Danone, Wahaha to end confrontation_财经新闻

Danone, Wahaha to end confrontation

文章来源：文章作者：发布时间：2007-12-24 06:05 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

(单词翻译:双击或拖选)

Dec.24 - French food group Danone and Chinese beverage¹ giant Wahaha Group would end confrontation² and prepare for peace negotiation³, a Beijing-based spokeswoman for Danone said on Sunday.

The agreement was reached Friday night after a long negotiation presided by China's Ministry⁴ of Commerce, said Ding Ying, a spokeswoman of Ogilvy Public Relations Agency, Danone's PR agent.

"The announcement has been recognized by both parties. It represents their common views and wishes," Ding told Xinhua in an telephone interview.

The announcement said they agreed to "call off all lawsuits⁶ and arbitrations⁸ provisionally and stop all aggressive speeches against the other party, in order to create a friendly atmosphere for peace negotiation."

Ding said both parties expressed positive attitude towards a successful negotiation.

However, no announcement was released by Wahaha Group. A spokesman said they had no new details so far.

Danone, which owns a 51-percent stake in the 39 Danone-Wahaha joint⁹ ventures, has accused Wahaha of setting up independent companies and selling products identical to those sold by the joint ventures. Danone had demanded a 51-percent stake in the non-joint venture companies, which Wahaha rejected.

Since mid-year, the two companies have filed numerous complaints and lawsuits against each other under various Chinese and foreign jurisdictions¹⁰.

Danone filed its first lawsuit⁵ against Wahaha on May 9 in Stockholm, and on June 4, Danone filed another lawsuit, in Los Angeles, against two Wahaha-related companies and two individuals.

Also in June, Wahaha filed a request with the arbitration⁷ commission in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou over a disputed trademark¹¹ transfer.

It also lodged¹² suits in Shenyang and Jilin against Danone executives Emmanuel Faber, who replaced Zong Qinghou as chief of Danone and Wahaha's 39 joint ventures, Qin Peng, China director for Danone Asia and Francois Caquelin, a financial director, claiming they had breached¹³ company law or damaged the interests of the Danone-Wahaha joint venture.

ln July, Danone filed a counterclaim against Wahaha, alleging¹⁴ that Wahaha had failed to transfer trademarks¹⁵ to their joint venture under an agreement reached in 1996 when their cooperation started.

Danone and Wahaha negotiated for another round before French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited China late last month. The talks, however, were fruitless.

点击

收听单词发音

1 beverage
n.(水，酒等之外的)饮料
参考例句：
The beverage is often colored with caramel.这种饮料常用焦糖染色。 Beer is a beverage of the remotest time.啤酒是一种最古老的饮料。

2 confrontation
n.对抗，对峙，冲突
参考例句：
We can't risk another confrontation with the union.我们不能冒再次同工会对抗的危险。 After years of confrontation,they finally have achieved a modus vivendi.在对抗很长时间后，他们最后达成安宁生存的非正式协议。

3 negotiation
n.谈判，协商
参考例句：
They closed the deal in sugar after a week of negotiation.经过一星期的谈判，他们的食糖生意成交了。 The negotiation dragged on until July.谈判一直拖到7月份。

4 ministry
n.(政府的)部；牧师
参考例句：
They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。 We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

5 lawsuit
n.诉讼，控诉
参考例句：
They threatened him with a lawsuit.他们以诉讼威逼他。 He was perpetually involving himself in this long lawsuit.他使自己无休止地卷入这场长时间的诉讼。

6 lawsuits
n.诉讼( lawsuit的名词复数 )
参考例句：
Lawsuits involving property rights and farming and grazing rights increased markedly. 涉及财产权，耕作与放牧权的诉讼案件显著地增加。来自辞典例句 I've lost and won more lawsuits than any man in England. 全英国的人算我官司打得最多，赢的也多，输的也多。来自辞典例句

7 arbitration
n.调停，仲裁
参考例句：
The wage disagreement is under arbitration.工资纠纷正在仲裁中。 Both sides have agreed that the arbitration will be binding.双方都赞同仲裁具有约束力。

8 arbitrations
n.仲裁，公断( arbitration的名词复数 )
参考例句：
By November last year, it was administering 120 arbitrations that were conducted in the region. 截至去年十一月，该秘书处分处处理的区内仲裁个案有120宗。来自互联网 She was the labor relation specialist, and handled all grievances, and arbitrations for the region. 作为劳工关系专家，她负责处理该地区所有的申诉和仲裁。来自互联网

9 joint
adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合
参考例句：
I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。 We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

10 jurisdictions
司法权( jurisdiction的名词复数 )；裁判权；管辖区域；管辖范围
参考例句：
Butler entreated him to remember the act abolishing the heritable jurisdictions. 巴特勒提醒他注意废除世袭审判权的国会法令。 James I personally adjudicated between the two jurisdictions. 詹姆士一世亲自裁定双方纠纷。

11 trademark
n.商标；特征；vt.注册的…商标
参考例句：
The trademark is registered on the book of the Patent Office.该商标已在专利局登记注册。 The trademark of the pen was changed.这钢笔的商标改了。

12 lodged
v.存放( lodge的过去式和过去分词 )；暂住；埋入；（权利、权威等）归属
参考例句：
The certificate will have to be lodged at the registry. 证书必须存放在登记处。来自《简明英汉词典》 Our neighbours lodged a complaint against us with the police. 我们的邻居向警方控告我们。来自《简明英汉词典》

13 breached
攻破( breach的现在分词 )；破坏，违反
参考例句：
These commitments have already been breached. 这些承诺已遭背弃。 Our tanks have breached the enemy defences. 我方坦克车突破了敌人的防线。

14 alleging
断言，宣称，辩解( allege的现在分词 )
参考例句：
His reputation was blemished by a newspaper article alleging he'd evaded his taxes. 由于报上一篇文章声称他曾逃税，他的名誉受到损害。 This our Peeress declined as unnecessary, alleging that her cousin Thornhill's recommendation would be sufficient. 那位贵人不肯，还说不必，只要有她老表唐希尔保荐就够了。

15 trademarks
n.（注册）商标( trademark的名词复数 )；（人的行为或衣着的）特征，标记
参考例句：
Motrin and Nuprin are trademarks of brands of ibuprofen tablets. Nuprin和Motrin均是布洛芬的商标。来自《简明英汉词典》 Many goods in China have the trademarks of a panda. 中国的许多商品都带有熊猫的商标。来自《简明英汉词典》

上一篇：Firms may have to reveal green details 下一篇：China drafts law to protect state assets