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BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN pharmaceutical companies Hoffmann-La Roche, BASF and Rhône-Poulenc are being supported by the International Chamber of Commerce in a US Supreme Court case that could make United States courts de facto global anti-trust regulators, even in cases with a negligible USA impact.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MULTINATIONAL paper corporation Stora Enso has agreed to contribute US$500,000 annually for the next five years to a US$2.5 million United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) project to extend basic education in developing countries. Half this money will come from corporate funds and the rest from staff fundraising and in-kind gifts.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GERMANY is at the centre of a lengthy critique of global restrictions on the telecommunications sector issued by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), which it warns may form the basis future World Trade Organisation disputes cases. Germany has been criticised regarding access to leased lines and high mobile termination rates, in particular, with the USTR attacking the German telecom regulator RegTP’s “lack of authority to impose certain measures (ie.,…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has ruled that elements of Canada’s collective what marketing systems break its rules, taking some shine off Ottawa’s earlier claims of an oncoming victory in the dispute brought by the United States. A WTO disputes settlement panel has now told Canada to reform the Canada Grain Act, Canada Grain Regulations, and the Canada Transportation Act, to comply with the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that the number of domesticated livestock breeds worldwide is declining sharply, with 1,350 of the roughly 6,300 FAO registered breeds threatened by extinction or already extinct. The problem has been discussed by a special FAO meeting of national coordinators on animal genetic resources, which is developing a global plan to halt their disappearance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament has decided to challenge at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the agreement between the European Union (EU) and the United States over transferring airline passenger data to US authorities. MEPs think the data transfer deal breaks the EU’s data protection directive, and so the European Commission was wrong to agree its terms without parliamentary approval.…

BY MARK ROWE
MENTION Albania and money, and the image that comes to mind is of the extraordinary pyramid schemes that gripped the country in the mid-1990s as the country stepped out into a post-Stalinist dawn. Albanians poured their assets into the schemes, with an enthusiasm that was as remarkable as it was misguided.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE ASSOCIATION of British Insurers (ABI) is pressing the UK Government to maintain its raised level of spending on flood defences, as it works towards its next public spending round announcement in the summer. Following the spate of disastrous floods in 2000, Whitehall in 2002 increased its annual spending on the problem by Pounds 150 million.…

BY MARK ROWE
Mention Albania and money and one is drawn back to the extraordinary pyramid schemes that gripped the country in the mid-1990s as it emerged into a post-Stalinist dawn. Albanians poured in funds with an enthusiasm as remarkable as it was misguided.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MONACO is all about money. A glamorous speck of high-rises looming above the French Riviera, it is famous for wealthy glamour, tax exiles, racing-cars and gambling. Given this cocktail, it is hardly surprising that this, Europe’s second smallest country by geography, has attracted allegations that it has been the site of money laundering.…