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BY DEIRDRE MASON
DECLARATIONS of intent on tackling climate change are no longer good enough, delegates to last week’s (Nov4-5) Royal Institute on International Affairs/Carbon Trust conference on delivering climate technology was told by a senior executive from Italy’s environment ministry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) drinks importers are girding themselves for the imposition of heavy duties on a range of United States fruit juice exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American protection of its steel industry, erected in breach of global trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) clothing retail industry is girding itself for the imposition of mainly 30 per cent duties on a range of US exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American steel production subsidies paid in breach of global trade laws.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
THREE years after it was launched by the London-based European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA), the new procedure for the designation of orphan drugs and for assisting in their development is widely judged a success though there remain serious questions over actually getting the authorised drugs to patients.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) plant and construction companies may face the imposition of 30 per cent duties on US crane lorry exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American protection of its steel industry, erected in breach of global trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) shoe and accessory companies are girding themselves for the imposition of heavy duties on a wide range of US shoe and accessory exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American protection of its steel industry, erected in breach of global trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) knitted products companies are girding themselves for the imposition of heavy duties on a wide range of US exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American protection of its steel industry, erected in breach of global trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE NETHERLANDS has secured the help of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to reduce its greenhouse gas emission targets by investing in eastern European projects aimed at fighting global warming. The bank and the Dutch government are creating a carbon fund, which will draw on Euro 32 million of Netherlands’ funds.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) retail goods importers are girding themselves for the imposition of heavy duties on a range of United States food and clothing exports, after the World Trade Organisation authorised EU retaliation to American protection of its steel industry, erected in breach of global trade laws.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BINDING energy conservation targets have been proposed for European Union (EU) Member States by the European Commission, a move that could further tighten fuel economy rules for Europe’s transport sector. Brussels has proposed a general energy saving target of one per cent a year from 2006-12, measured against average energy distribution from the previous five years.…