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BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN INTERNATIONAL assessment of commodity markets until 2014 is predicting that increased production worldwide will depress the price of traded meat. Written by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), this ‘Agricultural Outlook’ predicts slow but steady falls in beef prices, because of the gradual improvement in US production, and poultry, following “continued investment in integrated poultry systems, particularly in developing countries”.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
ENVIRONMENTALISTS have raised concerns about a plan to tap the largest gold deposit and the second largest copper deposit in North America, saying it could pollute the headwaters of a valuable local salmon fishery. The USA’s Northern Dynasty Mines Inc.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AT least 12.3 million people are trapped in forced labour around the world, says the International Labour Organisation (ILO), with the overwhelming majority being in Asia. A new report said 9.5 million forced labourers were in Asia; 1.3 million in Latin America and the Caribbean; 660,000 in sub-Saharan Africa; 260,000 in the Middle East and North Africa; 360,000 in industrialised countries; and 210,000 in ‘transition’ countries, for instance in eastern Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MEMBER states of the Mercosur trade bloc in South America have agreed to harmonise their authorisation and registration procedures for cosmetic, perfume and personal hygiene products companies. The aim of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay is to remove restrictions preventing their trade in these products.…

BY MARK ROWE
THE YEAR 2007 will be a significant one for Romania. It is the year that the country is scheduled to join the European Union (EU); it is also the year that Romania’s second nuclear power unit is expected to come on line.…

BY LIZ HALL
A PROFUSION of family-run businesses, corrupt and under-resourced authorities and low wages has traditionally meant much commercial crime goes undetected in Latin America. But the tide is turning, with more and more companies unwilling to turn a blind eye to fraud, bribery and counterfeit goods production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AS the May 31 deadline looms for World Trade Organisation (WTO) member countries to make formal offers to liberalise their service industries, the Comité Européen des Assurances (CEA) has called on Brazil, India and China to be as generous as they can.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EU Council of Ministers has ordered imports of corn gluten and brewers grain livestock feed from the United States of America to be certified as free of the genetically modified maize GMO Bt10, following unauthorised imports of this ingredient into the EU.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) has called on the European Union’s (EU) governments and car industries to adopt long-term innovative strategies that guarantee a sustainable future for the EU automobile industry, a key purchaser of steel and other metals.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
JUST because American car and truck dealers are not, at present, required to operate formal anti-money laundering programmes doesn’t mean they’re a soft touch for people who want to hide illegal cash. Say you wanted to buy a used car for US$11,000 in cash.…