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$10 rise in oil price costs world economy $500b: Italy
AFP, Rome
A 10-dollar rise in the price of a barrel of oil costs the global economy an estimated 500 billion dollars, outgoing Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said on Monday.
"It's necessary that petrol prices remain relatively stable and at an acceptable level for both consumers and producers," Prodi told the International Energy Forum here.
"Excessively high prices hurt the world economy and poor countries in particular, with the cost, both direct and indirect, for die global economy estimated at 500 billion dollars per 10-dollar rise in die price of a barrel," Prodi said.
"We have to counter the risk diat energy could become a source of conflict between the different regions in the world, because we'd be die losers," he said.
The market for primary agricultural goods had become "very worrying," Prodi continued.
Prices were not only being driven by rising demand but also by increased cultivation of biofuels, "creating strong tensions in a number of countries."
A conflict was emerging between foodstuffs and fuel, "with disastrous social conflicts and highly doubtful environmental results," Prodi said.
Food tops agenda at UN trade conference in Ghana
AFP, Accra
A warning from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on the possible consequences of die rise in global food prices, together with the plight of the world's poorest nations, dominated the start of a major UN trade conference Sunday in Ghana's capital.
"If not handled properly, this (food) crisis could trigger a cascade of others and develop into a multiple crisis, becoming a multi-dimensional problem affecting economic growth, social progress and even political security around the world," Ban warned delegates.
The most high-profile visiting head of state, Brazilian President Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva, warned the 12th session of the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) that poor nations should not be made to pay for the credit crunch that the world’s richest economies have brought upon themselves.
"The international economy is experiencing a crisis caused by problems regarding good financial governance in the world’s richest economies. The poor countries should not have to pay for the cost of adjustment," he said in his opening speech.
EU trade chief urges Japan to open up to investment
AFP, Tokyo
European Union Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson on Monday urged Japan to open up to foreign investment, saying it was the most closed of the developed economies.
"For decades Japan has taken advantage of an open global investment climate. Yet at home it remains the most closed investment market in the developed world," he said in a speech here.
For every dollar Japan invested in Britain and the Netherlands alone in 2006, European companies were able to invest only three cents in Japan, he said.
"Japan is the only country in the developed world with which the EU has a negative balance of investment flows," Mandelson said during a visit by top EU officials including European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso.
Oil prices too high, production sufficient: IEA
AFP, Rome
Oil prices at their current level are too high for everyone, the head of the International Energy Agency, Nobuo Tanaka, said on Monday.
At the same time, output from oil producing countries is sufficient, Tanaka added.
"The lEA's view is that the prices are too high for everbody, especially for developing countries," Tanaka told journalist^ on the sidelines of the International Energy Forum here.
At the. same time, "the current level of production is enough and sufficient," he added.
No single factor was to blame for the surge in oil prices, Tanaka said.
"Lots of elements are behind it," he said. "Of course, fundamentals are a key element. But it's not only that. There are other elements, such as the weaker dollar, speculation, weather, etc. All these elements are behind the current price rise. There’s no single element we can identify."