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Decent earnings in clean water / Important win in undercutting purchases of counterfeit products
Highly qualified immigrants central to welfare / New EU patent court may save millions of euro / Danish companies are active investors abroad
Focus on green energy benefits Danish exports / Climate tax may increase exports to Australia / Major project to reinvent industry
Businesses impact on UN climate change talks / Danish exporters more than just green / Billion euro EU programme for research and innovation
COP17-deal i Durban / DI CEO: New EU treaty central / Imported foods popular in China
DI: Europe must speed up / China beats the U.S. as DK trading partner No. 1 / Financing programme for energy investment in East Africa
EU-presidency with a plan for Europe / Collective bargaining has started
Employers want to change the image of industry / Export increase too modest to create jobs / Transport talks underway
Welfare solutions are marketable commodities across the globe / EU: Online trade to double in three years / DI exploring in Libya
DIBD blows new life into private enterprise / Good Danish experiences with modular road trains / News from DI's Europe Fast Forward
Focus on EU's Single Market / Important tool against global counterfeits / Victory for freer raw materials market
Less paperwork for international employees / Danish hi-tech may win in Switzerland / EU: One step towards an internal market for energy
Smart foreigners needed on labour market / New two-year collective agreements for the industrial sector / Cloud makes it easier for SMEs
New victory for the Danish model/Settlement on new collective agreement in standard wage area/DKK 150 million for Mideast investment
Denmark can collect additional export billions in Turkey / DI: Need for financing alternatives / New useful reports examine the implementation of the Single Market
EU budget should focus on growth / Industrial production slowly picking up / Better access to financing strengthens Danish exports
United States is looking to Danish solutions / Growth guarantees take root / Youth unemployment much lower than in 1980s
Promising energy agreement / Design policy creates growth / India predicts renewed growth
Europe in search of IT-skills / Finance ministers boost bailout fund / DI: EP must wait to vote on ACTA
New collective agreements approved / Danish energy agreement noticed abroad / Chinese companies in Denmark retain Danish culture
Interaction between growth, welfare and environment / United business community requests more qualified non-Danes / Growth continues in Asia
Product piracy widespread in BRIC countries / China’s grey gold / Danish exports underperform in affluent Southern Germany
DI's new 2020 plan / Danish energy technology exports growing again / Increasing risk of attacks on production equipment

DIBD blows new life into private enterprise

31.01.2012 11:17
The Danish model is finding its way to Northern Africa. With financial support from the Danish Foreign Ministry, DI International Business Development (DIBD) is helping to build up sister organisations in countries where the private sector has previously been without political influence.

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New Libya is ready for Danish businesses

There is a great need of foreign investment in Libya. The North African country appears far more stable and peaceful than is the general impression from the media, according to a DI-organised delegation that visited Libya.

Good Danish experiences with modular road trains

The Danish experiment with modular road trains has been running for three years now, and a comprehensive evaluation of the experiment shows that it has been a major success. DI Transport wants an agreement that can make the programme permanent.

LEGO wants to train Korean school children

At the visit to DI of South Korea’s Foreign and Trade Minister Kim Sung-Hwan a couple of weeks ago, the agenda mainly dealt with market opportunities in the wake of the new free trade agreement.

Growing need for innovation in Danish exports

Increased competition on the export markets is pressing the service life of Danish products. As many as half of all Danish companies believe that their products have a shorter lifespan than 10 or 15 years ago, and this intensifies the need for innovation and increasing competitiveness.

News from DI's Europe Fast Forward

New Treaty changes the European Stability Mechanism

31.01.2012 13:25
On 30 January the political leaders of Europe agreed to change the EU’s permanent stability mechanism (ESM) thereby allowing it to come into force already in July 2012. In addition, countries will have to ratify the Fiscal Compact Treaty to achieve loaning access.

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European Council agrees on Fiscal Pact

Last night the European leaders made significant steps towards restoring financial and economic stability in the euro area. With the exception of the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic, the majority of the European Union agreed on the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance. This Treaty introduces initiatives that will further strengthen the budgetary discipline.

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		Denmark and South Korea boost cooperation 25.01.2012 08:05 Since the free trade agreement with South Korea was signed last year, cooperation between Denmark and Korea has been continually reinforced. The increased relations are further strengthened by a recent official Korean visit to Denmark and a later visit by a large Danish business delegation to the south Asian country. EU: Online trade to double in three years 25.01.2012 08:39 The EU aims for a doubling of online trade’s share of GDP by 2015, and that is a highly positive strategy, according to the Danish Commercial Industries Federation, DI Handel. Necessary to hold on to foreign students 25.01.2012 08:33 A comprehensive strategy is needed if Denmark is to retain foreign students, according to DI. The non-Danish students might love to study in Denmark, but half of them return home after graduation. Welfare solutions are marketable commodities across the globe 25.01.2012 08:07 Welfare is an area with major market potential in the form of so-called welfare technologies. The private sector offers service solutions as well as products.

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