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BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations (UN) is warning African countries to gear up for a possible increase in demand for male circumcisions, after the publication of a study suggesting it could significantly cut male HIV infections. The French study of 3,273 South African men showed that circumcised men were 63% less likely than uncircumcised men to be infected through sex with HIV-positive women.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED States will have to review countervailing measures it has imposed on privatised British and Spanish steel-makers after a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel ruled they were partly imposed in breach of WTO rules. The panel however rejected claims that the US had erred in a sunset review of measures imposed against France’s Usinor regarding certain corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat products, which should be allowed to stand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MEXICO has appealed against a refusal by a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to order the United States to immediately scrap anti-dumping duties on Mexican oil country tubular goods (OCTG). It wants a WTO appellate body to make such a decision, even though the panel did order the US government to review the duties because of errors made in their imposition.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MYSTERIOUS species, which could provide the cure cancer, might be wiped-out by researchers exploring for unknown life in deep seas unit by the sun, the United Nations University is warning. A study has called for international rules on bio-prospecting, so high-tech submarines do not damage sensitive eco-systems that are barely understood.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A COMPREHENSIVE European Union (EU) register of industrial pollution will be created by 2009, following the approval of the idea by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. This European Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) will contain data on more than 91 polluting substances released into the EU’s air, water and land from 65 industrial activities.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
EXPOSING teens to anti-tobacco advertising in the United States has been proved to reduce smoking rates and increased anti-smoking attitudes, according to a study published in the USA’s Archives of Paediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. Research indicated that 18.6% of students in states where anti-smoking ads were frequently shown reported having smoked in the past 30 days compared with 26.7% of those in markets with no exposure to anti-tobacco advertisements.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE USA launch of a new “safer” cigarette called Fact that sports a filter cutting out harmful chemicals has been delayed because of fears the marketing of the product could mislead consumers into thinking it was “safe”. The cigarette referred to as a PREP, (potentially reduced-exposure product), was to be manufactured by an independent tobacco company in North Carolina, US, called the Flue-Cured Tobacco Cooperative Stabilization Corporation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
PRESIDENT George W Bush has indicated the USA may abandon protective food production subsidies at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Development Round. He told an ITV interview ahead of the Gleneagles G8 summit: “Let’s join hands as wealthy industrialised nations and say to the world, we’re going to get rid of all our agricultural subsidies together.”…

BY JONATHAN THOMSON
CARMAKERS have experienced tremendous growth in the Asia Pacific region recently, as China and India in particular generate new sales and manufacturing opportunities. General Motors recently announced that its 2005 first quarter production figures for the region were up by around 14% compared with 2004, with Ford and other leading manufacturers predicting similar growth.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LONG-RUNNING World Trade Organisation (WTO) row between Japan and the United States over American anti-dumping duties on certain hot-rolled steel products appears to have been solved, with Japan suspending plans to secure approval for retaliatory duties on American imports.…