due to the mild winter so far, but the economic glimmers of hope are too weak and the prospects for spring too uncertain to improve the country risk … Read more