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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States has lost patience with the European Union (EU) over its ban on imports of poultry carcasses treated with four types of chemicals – effectively blocking most American chicken from sale. Washington has formally requested a World Trade Organisation (WTO) disputes panel to adjudicate the long-running row.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE INTERNATIONAL Monetary Find has praised anti-recession strategies amongst Middle East and north Africa oil and gas exporting countries. It said using "reserve buffers for countercyclical spending by [Algeria, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, United Arab Emirates and Yemen] mitigated the impact on their own economies and generated positive spillovers for neighbours."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission is to investigate removing plastic from seas and oceans worldwide, amidst growing concern about massive floating islands of plastic debris in international waters. The initiative follows a call by the Dutch government at the European Union (EU) Council of Ministers for action, which could involve further pressure to reduce the use of plastics in packaging, sacks and bags.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

Despite recent efforts by the Chilean government to discourage and reduce smoking, Chileans continue to be amongst the heaviest smokers in Latin America. In fact, the cigarette market in Chile expanded in 2008: Chileans purchased 14.78 billion cigarettes compared to 13.97 billion in 2007 according the United Nations Statistics Division.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

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BY PACIFICA GODDARD

The Venezuelan cigarette market experienced an overall decline in 2008 and the first half of 2009. In 2008, 11.95 billion sticks were sold, an 8.6% drop from the 13.07 billion sticks sold in 2007, according to the United Nations Statistics Division.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

TAKE a stroll through any of South Korea’s Lotte department stores on the weekend and you could be mistaken that the recession has ended. It is here you’ll see droves of affluent consumers inspecting the latest in luxury fashion before snapping it off the shelves.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission has made a serious attempt to wrest control of the digitisation of European Union (EU)-published books, with a formal policy paper sparking an immediate major consultation exercise with European publishers.

Its initiative comes as Google tries to salvage its book digitisation project, possibly by excluding European books until it secures a deal over EU copyright controls and remuneration for publishers and authors.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

Despite recent efforts by the Chilean government to discourage and reduce smoking, Chileans continue to be amongst the heaviest smokers in Latin America. In fact, the cigarette market in Chile expanded in 2008: Chileans purchased 14.78 billion cigarettes compared to 13.97 billion in 2007 according the United Nations Statistics Division.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A DETAILED European Commission report has listed trade barriers impeding European Union (EU) automobile, parts and components sales imposed to protect export market industries from the recession. Brussels fears that while these restrictions were designed to help vulnerable businesses survive the recession, they could cause long-term damage to Europe’s auto manufacturers.…