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BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) seven-year-old Doha Development Round maybe drawing towards a close, the pharmaceutical industry might start to consider that a final deal could lead to the elimination of most import duties on drugs and medicines, traded worldwide.…

BY MARK ROWE

LIKE the majority of industries in Thailand, the paint and coatings sector has endured a roller coaster ride in recent years. Having put the disruption caused by the 1997 financial crisis firmly behind it, the military coup of 2006 further unsettled affairs.…

BY A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT, in Lahore, Pakistan

REMARKS from the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei in a recent interview with the pan-Arab Al-Hayat newspaper showing concerns about Pakistan’s civil and military nuclear assets and Islamabad’s capability to protect these from extremists- have unleashed a great debate in and outside the country.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

INTERNATIONAL standards are crucial for the trade in goods, because they allow

importers to have confidence that the foreign product they are buying meets the

specifications they are familiar with at home. So, it may come as some surprise that no

such global standard currently exists as regards the technical definition of biofuels.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

AS one of South America’s largest economies and the world’s leading

exporter of soy and sunflower oil, Argentina experienced a GDP growth rate

of 8.4 percent in 2006 and 7.9 percent a year earlier, according to the US

Energy and Information Administration.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has ordered compulsory GM-free certification for a wide range of Chinese rice products, because of concerns unauthorised illicit exports of the genetically modified Bt63 are entering Europe. From April 15, only consignments tested by an accredited laboratory using a specific testing method, accompanied by an analytical report, can be exported to the EU.…

BY RACHEL JONES, in Caracas

SINCE biotech oil crops were first commercialised over a decade ago, their use has experienced yearly double-digit growth worldwide, with Latin America being something of a nursery for this growth. Globally, the area of biotech crops grew by 13%, or by 12 million hectares, in 2006, to reach 102 million hectares, according to the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

TOURISM is continuing to boom in developing countries, boosting their economies, according to the latest figures from the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). Its claims the number of individual international tourism journeys leapt by 6% in 2007 (compared to 2006) to 898 million visitors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A RESEARCH and development cooperation agreement between EURATOM and China regarding peaceful uses of nuclear technology has been approved by the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers. Collaboration between European Union and Chinese nuclear scientists would include work on radiation protection and monitoring; nuclear safeguards, safety and technology; nuclear metrology and reference materials; decommissioning of nuclear installations; management of radioactive waste; education and training; and others.…

BY MARK GODFREY

A GLANCE at the bustling Kwun Tong Wholesale Fish Market suggests Hong Kong’s live seafood market is thriving. Every morning with typical Hong Kong efficiency fish are hauled from holding tanks onto queuing trucks fitted with wooden boxes and air pumps.…