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BY KEITH NUTHALL
NORTH African and Levant trade ministers are meeting in Tunisia today (Tues Sep 28) with outgoing European Union (EU) trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy at a conference on the global phase out of textile import quotas on January 1.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NOVEL ‘speed dating’ system at the first global ICT (information communication technology) forum for least developed countries, proved a success, said organisers. Held in Mauritius, potential donors, investors and beneficiary governments identified areas of common interest in one-to-one meetings.…

KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations agency coordinating the world’s airlines has claimed the industry is finally shaking off its post-September 11 gloom and will post robust growth figures this year and onto 2006. Predictions released by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) say that global airline passenger traffic should grow by 6.2% this year and continue to expand by 5.4% in 2005 and 5.2% in 2006.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
PRESSURE from consumers and regulators have forced automotive manufacturers to re-examine the vehicle construction process from top to bottom in recent years. Increasing fuel prices coupled with drivers’ demands for improved performance has meant that the use of lighter materials, such as aluminium and composites which are bonded using adhesives, has become far more widespread, and could be set to become even more commonplace in volume production.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Health Organisation (WHO) has praised China for securing a 30% drop in cases of tuberculosis since 1991, linking its success to a comprehensive anti-TB strategy called the Directly Observed Therapy Shortcourse (DOTS). China was, it said, now on track to meeting the WHO’s global goal of cutting TB outbreaks in half by 2015.…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
THE GROWING use of adhesives in the manufacture of automotive interiors is not only helping to meet the demands of consumers in terms of aesthetics and car performance, but is also satisfying environmental regulators. But could these bonding processes also be more widely used in the construction of car exteriors in the near future?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel has ruled that the USA broke global trading procedures when renewing anti-dumping duties against Argentine exports of oil country tubular goods. The US has now to review the tariffs against this complex ruling to justify their reimposition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PROGRESS has been made in global negotiations renewing the 1994 International Tropical Timber Agreement, which regulates trade in the commodity and expires next year. Representatives of 58 countries have asked UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) officials to draft a successor agreement for approval at a meeting next February 14-18.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
IT might be one of the world’s smallest countries but you could hardly ask for a more emphatic turnaround from villain to hero in the fight against money laundering than Liechtenstein has managed over the last five years.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is to press for global production and trade restrictions on additional persistent organic pollutants under the UN’s Stockholm Convention. These include pentabromodiphenyl ether, chlordecone, hexabromobifenyl, hexachlorocyclohexane, polychlorinated napthalenes and short-chained chlorinated paraffins, among others. The convention entered into force May and there are now moves to expand the list of pollutants that it covers.…