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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) has again censured the European Union (EU) for failing to comply with global trading rules on its long running banana dispute with the USA and Latin America. An appellate panel of the WTO disputes settlement body found the EU’s discriminatory regime favouring the import of Caribbean and African bananas over central and south American fruit does illegally harm American fruit companies: "it nullified or impaired benefits accruing to the United States" under the WTO’s general agreement on tariffs and trade (GATT).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Court of Justice (ECJ) has cleared the way for national governments in the European Union (EU) to insist that diesel-powered vehicles registered in that country be fitted with special filters reducing particulate matter emissions. Judges struck down a European Commission decision blocking a Netherlands law effectively insisting that such a filter be used on all Dutch-registered diesel cars, lorries and vans.…

BY MARK GODFREY

GIVEN the armies of migrant workers slapping millions of litres of paint onto the walls of spanking new hotels and creaking 1950s apartment blocks in and around Beijing during the preparations for the Olympic Games it is not surprising that paint demand in China currently outstrips that of India by five times, in tonnage used.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BANANA and banana product importers cannot sue the European Union (EU) for its alleged failure to abide by its World Trade Organisation commitments through giving special EU market access to Caribbean and African producers, the European Court of Justice has ruled.…

By Keith Nuthall

The often controversial European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has started work, with its newly appointed governing board having its first meeting, with the European Commission claiming it will help close Europe’s research spending gap compared with the United States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has challenged rulings by a World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) disputes settlement panel that it is breaking WTO rules simply by having a preferential tariff regime favouring Caribbean and African banana exporters over those from Latin America.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

DUTCH researchers have proved while consumers might say they prefer healthy snacks over fat and sugar laden foods, they actually eat sweet. Wageningen University scientists found half of test participants said they would choose an apple or a banana over confectionery or a molasses waffle.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A MAN-MADE ecological disaster that almost destroyed a fishing industry is now being reversed. The northern Aral Sea – once a shallow saline remnant – is now growing again, boosting fish production. Excess irrigation shrank central Asia’s Aral Sea by 70% from 1960 to 2004, and its level dropped about 20 metres, splitting it in two in 1990: a small Northern Aral Sea entirely within Kazakhstan and a large Southern Aral Sea, shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.…

By Keith Nuthall

European academics are preparing to gather at a high level conference to discuss the problems being caused to higher education by a sharp decline in the European population. The debates at the European University Association (EUA) conference comes as the latest figures from European Union (EU) statistical agency Eurostat confirm the number of young people in European countries is already shrinking and will get smaller.…

By Alan Osborn

Many European academics and experts in the study of commercial crime are more than happy to discuss the state of play in the sector in an informal way with outsiders; others may be a little more cautious. But all are likely to suggest ways to gain further assistance.…