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BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN has been given a relatively clean bill of health in the latest Transparency International corruption rankings, being viewed as joint-11th least-corrupt country in the world, sharing its billing with Canada and Luxembourg. Finland was the most honest place in which to do business said the pressure group’s survey, followed by Iceland and the Denmark plus New Zealand at joint third.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union has joined formal World Trade Organisation (WTO) consultations between Bangladesh and India over New Delhi’s imposition of anti-dumping duties on Bangladeshi exports of lead acid batteries. Brussels said it “shared a substantial trade interest” in the dispute, which could go to binding arbitration if it is not solved by the talks.…

BY RICHARD HURST
Nigeria is widely regarded as the country as the hub of money-laundering activities in the region, despite having a reasonably comprehensive set of anti-money laundering laws in place. Press and non-governmental organisation reports have highlighted cases where Nigerian banks have been hit by money launderers trying to conceal illicit earnings from corruption, the arms trade, narcotics and the e-mail frauds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A SOUTH Asia regional meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has agreed to set up a Central Reporting Agency (CRA), which would evaluate ground and airborne ADS/CPDLC systems performance in an operational trial for the Bay of Bengal area.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BANGLADESH has launched the first stage of disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in a row with India over its imposition of anti-dumping duties on Bangladeshi exports of lead acid batteries. Dhaka claims that New Delhi broke 17 WTO rules in its erection of the tariffs and has called for formal consultations on the issue at the organisation’s headquarters in Geneva.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKE
RUMOURS about possible deals involving Bata India with UK multinational Reebok and US retail giant WalMart have been pushing the Indian company’s stock price to high levels. Talk about Reebok focused on a possible partnership with Bata India to sell shoes in Bangladesh, while WalMart rumours suggested that the American company was looking at using the Indian shoemaker for an outsourcing contract.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SHIPBREAKING, a ready source of scrap steel, is one of the most dangerous occupations in the world. What is more, agreed a recent meeting of experts from the International Metalworkers Federation, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and others, it need not be so deadly.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
SURPRISINGLY wide support for the west African plan to rid the world of cotton subsidies has been voiced at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) summit, in Cancun, Mexico. The Canadian and Australian governments yesterday (10 Sept) threw their developed country weight behind the plan, as did WTO Director-General Supachai Panitchpakdi.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Heath Organisation announced that 40 countries and the European Union signed the new global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control within a week of it being agreed. Signatories included Britain, Spain, Iran, South Africa, Bangladesh and France.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Heath Organisation announced that 40 countries and the European Union signed the new global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control within a week of it being agreed. Signatories included Britain, Spain, Iran, South Africa, Bangladesh and France.…