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Brussels plans to ban seal trading
The EC’s move to ban products that came from seals killed in a cruel manner brings cheers from animal rights campaigners but risks triggering tensions with Canada
EU sugar reforms drag on Tate & Lyle
The sweeteners group said it had made a ‘satisfactory start’ to the year, with pre-tax profits broadly in line with last year
Guyana accuses Europe of trade bullying
The Caribbean could suffer economically if a proposed free trade agreement with the European Union is signed, because of damaging flaws in the deal, according to Bharrat Jagdeo, Guyana’s president
Call for firm stance in trade talks
Ministers, farmers and car manufacturers piled pressure on the EU’s trade negotiators to stand firm in next week’s round of talks in Geneva
Mandelson warns on trade talks failure
Deals on climate change, food security and energy could drift out of reach if next week’s Geneva talks on world trade collapse, the EU’s chief trade negotiator said
Kroes doubts Polish shipyards’ survival
Neelie Kroes, EU competition commissioner, warns that the restructuring plans put forward by the government may lead the ailing shipyards to declare bankruptcy
Closer ties to Russia will profit all of Europe
Businesses in the EU and Russia are looking forward to official talks in the expectation that formal links between the two economies might match the maturing business relationship, say Nils Andersen and Anatoly Chubais
Sarkozy warns on EU trade policy
France’s president says he would not accept what he claimed would be the loss of 100,000 jobs from a deal backed by the EU trade commissioner and the WTO secretary-general
Analysis: Bilateral trade pacts fall victim to domestic objections
As South Koreans resist imports of US beef and the EU fails to make progress in opening India’s markets, preferential deals are proving no easy way to liberalise. Western political lobbies often add to the complications
EU probes US tax breaks for biofuels
Subsidies for biofuels faced fresh controversy when the European Union opened an investigation into whether US tax breaks were damaging its industry
