Treaty Curbs Trade in More Dangerous Chemicals
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The United Nations on Monday added 14 pesticides and chemicals, including lead additive for petrol, to a growing list of toxic substances in which trade is restricted.
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The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on U.S. exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed at protecting American steelmakers.
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âThe European Union (EU) ban on US hormone-treated beef was already found to be an illegal trade barrier by the World Trade Organization (WTO), violating international trade rules, and not at all based on sound science.
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Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c51923)  has announced the addition of Hazardous Chemicals: Control and  Regulation in the European Market to their offering.
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The World Trade Organization cleared the way on Thursday to impose &#36;150 million of trade sanctions on the United States, sought by the European Union and others, after lawyers resolved a legal wrangle.
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The European Union said today that it was removing $4 billion in trade sanctions on American products after the United States repealed what the Europeans considered an illegal
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK  - A U.S. trade agency on Thursday banned imports of future advanced cellphone models using Qualcomm Inc.  chips, potentially hurting the country's biggest wireless services.
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UNITED NATIONS - A new European resolution  imposing sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions eases a  list of goods Tehran cannot buy or sell and exempts Russian  construction and fueling of a reactor it is building in Iran.
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Pollution from pesticides and insecticides in various parts of Greece has risen dangerously, while similar toxic substances have been detected in olive oil as well as imported fruit and vegetables on sale in ...
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By Liu Baijia  When Xin Yu first heard of REACH, the European Union's new regulation on chemicals, his immediate response was to wonder if it was the same as RoHS, another EU regulation forbidding the use of hazardous substances.
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The European Union, the world's largest supplier of mercury, is set to ban exports of the metal by 2011 under new rules proposed by the EU executive Commission on Monday, continuing the fight to curtail its use worldwide.
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Some dangerous chemicals could be banned from the European market and about 30,000 substances used in everyday products ranging from detergents to toys will have to be registered in a central European Union database under a law approved Wednesday.
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The World Trade Organization ruled that as much as half of European Union sugar exports are illegal, Australian Trade Minister Mark Vaile said, handing a victory to his country as well as Brazil and Thailand.
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THE great white shark, one of the world&#39;s most feared creatures, found itself some unexpected friends yesterday when a United Nations conference issued a surprise vote to restrict its international trade.
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Far-reaching safety rules on tens of thousands of chemicals used in everyday items from car seats to face cream took effect in the European Union on Friday, obliging firms to show their products comply.
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WASHINGTON - The World Trade Organization imposed penalties yesterday on US exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully urging Congress to repeal legislation aimed
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The proposed rules are in response to the outcry over dangerous imports from China and other unsafe products.