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NORWAY DUTIES
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission has decided not to seek a renewal of anti-dumping duties on farmed Atlantic salmon from Norway which are due to expire this month (April) and has decided against imposing similar duties on farmed salmon from the Faroes and Chile.…
CANADA PROFITS
BY MONICA DOBIE
THE CANADIAN fishing industry is currently enjoying a significant upswing in profits thanks to a surge in fish and seafood consumption and new accessible global fish sources. Three of the country’s main processors in its often hard-pressed Atlantic provinces have reported strong profits despite a decline in traditional fish catches.…
TUBULAR GOODS ROW
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEXICAN government has launched the first stage of disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation, (formal talks), over claims that the reimposition by the United States of anti-dumping duties on its exports of oil country tubular goods broke global trading regulations.…
US PRECURSORS
BY PHILIP FINE and KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States is calling for countries to offer up more information on their legal pharmaceutical and bulk chemical industries so as to better catch those who are using them for illegal purposes.
In its comprehensive annual report on worldwide drugs activities, the US State Department places some of the blame for many legal chemicals ending up in the hands of illicit drug manufacturers, on government political structures.…
NUCLEAR ENERGY SECURITY
BY DEIRDRE MASON, ALAN OSBORN, PHILIP FINE and KEITH NUTHALL
IF there had been feelings bubbling under the surface of the British civil nuclear industry that the regulations governing its security were due for an overhaul, the events of September 11, 2001 – becoming universally known by its American shorthand 9/11 – certainly brought everybody to the table.…
CORRUPTION PAPERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A PHD in rocket science is not required to understand that corruption is a problem worldwide. But such a qualification – and more – would be required to devise an effective plan to fight this financial plague. The United Nations’ (UN) is drafting an international convention on corruption and asked a string of experts to write reports to illuminate some issues.…
INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
BY ALAN OSBORN
WITH international financial institutions being firmly in the mainstream of the world financial system, they can no more ignore the presence of money-laundering than they can that of poverty or hunger. We are talking here of global aid and development agencies like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the regional development banks.…
TRANSBOUNDARY POLLUTION DAMAGES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEGALLY binding convention has been drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that insists on compensation being paid out for industrial accidents damaging rivers, lakes and seas that span national boundaries. The legal instrument – which should be formally approved in May – gives victims of such accidents, (such as fishermen or water companies), the right to make compensation claims, even then the polluter is in another country.…
DIRTY BOMB
BY KEITH NUTHALL
NUCLEAR energy security experts have called at a conference in Vienna, Austria, for improvements in international security standards for the protection of radioactive sources that could help make a terrorist ‘dirty bomb’. This International Conference on Security of Radioactive Sources was staged by the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency.…
INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS LIABILITY
BY KEITH NUTHALL
A LEGALLY binding civil claims code has been drawn up by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) that insists on compensation being paid out for industrial accidents damaging rivers, lakes and seas that span national boundaries.…