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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States claims that it has won a World Trade Organisation (WTO) case against Mexico, with a disputes panel ruling a 20% tax on Mexican soft drinks manufactured with imported high-fructose corn syrup broke global commerce rules.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE
THE EGYPTIAN paint industry is in a state of flux after the sector was deregulated, with competition increasing both domestically and internationally, and long-term projections hampered by the government’s inability to decide on whether or not to cease subsidising turpentine supplies.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has acted to simplify the approval of ‘intelligent’ adaptive front-lighting systems (AFS) that boost illumination for drivers, while cutting the risk of glare for fellow motorists. It is proposing that manufacturers should bypass existing European Union (EU) complicated approval procedures for new technologies, by writing a draft United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) technical regulation for this kit into EU type-approval rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
AN ASSESSMENT from the Kyoto Protocol Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has concluded that capturing and storing carbon dioxide (CO2) produced by power plants before it enters the atmosphere could be crucial in minimising climate change. The Geneva-based panel has estimated that capture and storage technologies could lower climate change mitigation costs over the next 100 years by 30%.…

BY WESLEY GIBBINGS
THE RELATIONSHIP between Caribbean people and tobacco could have at one time been described as virtually umbilical, with important outward feeders to Europe and other parts of the world. Tobago, the smaller unit of the twin-island state of Trinidad & Tobago, bears the name of the instrument used by native Amerindians 500 years ago to smoke Burly blends.…

BY MARK ROWE
WEATHER forecasters have always come in for criticism but the reality is that forecasting has evolved somewhat beyond the reliance of medieval truisms such as rain on St Swithun’s Day meant 40 more days of showers. And not only are today’s forecasts are more reliable than ever, with meteorologists providing long-term predictions of wet weather, heat waves and other extreme events, of incalculable value to energy and water utilities with half an eye on demand, but Britain’s Meteorological (Met) Office has taken its services one step further.…

BY ALAN OSBORN
MORE than 20 years after an agreement was first proposed, a deal has been struck between the European Union (EU) and the United States over wine and both sides have acclaimed it. But has the EU given too much away?…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE RELEASE of the main report of the Volcker inquiry into the United Nations’ oil for food scandal should strengthen reformers within the global body seeking tougher auditing controls. Controversial US ambassador John Bolton called for an expanded independent UN audit board role.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
CANADIAN alloy magnesium producer Magnola has been correctly charged 21.61% countervailing duties on its exports to the United States, a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) panel has ruled. It has found that the US Department of Commerce’s (DoC) decision to impose the duties was legal under NAFTA and “supported by substantial evidence on the record”.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has reversed a ban made earlier this year on cosmetics companies using an official ‘USDA Organic’ seal on products using natural ingredients. It said in April it had no authority to regulate cosmetics and so told companies producing ‘natural’ lotions and lip balms to remove the USDA round, green label from their packaging.…