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BY KEITH NUTHALL

HAULIERS that use independent garages for repairs are increasingly risking their vehicles being fitted with counterfeit parts that could break down, causing road accidents – the world’s largest think tank has claimed.

A detailed report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has cited the US Federal Trade Commission claiming counterfeiting costs the global automotive parts industry US$12 billion a year.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) legal profession suffered a significant reversal in June this year when the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that reporting obligations imposed on lawyers participating in financial transactions with no link to judicial proceedings did not breach the right to a fair trial.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has extended for two years until December 2009 the deadline for member countries accepting the deal liberalising global trade rules as regards pharmaceutical patents in developing countries. WTO members have been slow to ratify the agreement – with only 11 having done so – while two-thirds of the 151 members must for it to come into force.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

CHINA has been baldly accused of hosting much of the world’s booming counterfeit auto parts production. A detailed report by the planet’s largest think tank – the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) – said: "China has been repeatedly identified as the principal source of counterfeit activity in the automotive sector, involving both trademark and design infringements.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Euro 200 million to Urenco Ltd for expanding two uranium enrichment plants in Britain and the Netherlands. The money will help the company install new centrifuge cascades in both plants. Said an EIB memorandum: "This project forms part of the company’s medium-term investment programme, meeting global uranium enrichment demand by the use of Urenco’s world-leading energy-efficient technology."…

BY ANDREW SALMON, in Seoul

THE WORDS ‘nuclear’ and ‘Korea’ automatically conjure up images of Kim Jong-il’s underground atomic weapons programs, but south of the heavily militarised border, it is South Korea that has quietly built up one of the world’s most competitive nuclear industries.…

Monica Dobie

Ottawa

ENJOYING one unit of alcohol each day is generally considered healthy by most health practitioners in helping keep cholesterol levels down, but now researchers have found that injecting alcohol directly through the skin may also help combat cancer.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE PUBLISHERS Association has welcomed the formal request by the United States government for a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel charged with ruling on whether Chinese restrictions on the import of books and other copyrighted products breaks global commerce rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE OUTCOME of the political struggle about this month’s (Sept) release of a comprehensive proposed package of European Union (EU) energy directives and regulations insisting on some unbundling between power producers and transmitters will test the EU’s ability to threaten core interests of national governments.…

INTERVIEW – TONY NOWELL, ZESPRI.

BY KARRYN CARTELLE

THE WORLD leader in kiwifruit – New Zealand’s Zespri International – appeared on the scene in 1997, a whole 45 years after the first kiwifruit were exported from its home country’s shores. But despite such a late start the company has experienced rapid growth, securing the dominant position in the kiwifruit marketplace.…