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BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission, representing the 15 EU member countries, is to propose that the European Union de-couples support for cotton from production in what it calls “a constructive solution to address the trade aspects linked

to the depressed prices in the current world cotton market.”…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) foreign ministers have explicitly linked progress in EU-Iran trade talks with Tehran meeting the International Atomic Energy Agency deadline of October 31 to demonstrate clearly that its nuclear power programme is not being used to develop weapons.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has given the European Commission authority to conclude a RURATOM nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan. The deal would focus on cooperation in research projects into nuclear electricity generation operations, actions to improve the safety of power plants, the trade in nuclear materials and the provision of nuclear fuel cycle services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
HONDURAS has launched disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation with the Dominican Republic, which it accuses of unfairly restricting the import of Honduran cigarettes through burdensome red tape, bond and taxation rules. It claims that, for instance, an insistence on fixing tax stamps to packs within the Dominican Republic breaks world trade rules.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Union Council of Ministers has given the European Commission authority to conclude a nuclear energy cooperation agreement with Uzbekistan, which would be formally struck with the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM). The deal would focus on cooperation in research projects into nuclear electricity generation operations, actions to improve the safety of power plants, the trade in nuclear materials and the provision of nuclear fuel cycle services.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL and ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Union has moved at the last minute to exploit this month’s (Sep 10-13) World Trade Organisation summit in Cancun to press claims that the geographical names of traditionally made European drinks should not be exploited by manufacturers from different areas or countries.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
VIETNAM has launched an ambitious reform of its judiciary, which it wants to make more efficient and independent to underpin its drive towards doubling its gross domestic product in the next 10 years through a thriving private business sector.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL in Paris, ALAN OSBORN in London, MARK ROWE in Singapore, ED PETERS and DON GASPER in Hong Kong, RICHARD HURST in Johannesburg, MONICA DOBIE and PHILIP FINE in Montreal, MATTHEW BRACE in Brisbane and ALEX SMAILES in Port of Spain.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD Trade Organisation has failed to move its Doha development round ahead at its summit in Cancun, Mexico, with talks collapsing over proposals on investment rights. The WTO General Council will convene before Christmas to plot a way forward.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
CANADA, the US and Mexico have asked Office International des Épizooties, the world animal health organisation, to establish more practical and scientific guidelines on preventing and controlling BSE. They want action by January, given recent advances in detection and deterrence and the trade hiatus following the discovery of one infected cow in Canada.…