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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union is joining talks at the WTO about a dispute between Australia and the Philippines over quarantine restrictions imposed by Canberra on imports of fresh fruit and vegetables, especially banana and pineapples.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has struck a deal with Morocco allowing it to import around 168,000 tonnes of tomatoes into the EU until next May.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is exploring alternative conservation methods to protect EU cod after the independent International Council for the Exploration of the Sea recommended closing some EU cod fisheries to prevent stocks collapsing.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is negotiating with EU trading partners to introduce protection for its cereals industry, involving import tariffs. Brussels is worried about price falls caused by the US Farm Bill.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU research Commissioner Philippe Busquin has called for a European organisation spreading expertise on plant science to be created. He has also stressed that the oncoming 2003-2006 EU Sixth Framework Programme for research has earmarked Euro 685 million for food quality and safety studies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE MAIN complaint of demonstrators with metal bars through their noses who harangue international organisations such as the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is that they allow important decisions to be taken in secret that are binding on democratically elected parliaments.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
COUNTRIES in eastern and southern Europe who are applying to join the European Union will be able to use money from the EU’s new Research Fund for Coal and Steel from the day of their accession, EU heads of government have decided.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON
MOST businesses install computer software because it makes their operation more efficient and so helps them to keep abreast of, or outdo, the competition. However, the growth in national and international regulations affecting the drinks industry has opened up a lucrative business opportunity for companies producing industry-specific computer software.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EU ministers have given the European Commission a mandate to negotiate further liberalisation of trade between the existing EU and eastern and southern European countries wanting to become Member States.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has published a paper examining ways of making European Union (EU) meat production more commercially competitive with imports from countries which do not have the same animal welfare standards. The report considered special welfare labelling, subsidising higher standards through the EU Common Agricultural Policy and granting better trade terms to high welfare imports.…