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BY KEITH NUTHALL
A ROAD map on regulatory cooperation agreed by the European Union (EU) and the United States at this weekend’s summit in Dublin includes a deal to work together on developing trans-Atlantic communications technology standards, which would mesh with both parties’ regulations.…

Keith Nuthall
A COOPERATION agreement has been struck between the International Federation of Accountants (IFAC) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). The two organisations will work together to boost accounting standards in developing countries and so-called transitional countries, such as in eastern Europe.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A ROAD map on regulatory cooperation agreed by the European Union (EU) and the United States includes a deal to work together on nutritional labelling, according to documents released by Washington. The agreement sanctions cooperation between the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Commission’s directorate general for health and consumer affairs.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
THE WORLD is a small place when it comes to business these days. Increasingly, multi-nationals, as well as medium-sized companies are setting up shop in all four corners of the world. Outsourcing work and creating offices in developing countries is de rigueur to cut costs.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
BRITAIN is one of the safest countries in the world as regards fatal road accidents involving children along with Sweden, Japan and Italy, a report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has claimed. It says that more children are killed on the road than in any other type of accident, with South Korea, New Zealand, Portugal and the United States having the highest child road-fatality rates.…

BY MONICA DOBIE
SAFETY experts say that careful UK airbag manufacturing standards have so far prevented British rescue workers and drivers from being harmed by a rash of accidents now occurring in the United States. Firefighters have told the American press that air bags inflating accidentally because of car fires have broken firefighters’ fingers, knocked out teeth and, in one case, caused internal bleeding.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission and the Pacific island Federated States of Micronesia have agreed a new bilateral tuna fisheries agreement allowing six European Union 6 tuna seiners and 12 surface long-liners to the archipelago’s vast territorial waters. Agreed in the USA-associated state’s capital of Palikir, the three-year deal involves Brussels compensating its government with Euro 559,000 for an annual tuna catch of 8,600 tonnes.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOROCCO has approved new labour regulations, and the United States is claiming its recent trade agreement with the north African country encouraged its government to pass the reforms. They raise the minimum employment age from 12 to 15, reduced the standard work week from 48 to 44 hours, (with overtime rates payable for additional hours), and insist upon regular reviews of the Morocco minimum wage, which rose by 10% on July 1.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FEEDING of rare and exotic marine species off deep ocean mineral deposits that may become a target for mining companies could create a conflict between international mineral extraction and environmental conventions, a United Nations report has warned.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE FEEDING of rare and exotic marine species off deep ocean mineral deposits that may become a target for metal mining companies could create a conflict between international mineral extraction and environmental conventions, a United Nations report has warned.…