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BY MONICA DOBIE
IN a landmark decision, the High Court of Australia has ruled that a Bahamian-registered vessel owned by a Canadian company was subject to Australian labour laws and higher wages whilst in local territorial waters. Seven judges at the Canberra-based court ruled unanimously that the country’s labour court, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission (AIRC), had the authority to order CSL Pacific Shipping to grant Australian pay and conditions to its Ukrainian crew.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE USA, Canada and Argentina have requested a WTO disputes panel be established to rule on the EU’s de facto five-year freeze on approving the import of new genetically modified foodstuffs. The three countries claim it is illegal under world trade law.…

BY PHILIP FINE

A NEW book has taken cruise lines to task on their labour, environmental and

commercial practices. Cruise Ship Blues by Newfoundland, Canada, writer Ross A Klein finds many employees in the industry working 16-17 hours a day, 7 days a

week for 10-12 months straight.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ruled that Argentina’s data protection regime is tough enough to allow European Union companies to send digitised personal information to its computers, without taking extra steps to prevent abuse or transfers to third countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has ruled that Argentina’s data protection regime is tough enough to allow European Union companies to send digitised personal information to its computers, without taking extra steps to prevent abuse or transfers to third countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced the final shape of a wine and spirits trade deal it has struck with Canada. It will lead, notably, to the phasing out in Canada of geographically-linked generic trade names such as Port, Sherry, Chablis and Rhine.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AMERICAN pork exports are thriving according to a new report from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office. Overseas sales of swine, pork and pork products have increased three times in volume and 2.5 times in value since 1993, with the US now exporting more than 700 tonnes of pork worldwide worth over US$1.5 billion.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
HARRY Potter fans have managed to acquire Book 5 from a Quebec, Canada, Walmart store, in St Constant, south of Montreal, nine days before its official launch. Raincoast Books, the Canadian Publisher of the Harry Potter series, said it was probably a result of human error and that it will seek a court-ordered injunction preventing the store or any individuals from releasing any information on book.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has been authorised to negotiate a cooperation agreement with China on developing peaceful uses of nuclear energy. With the decision following Beijing’s move to become involved in the international fusion energy project ITER, one of the areas of joint-effort between the European Union (EU) and China will be “controlled thermonuclear fusion.”…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADIAN sales of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix broke retail sales records across the country this weekend. Dominant chain Indigo Chapter reported more than 100,000 copies sold across its 267 outlets on Saturday, June 21, alone.…