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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE CONTROVERSIAL decision to allow personal data on European Union (EU) air passengers to be transferred to the United States has been declared illegal by a European Court of Justice (ECJ) advocate general. In a formal opinion, which may well be confirmed by the court, Philippe Léger, has said the EU Council of Ministers’ decision "does not have an appropriate legal basis" within EU legislation.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE LATEST BSE discovery in Canada has inspired the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF)/United Stockgrowers of America organisation to sue the US Agriculture Department to prevent imports of Canadian cattle and beef products.

R-CALF says Canadian imports pose health risks to people and cows, costing American producers up to US$3 billion in lost demand.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

ECUADOR has launched a dispute at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) alleging that United States anti-dumping duties imposed on its exports of ‘certain frozen warmwater shrimp’ were erected in breach of the WTO’s anti-dumping agreement. Calling for formal consultations (the first stage of disputes proceedings), Ecuador alleged US trade officials had erred in anti-dumping calculations through "zeroing negative anti-dumping margins".…

BY MONICA DOBIE

THE CANADIAN government has followed in the footsteps of the European Union (EU) by banning the use of lead acetate in progressive hair dyes namely, Grecian Formula 16 (Canadian sister of the fabled Grecian 2000 Cream in the UK).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

RUSSIA has sent another threat to Europe over gas supplies, undermining its reputation as a potential reliable energy partner for its western neighbours. Semyon Vainshtok, the president of Russia pipeline monopoly Transneft has told the daily newspaper Nezavisimaya Gazeta that Russia has "overfed Europe with crude".…

KEITH NUTHALL
On the basis of existing policies and measures alone, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Sweden and the United Kingdom should reach their individual targets. The Netherlands and Luxembourg will achieve their targets with the help of credits from the project-based mechanisms.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

TRADE ministers at the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) Hong Kong summit are struggling today to reach a compromise deal on the vexed question of cotton subsidies that will prevent west African exporters scuppering an overall agreement. The United States has been under pressure to abandon its production payments to American growers, which are highly politically sensitive in the US.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A UNITED Nations report has claimed diamond-exporting revenues have soared in peacetime Sierra Leone, rising 60% last year. By October 31, revenues from official 2004 exports had reached US$120 million, compared to US$71 million the same period in 2003.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EFFORTS by industrialised nations to cap greenhouse gas pollution could fall short by 2015, when developing country emissions may rise to dangerous levels previously emitted in the developed world, the UN’s Second Committee (economics and finance) has been told.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE UNITED Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has advised aid agencies to prioritise energy projects, because they can save rural people time to concentrate on generating wealth. “Rural women spend hours gathering fuel-wood, (and) inefficiently processing food”, said a UNDP official.…