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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FIRST formal global standard for operating information security management systems has been issued by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO). It can be used by small, medium and large organisations in most commercial and industrial sectors, to “reassure customers and suppliers that information security is taken seriously…because they have in place state-of-the-art processes to deal with information security threats and issues”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has formally asked European Union (EU) ministers to authorise it to negotiate and conclude a “comprehensive open aviation agreement” with the Ukraine. In a detailed memorandum, Brussels said a deal would “establish an ambitious framework integrating wider aviation issues such as regulatory co-operation in the fields of aviation safety, security, air traffic management, technology and research as well as “doing-business” issues and industrial co-operation.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
GLOBAL cereal production in 2005 is forecast at 1.9 billion tonnes, slightly down since the previous forecast and 3.4% less than 2004’s record output, said the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States claims that it has won a World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against Mexico, with a disputes panel ruling a 20% tax on Mexican soft drinks manufactured with imported high-fructose corn syrup broke global commerce rules.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE METEROLOGICAL Office, the UK’s national weather service, the Met Office, has launched a new version of its satellite-distribution weather advice service. The new upgraded SADIS2G (second generation) is being rolled out to air traffic control units (ATCs) and will gradually supersede the existing SADIS system.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has approved the acquisition of sole control of Netherlands-based EU food ingredient business IMCD Group by global financial services group ABN AMRO.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has revised proposed banana tariffs for Latin American suppliers to Euro 187 a tonne, whilst maintaining a zero-duty quota for African, Caribbean and Pacific bananas of 775,000 per year. The Commission has also asked the World Trade Organisation to rule on whether its new plan complies with global commerce regulations.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE OIL price rises wrought by Hurricane Katrina and endemic strong global demand have encouraged European Union (EU) energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs to press ahead with his plans to promote energy conservation in the EU. He has released a paper stressing the need to accelerate the European Action Plan on energy efficiency and also to promote more effective international action on the topic bilaterally and through the International Energy Agency.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE CANADIAN government claims it has complied with a 2004 WTO ruling that elements of its collective wheat marketing systems break global commerce rules. A disputes panel told Canada to reform the Canada Grain Act, Canada Grain Regulations, and the Canada Transportation Act.…

BY KENCHO WANGDI
BANGLADESH’S paint industry claims to be thriving on an upbeat construction and healthy economy, despite the knocks it has suffered because of global liberalisation of the country’s key textile industry this January. Piggy-backing on a real estate boom, the Bangladeshi market for residential paints and wall coverings continues to maintain a relentless upwards march of around 7% a year.…