Trading to European standards

Metadata describing this Open University video programme
Item code:	B787; VCR3A
First transmission date:	1993 as TV4
Published:	1993
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Duration:	00:25:00
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Producer:	Stephen Wilkinson
Contributor:	Peter Hobday
Publisher:	BBC Open University
Keyword(s):	Fishing; Free market; Hi-fi
Subject terms:	European Community; Trade blocs; Aberdeen (Scotland)
Master spool number:	DOU7279
Production number:	DOU7279
Videofinder number:	4702
Available to public:	no

Trading to European standards
The barriers to trade within the European Community are finally being removed to cr...eate a free and competitive market - The Single Market - and that process involves setting out harmonised rules and standards that will ensure the free movement of goods between EC member states. This programme examines how these new standards are affecting two industries, the top end of the hi-fi industry and the age old Scottish fishing industry.

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