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ТЕКСТ 1
SAMSUNG MOVE INTO CARS STARTS WAVE OF PROTEST
SEOUL - Automobile workers threatened Tuesday to strike if the government approved Samsung Co.'s application to enter the passenger-car market.
Presidents of South Korea's six carmakers, fearing competition from Samsung would hurt their business, made an impassioned appeal to prevent the entry of the prospective new rival.
The ministry is due to decide on Samsung's application, which it made Monday, within 20 days. Analysts said it was almost certain to be approved.
"If the government accepts Samsung's application to import technology despite our plea, all car-industry workers are ready to go on a full-scale strike," said Bae Bum Sik, chief of an association of automotive workers that has about 100,000 members in 70 companies.
Mr. Bae said increased competition would lead to "deteriorating earnings, which will eventually threaten our job security and our lifestyle."
He said a rally was planned for Wednesday outside government buildings near Seoul to press a demand to block the Samsung move and that a delegation would visit the Blue House, the presidential residence, to make a direct appeal to President Kim Young Sam.
About 25,000 employees of Kia Motors Corp., the strongest opponent of Samsung's entry, held a peaceful protest Tuesday.
Presidents of the six current carmakers also made a plea in a front-page advertisement published in most South Korean newspapers to block Samsung's plans.
International Herald Tribune
ТЕКСТ 2
JAPANESE DEMAND FOR FOREIGN CARS GROWS AS CHOICES WIDEN
TOKYO - Imports of foreign-made vehicles in Japan surged 67 percent in November, the Japan Automobile Importers Association said Tuesday.
A total of 26,121 passenger cars and trucks were sold last month, up from 15,636 in November 1993. Sales of foreign cars in Japan have been rising for 13 month as a result of lower prices, a greater choice of vehicles and wider acceptance among Japanese consumers. Of the total imports 24,930 passenger cars were sold in November, up 66 percent from a year earlier.
Takayuki Shimosaka, a spokesman for the association, said more Japanese dealers were selling a greater variety of imported vehicles. Honda Motor Co.'s dealer network, for instance, distributes vehicles made by Chrysler Corp.
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Lower retail prices because of the yen's appreciation against the dollar, low-interest loan campaigns and the popularity of Japanese cars produced overseas were among other factors contributing to sales.
Mercedes-Benz AG led all importers in November. Honda was close behind. Sales of cars from Ford Motor Co., which led US auto companies, more than tripled from a year earlier, to 1,325 units.
Among all imported vehicles, 6,724 were Japanese-brand cars produced abroad, the association said.
Despite the increase, imports still made up only 6.1 percent of all new cars sold in Japan in November, as foreign car dealers said barriers to doing business in Japan continued to make progress slow.
International Herald Tribune
ТЕКСТ 3
AMERICANS WIN OPTION ON BUDVAR
PRAGUE - Anheuser-Busch, America's biggest brewing company, will get first chance at buying part of Czech state brewer Budvar NP, makers of the European brand of Budweiser beer, a government official has said.
Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. and Budvar have been locked in a protracted row over who has the right to use the "Budweiser" trademark, the flagship brand of both brewers.
Anheuser-Busch "has become the first official partner for the discussions (on Budvar's privatization). "If we do not reach agreement, then there will be others," said Deputy Privatization Minister Roman Ceska.
European breweries such as Heineken of the Netherlands and Carlsberg of Denmark have frequently been mentioned by analysts as potential suitors for Budvar.
Ceska said Anheuser-Busch would be sole negotiator for a minority stake in the brewery, located in Ceske Budejovice (known as Budweis in German), 140 kilometers south of Prague.
He added there was no exact time framework or deadline for the talks.
Anheuser-Busch has not been able to sell the American Budweiser brand in Europe and Budvar has been prevented from selling the Czech version in North America because of mutually exclusive threats of trademark infringement, which has been put off by an agreed moratorium on legal action.
The Moscow Times
ТЕКСТ 4
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