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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CHAIRMAN of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) agricultural liberalisation talks revealed plans this week to run the Lausanne marathon, in a city neighbouring the WTO’s Geneva. And whilst there are many of us who think sport running is for heroes or lunatics (or both), we can at least admire their stamina.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
BRITAIN is not normally thought of being subject to landslides and avalanches in the way that Alpine countries are, but the coming of climate change has made these natural disasters a real and potentially very expensive threat to us.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
DESPITE speculation of a reprieve for Germany’s condemned nuclear power sector, no swift change can be expected regarding the present phase-out following the inconclusive election. The German Atomic Forum has flatly told Utility Week it “remains bound by the agreement with the present government” on the nuclear wind-down.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called on European Union (EU) countries to further liberalise their professions, including accountancy, although a detailed report praises Britain for its reforms. The UK “is making good progress” across the board in fighting restrictive practices regarding profession entry, fees and advertising, along with Denmark and the Netherlands, said Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has called on European Union (EU) countries to further liberalise their professions, including legal specialists, although a Communication’ policy paper praises Britain for its reforms. The UK “is making good progress” across the board in fighting restrictive practices regarding profession entry, fees and advertising, along with Denmark and the Netherlands, said Brussels.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIGHT against international money laundering may need resources and determination, but what it most needs is intelligence. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) knows this well, spreading the word about new threats. Keith Nuthall reports.

LIKE every international organisation, it seems, FATF is fond of acronyms and jargon.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
ATTEMPTS to change a ruling in the long-running WTO dispute over EU customs classification of frozen boneless chicken cuts have largely failed. Notably, Brazil and Thailand did not persuade the WTO appellate body to rule cuts with 1.2% or more salt content be classified ‘salted’, rather than ‘frozen’, (attracting higher duty), not just 1.2%-3% content cuts.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
IT may never equal the four-fold rise in the price of a barrel of crude oil that took place between 1973 and 1974, but this year’s hike to more than US$60 a barrel has given all those industries dependent on the stability of fuel prices a severe shock, and the aviation industry is one of those reeling from the increases.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH
A FEW recent days on the edge of the Saronic Sea, due West of Athens, is all that was needed to renew the conviction Greece is the European Union’s most sumptuous cliché.

In this, the country is abundant.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
NAMED America’s fruit basket, the San Joaquin Valley in California ranks among the top three regions of the US with the dirtiest air, alongside traffic-clogged Los Angeles and Houston. Among lush green meadows, with fruits crops dancing in the breeze, is an environmental disaster caused by 2.5 million cows, said a recent report, by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.…