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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED Nations Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has warned that the rapid industrialisation of global animal food production is increasing the risk of disease transmission from animals to humans, especially given expanding global trade networks. In a policy paper Industrial Livestock Production and Global Health Risks, the FAO said: "The risk of disease transmission from animals to humans will increase…due to human and livestock population growth, dynamic changes in livestock production, the emergence of worldwide agro-food networks and a significant increase in the mobility of people and goods."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ALLEGED loopholes in China’s fight against the counterfeiting of goods will be examined by a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes settlement panel, established at the urging of the United States. The committee could tell China to tighten up anti-counterfeiting policing as a breach of world trade law, namely the WTO’s Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) Agreement.…

BY KARRYN CARTELLE

AS paint and coatings demand abroad looks increasingly enticing, players in the South Korean paint and coatings industry are expanding their global reach, seeking to improve brand recognition and their sales prospects.

With limited growth potential predicted among players in the mature South Korea domestic market, companies are also looking to emerging paint and coatings technologies and other areas within the Asia-Pacific region to drive sales forward.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED Nations Development Programme (UNDP) will focus resources on reducing greenhouse gases in eastern Europe and central Asia, where some countries have the highest worldwide emissions per GDP unit. The UNDP will promote private finance and help manage emissions reduction schemes.…

BY DEIRDRE MASON

FEW issues have proved as globally divisive as the ability to modify crops genetically. For years, a line has been drawn between the cautious European Union (EU) and the go-for-it United States, which has seen them at loggerheads over trading genetically modified crops.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop.…

BY ERIC LYMAN, in Rome

ITALY is Europe’s top producer of clams, and in most years the country consumes more of these small molluscs than any other European country, and what’s mire – local consumption has been increasing dramatically.

In 2005 (the latest statistics available), Italy produced about 85,000 metric tonnes of the three major clam species in the country (grooved carpet shell clams, or Ruditapes decussates; Japanese carpet shell clams, or Ruditapes philippinarum; and striped Venus clams, or Chamelea gallina or Venus gallina).…

BY LUCY JONES, in Dallas

LAST year’s lawsuit against a tribe and a casino manager for violation of the United States’ Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) – the first case of its kind – has been hailed by the country’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as a demonstration of why stringent anti-money laundering programmes are needed at gambling establishments on Native American (Indian) reservations.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, in Tokyo

WITH a quick scrubbing motion, Tatsuya Ishihara commits an act that is tantamount to a crime in the vehicle industry. The to-and-fro of the wire brush has etched scars in the black paint on the bonnet of the brand new Nissan X-Trail SUV that would normally require a return to the workshop.…