Since 2006 we've opened 15 new trade offices in key markets, such as Brazil, India, and China, in recognition of the growing importance of emerging markets and also to ensure that Canadian companies can take advantage of these exciting business opportunities.

This procedure will also help European companies establish themselves in the world market.

Furthermore new players are looking for access to the payment markets and which - as non-banks - frequently encounter "regulatory obstacles" or "legal uncertainty".

The process of exporting successfully though is somewhat difficult, particularly for small companies who have never even dreamed they would have to enter global markets.

What we are entitled to insist on in exchange for the advantages of access to what will be the biggest and most unified financial services market in the world is that their countries should not discriminate against Community firms in their home markets.

The divestiture is now completed with the sale of these activities to a Luxembourg and a Spanish company willing to enter this market and compete against the PG/Fater joint venture and the other two established baby nappies manufacturers - Mölnlycke AB and Kimberly-Clark Corp. During the transitional period prior to the divestiture of FATER's businesses, the Commission carried out a close monitoring in order to ensure that the competitive potential of these businesses remained untouched as well as that the prospective buyer had sufficient financial resources and experience in consumer product markets in order to compete effectively in th ...[+++]e baby nappies market.