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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved harmonising EU chemical labelling rules with a United Nations Globally Harmonised System. This will require changes to some warning messages and pictograms on paint, coating and related products to make health hazards better understood.…

BY ALAN OSBORN and MONICA DOBIE

A SIMPLE surgical checklist to be introduced by the National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) for major operations in the UK from February 2010 has been welcomed by Diane Gilmour, president of the Association for Perioperative Practice (AFPP).…

BY MONICA DOBIE

WHILE every nurse knows promoting healthy behaviour by pregnant mothers can help prevent illness in babies, new research suggests that nurses may be able to dispense crucial advice before a baby is even conceived. It could be as effective as telling new about the benefits of cutting out alcohol, tobacco and caffeine and the importance of eating healthily during pregnancy – and a lot simpler.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States is moving towards food industry protectionism, the European Commission has warned in an analysis of the USA’s 2008 farm bill. It comes as the European Union (EU) has reacted angrily to US Congress plans to reserve steel purchases in President Obama’s economic stimulus plan to American manufacturers.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Commission warned today (16-1) of a serious escalation of its trade dispute with the United States over the European Union American growth hormone-treated beef ban, with many European food exports potentially facing punitive tariffs. Brussels has started a World Trade Organisation (WTO) challenge to a US government decision to activate its ‘carousel’ trade sanctions law, prompting biannual reviews of retaliatory duties already erected with permission from the WTO, which ruled against the beef ban in the past.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD, in Caracas; MARVIN HOKSTAM, in Paramaribo, JAMES FULLER, in Port of Spain

IT may seem like a good thing for fuel retailers to be based in country that is sitting on a bounty of fuel reserves. But that is not necessarily the case, as many Latin American and Caribbean retailers can testify.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

BANGLADESH’S clothing and ready made garment sector is undergoing unprecedented expansion, registering an average growth of 20% year on year, and with plans to be one of the top three exporters globally by 2013.

In the first four months of Bangladesh’s fiscal year, from July to September 2008, the sector reported 45% growth in exports of woven and knitwear to US$3.35 billion, according to the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exports Association (BGMEA).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AGREEMENT has been struck over future European Union (EU) targets for CO2 emissions from cars, with an informal deal being forged by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. The agreement is a compromise, with energy and automobile companies securing a phase-in between 2012 and 2015 of an agreed 120g/km target.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved harmonising EU

chemical labelling rules with those of the United Nations Globally

Harmonised System. This will change some warning messages and pictograms,

with the aim of making them better understood.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE UNITED States is claiming victory in a trade dispute with China, after Beijing announced it would scrap subsidies for products including automotive parts and vehicles. Washington had launched formal disputes proceedings at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), where it argued these China-christened ‘famous brands’ handouts were export subsidies banned under WTO rules.…