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BY PAUL COCHRANE, in Beirut

CONTRARY to Islamic stereotyping, lingerie sales are extremely healthy in the Middle East, although the brand is not as important as the style.

Indeed, there is lingerie openly on display that in Europe would usually be confined to sex shops.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has authorised the European Commission to negotiate an agreement with China that would enable both sides to cooperate in fighting the trade of chemical precursors used to make illicit drugs. Some of these are key ingredients used in the pharmaceutical sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Finance Corporation (IFC) of the World Bank is pumping US$50 million into a Chinese plant converting coal into dimethyl ether (DME), a liquid fuel significantly cleaner than its hard fuel source. It is investing US$10 million into China’s Xinao Group, while lending it US$40 million, to set up petrochemical plants using cheap coal from Inner Mongolia.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed that definitive anti-dumping duties of 58.9% are imposed on imports into the European Union (EU) of chamois leather from China. Brussels has also proposed a provisional duty imposed since March be withheld and not retuned to Chinese exporters.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

URBANISATION in developing countries will inflate demand for meat and processed foods generally from this year to 2015, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has predicted. Its new ‘Agricultural Outlook’ identifies "growing market opportunities in certain developing countries" (notably Brazil, China and India).…

BY ALAN OSBORN, in London

EUROPEAN Union (EU) lawmakers are stepping up the development of a legally binding technical standard to ensure the safe operation of hydrogen fuel cells in road vehicles. The European Commission has begun a public consultation (which runs until September 15) on the matter, seeking to ensure that the rapid technical development of hydrogen power by automakers is not held back by safety fears and conflicting national safety rules.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

LEAD manufacturers may be able to increase sales by offering their product to paint companies in developing countries without restrictions on consumer paint production, US researchers have indicated.

The University of Cincinnati analysed 80 consumer paint samples of various colours and brands from India, Malaysia, China and Singapore to determine the amount of lead and compare them with the US’s stringent standards.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States and the European Union (EU) have agreed to set up joint-border enforcement cooperation to detect counterfeit goods, including clothing, and to create teams of diplomats in third country embassies tasked with sharing data and intelligence on counterfeiting.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

AMERICAN researchers say paint manufacturers continue to produce and sell consumer paints with dangerously high levels of lead in countries with weak environmental health controls. A University of Cincinnati study found 75% of all tested paint in India, China and Malaysia contained high levels of lead, with more than 50% of samples 30 times higher than the permitted US standard.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

AMERICAN researchers have found that paint manufacturers continue to produce and sell consumer paints with dangerously high levels of lead in countries with weak environmental health controls. A University of Cincinnati study, to be published in the journal Environmental Research, found 75% of all tested paint in India, China and Malaysia contained high levels of lead, with more than 50% of samples containing levels 30 times higher than the permitted US standard.…