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BY MARK ROWE
RUSSIA has been warned that it faces retaliatory trade measures if it does not remove import barriers on meat from the USA. Robert Zoellick, the United States Trade Representative, told the US Senate Finance Committee that he would not shrink from taking such steps in order to put pressure on Russia to drop the restrictions.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States is offering to eliminate tariffs on imported mining equipment and unspecified "energy products" as part of their initial offer to create the proposed 34-country Free Trade Area of the Americas. Those sectors join a number of other goods, including steel, and environmental and wood products, for which Washington wants to offer duty free access to its markets under a reciprocal agreement, as well as improving market access for a range of services, including "energy services."…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States has offered several trading partners a complete elimination within five years of the tariffs it currently places on textile and apparel imports. US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick announced the decision as part of its first offer for the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas, a trading bloc of the western hemispheric countries (Cuba excluded).…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States automobile industry’s main lobby group has acknowledged that Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV’s) and pick-up trucks (small vans) pose serious dangers to smaller vehicles in collisions, and has promised its members will now develop voluntary standards to boost safety.…

BY PHILIP FINE

AMERICA is experiencing a rash of mould-related lawsuits. Recent cases have included a US$14 million judgment in Florida against a contractor for alleged toxic mould-related construction defects at a courthouse and a US$65 million lawsuit against a New York community college by one of its former employees for injuries and damages allegedly caused by mould exposure.…

BY PHILIP FINE

IN a letter to the United States government’s top safety regulator, the auto industry’s main lobbying group has acknowledged that Sport Utility Vehicles pose dangers to smaller vehicles and says the industry will enact voluntary standards to help increase safety.…

BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKA
THE USA’S United Soyabean Board has launched a campaign to persuade American farmers to use soya-based bio-diesel. It wants 90 per cent of farms to burn the fuel, up from 23 per cent today, boosting the number of retailers selling all kind of bio-diesel.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
A NEW international aid scheme – which will help fund the marketing of organic dyes made in developing countries – has been given US$2.5 million by the Swiss government. This BioTrade Facilitation Programme is to be administered by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Trade Centre, (an UNCTAD/World Trade Organisation joint venture).…

BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE GROCERY Manufacturers of America group has applauded a new trade agreement between the United States and Chile. The GMA says the pact will spur freer trade of processed food to south America, and singles out the agreement’s proposed reductions in tariffs for such items as breakfast cereals, pasta and french fries.…

BY PHILIP FINE

THE UNITED States Food Safety and Inspection Service has begun posting the names and addresses of US companies that have more than twice sold livestock or poultry that had unallowable levels of chemical residues. Producers are placed on an alert list for one year.…