Search Results for: Climate change

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BUSINESS partners from different countries in the European Union (EU) will be able to agree in advance of making a deal which national law will apply in any future disputes, under a reformed convention proposed by the European Commission.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CALIFORNIA has become the first US state to formally declare secondhand tobacco smoke a toxic air pollutant, aligning it with diesel exhaust, arsenic and benzene. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) voted unanimously to change tobacco’s smoke status based on a report that found a sharp increased risk of breast cancer in young women exposed to passive smoking.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has attempted to allay fears arising from reports that it plans a significant rise in inspections of foreign audit firms in 2006, saying that while the number would rise this was due to "natural growth" and did not indicate any change of policy or any new concerns about foreign auditors.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) will have until June 27 to reclassify its customs designation of frozen boneless chicken cut imports, a World Trade Organisation (WTO) arbitrator has ruled. Brussels must admit into the EU cuts of 1.2%-3% salt content as ‘salted’ rather than ‘frozen’ cuts, meaning lower duties will apply.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

THE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed banning the use in the European Union (EU) of mercury in thermometers and other medical devices such as blood pressure gauges, manometers and sphygmomanometers. Brussels says it is acting because mercury is so toxic to humans and wildlife.…

BY MATTHEW BRACE, in Sydney

IT might sound like science fiction but many of the most exciting and useful advances emerging from the super-science of nanotechnology are real. Nanotechnology is a relatively new approach that deals with understanding and applying the properties of matter at the nano-scale, where a small molecule measures one nano-metre (one billionth of metre) in length, or about 1/80,000 of the diameter of a human hair.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADIAN researchers have suggested a novel way of preventing a feared switch off of the Gulf Stream that warms Europe and Britain, preventing us from being plunged into Siberia-style winters. The concern is linked to global warming and its potential melting of the North Pole ice cap.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

A PROPOSAL by the European Union (EU) trade commissioner Peter Mandelson to impose provisional anti-dumping duties of 19.4 % on imported leather shoes from China and 16.8% on those from Vietnam has sparked protests from the Chinese Leather Association (CLA), caused concern among EU retailers and importers, while bringing uncertainty into the global leather market.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BUSINESS partners from different European Union (EU) countries will be able to agree in advance of forming a relationship which national law will apply in future disputes, under a reforms proposed by the European Commission. It has suggested further changes to the Rome II convention, under review since 2003.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has formally proposed slapping anti-dumping duties on imports of leather footwear from China and Vietnam into the EU. He said the European Commission had found "compelling evidence" that shoes from these two countries were being sold at below production costs which is against world trade rules.…