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BY KEITH NUTHALL

WITH the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Doha Development Round in the doldrums this year, the European Union (EU) has been focusing on bilateral trade deals and European confectionery producers will benefit.

The most important of recently struck agreements has been an EU-South Korea trade deal, which will create a virtual free trade zone between the signatories.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

NANOTECHNOLOGY scientists remain excited by the advantages various industries can glean from the addition of nanosilver to textiles, but there is increasing opposition to its use in non-medical fields and growing concern that not enough is known about its health and environmental effects.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE NOMINATION of an Italian to the important position of European Union (EU) industry Commissioner could be good news for the clothing and textile industry. Antonio Tajani would be replacing German socialist heavyweight Günter Verheugen who has vigorously pushed an activist agenda in Brussels, which has often favoured heavy industry, and the transport sector in particular (which is strong in Germany).…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

THE ADDITION of nanoparticles to paint is the "best way forward" for the growth of the paints and coatings industry, according to Craig Barker, director of regulatory affairs at the Dutch chemical firm Akzo Nobel. However, environmentalists have questioned, at a recent conference debate, whether the oft-touted benefits actually outweigh the risks, given what they consider to be a continuing lack of data about the safety of these products.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON GAVIN BLAIR ANCA GURZU and KEITH NUTHALL

AS the Copenhagen conference charged with forging a new international climate change treaty gets under way this month, the auto industry worldwide will be looking closely at how the deliberations will affect its business.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE DUTCH government has become the first in Europe to move towards automatic universal road pricing by proposing a tax charging motorists on the kilometres they drive. It wants the Netherlands parliament to approve replacing road and car purchase taxes with the charge by 2012, varying rates/km by car model weight and CO2 emissions.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

OUTSPOKEN European Union (EU) information society Commissioner Viviane Reding is to leave her position in Brussels when the new European Commission is confirmed in January. The Luxembourger will be replaced by a tough Dutch free-market liberal Neelie Kroes who takes on a renamed post of digital agenda Commissioner.…

BY KARRYN MILLER, KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN

DESPITE following the global trend of increasing anti-smoking campaigns and placing stronger warning labels on cigarette packets, tobacco sales in South Korea are not declining. In fact, the industry has seen a slow but steady rise in total sales over the last few years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AN INITIATIVE boosting the ability of Latin American and Caribbean countries to prevent precursor chemicals from being diverted from legitimate uses to illegal narcotic production has been launched. The UN Office in Drugs and Crime and European Commission’s three-year PRELAC project will cover: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

The Venezuelan cigarette market experienced an overall decline in 2008 and the first half of 2009. In 2008, 11.95 billion sticks were sold, an 8.6% drop from the 13.07 billion sticks sold in 2007, according to the United Nations Statistics Division.…