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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has lifted bans on the import of Chinese shrimps, farmed fish, honey, royal jelly, rabbit meat and some other animal products, citing improvements in controls in the use of veterinary medicines.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has called for human flu vaccines to be given to all poultry slaughterhouse workers, following the reemergence of bird flu in three Asian countries: Vietnam, China and Thailand. The FAO said research showed the virus was more widespread than previously thought and was unlikely to be “eradicated soon”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
‘CATCH me if you can’ might well be the motto of international money launderers. Despite laws criminalising the practice being well established, international organisations are continuing to extend their legal and geographical scope. Keith Nuthall reports.

IF a continent has need of comprehensive cross-border anti-money laundering legislation, it surely has to be Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SAKER FALCON

*Elegant flyers with 110cm wingspan, sandy-brown upper-feathers, and whitish below, with dark streaks.

*2003 wild population estimated at 3,600-4,400 pairs, a 48-70% decline from 1990, nesting from Hungary to western China.

*Steepest falls from 1990 in Kazakhstan – 90%, Uzbekistan – 90%, Russia – 69%, Kyrgyzstan – 68% and Mongolia – 59%.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has moved towards creating an effective cross-border gas market in the newly expanded EU, striking political agreement over a regulation on gas networks. It harmonises the conditions for accessing gas transmission infrastructure, specifying third party access, rules on capacity allocation, congestion management and the release of transmission information required for gas providers to use foreign systems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IMPORT bans into the European Union (EU) of poultry products (and poultry) from Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Pakistan, China, South Korea and Vietnam have been extended to December 15 by the European Commission. The existing restrictions were to expire on August 15, but Brussels is still concerned about bird flu in these countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) high-level group on textiles has adopted a series of recommendations to improve the competitiveness of the EU textiles and clothing industry, in the face of increasing competition after import quotas are abolished in the New Year.…

Keith Nuthall
AS the European Union (EU) prepares to abolish its remaining restrictive import quotas for textile and clothing products, the latest European Commission statistics confirm that China is best placed to exploit this liberalisation. For 2003, China exported more textile products to the expanded EU, with 10.7% of imports.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ABANDONED bid to toughen anti-dumping duties on Chinese coke exports to Europe has been formally scrapped by European Union (EU) ministers currently much more concerned about supply restrictions of this crucial steel making product. The abolition of a formal review of the Euro 32.6/tonne duties (on coke exceeding 80mm in diameter) comes as ministers consider taking China to the World Trade Organisation over its export ties.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CHINA has become the first developing country to be among the top five sources of direct foreign investment, along with the USA, Germany, Britain and France, says a new UN report.…