Given these priorities, Toshiba has assigned production of different lines to selected countries: refrigerators and other white goods in Thailand, televisions and other brown goods in Singapore, and information equipment in the Philippines.

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There shall be freedom of transit for French goods through Haifa and by the British railway through the brown area, whether those goods are intended for or originate in the blue area, area (a), or area (b), and there shall be no discrimination, direct or indirect, against French goods on any railway, or against French goods or ships at any port serving the areas mentioned.

BBC: Map detailing the Sykes-Picot agreement

Nigel Hollis, a former consumer goods marketer who is now chief global analyst at research agency Millward Brown, says nonconscious indentification may work well for simple, everyday purchases such as a box of Twinings tea, but bigger, more expensive purchases, such as a new car, are likely to involve much more complex decision making.

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Mr Brown said he was lobbying other European leaders to reduce VAT on energy-efficient goods from 17.5% to 5%.

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