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BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN tobacco firms have suffered potentially a monumental blow, as Canada’s highest court has sided with the British Columbia provincial government, giving it the green light to sue manufacturers to recover billions of dollars in health care costs.…

Keith Nuthall
THE INTERNATIONAL Labour Organisation (ILO) has warned that airport check-in staff suffer intense physical and emotional stresses, causing widespread workplace injuries and illnesses. A survey of Canada and Switzerland airports by the International Transport Workers’ Federation, International Labour Office, and Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety has revealed serious problems.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE STEEP decline in sales of European Union (EU) finished leather to its number one market, the United States, has been highlighted by a comprehensive report on the global leather (and textile) market written for the European Commission.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
MORE than 20 years after an agreement was first proposed, a deal has been struck between the European Union (EU) and the United States over wine and both sides have acclaimed it. But has the EU given too much away?…

Keith Nuthall
A FORMER air force base in up-state New York, USA, will be converted into an international airport, serving Montreal, Canada, as well as local American markets. US$20 million is being spent on upgrading Plattsburgh Airport, which has been used by industrial and freight customers since the air force moved out in 1995.…

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 ALAN OSBORN
EARTHQUAKE insurance is an odd business in that the human scale of a disaster is sometimes wildly in excess of the economic losses and the latter in turn often far exceed the level of cover and therefore claims.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
UNUSUAL public hearings are being staged at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva, over the long-running dispute between the European Union (EU), the United States and Canada over whether hormones should be allowed in beef. Closed-circuit television will carry proceedings to the media and the public between September 12 and 15.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and MONICA DOBIE
A CANADIAN federal tobacco advertising law has been declared unconstitutional in the province of Québec for preventing tobacco company names, as well as cigarette brands, from being used to sponsor sports and cultural events. Its Court of Appeal struck down parts of the law on tobacco advertising and labeling by a 2-1 majority, leading legal experts to tell Canadian newspapers that a “JTI Tennis Tournament” would be possible, but not an “Export A Tournament.”…

BY ALAN OSBORN
A PROPOSAL by the European Commission to publish a blacklist of airlines with unsatisfactory safety records could mean the withdrawal of insurance cover for companies failing to measure up according to Commission officials. The Brussels plan has been made in the context of a recent sequence of aviation crashes off Italy, Greece, Canada and Venezuela where defective aircraft or negligence by operating personnel have come under suspicion.…