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FINALISING OF BREXIT AGREEMENT ALLOWS FOCUS TO TURN ON HOW USA EXPORTERS MAY TAP UK AND EU THROUGH NEW TRADE DEALS
THE STRIKING of a trade agreement between the European Union (EU) and a UK to pave Britain’s final and full exit from the EU from January 1 has offered US auto exporters opportunities to boost sales to the UK, but with some significant challenges, say experts.…
BREXIT AGREEMENT LAYS DOWN DETAILED ORIGIN RULES FOR EU/UK DUTY FREE TEXTILE TRADES
Detailed rules of origin have been approved within the new European Union-UK Brexit trade deal specifying what manufacturing processes should be applied to textile products covered by the agreement’s duty-free provisions.
A key benefit of the text is that goods sold between the EU and UK should not attract import duties, but such products must have been substantially transformed either within Britain or remaining EU member states.…
CHINA SLOWS EXODUS OF FABRIC MANUFACTURERS TO SOUTH AND SOUTH-EAST ASIA – BUT REVERSAL MAY NOT LAST SAY EXPERTS
The onset of the Covid-19 pandemic sparked predictions that the shift of textile industrial capacity from China to lower cost neighbouring countries could intensify, but analysts talking to Twist International say the trend may have stalled in the past year. While production capacity of China’s textile industry has indeed in recent years shifted to south and southeast Asia, some of these transfers have not run smoothly.…
BREXIT AGREEMENT LAYS DOWN DETAILED ORIGIN RULES FOR EU/UK DUTY FREE FIBRE AND FABRIC TRADES
Detailed rules of origin have been approved within the new European Union-UK Brexit trade deal specifying what manufacturing processes should be applied to quality natural and man-made fibres and fabrics covered by the agreement’s duty-free provisions.
A key benefit of the text is that goods sold between the EU and UK should not attract import duties, but such products must have been substantially transformed either within Britain or remaining EU member states.…
ANGLO-CARIBBEAN OFFERS RIVAL CIGAR PRODUCTION TO CUBA, NICARAGUA AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
THE REPUTATION of the Caribbean’s major cigar production centres – Cuba, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua – has dominated global markets for years. But the entire region’s balmy and moist climate and rich soils are ideal for growing cigar wrapper and filler leaf.…
TOBACCO INDUSTRY FACES MAJOR PLANNED TIGHTENING AND EXPANSION OF EU CHEMICAL REGULATION
THE TOBACCO industry will be keeping a close eye on the latest set of reforms to the European Union’s (EU) chemical control legislation, which will impose new controls on accidental chemical mixtures, products incorporated chemicals and will change the tobacco products directive (TPD).…
SAUDI ARABIA PAINT SECTOR VIEWS RECOVERY IN SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM AFTER COVID-19 PANDEMIC ENDS
The Saudi Arabian paint market is rebounding after a sluggish 2020, when sales declined due to an economic downturn caused by lower oil prices and the Covid-19 pandemic, as well the trebling of value added tax (VAT) across the kingdom. The World Bank has projected that this will cause a 5.4% contraction in national GDP, a highly unusual recession in a fossil-fuel rich country used to robust growth.…
PAINT AND COATINGS COMPANIES WILL HOPE EU AND UK WILL FOLLOW UP BREXIT DEAL GOAL OF SHARING CHEMICAL DATA
THE COATINGS industry within the European Union (EU) and the UK will be awaiting the outcome of additional consultations over the exchange of technical information on chemicals as the Christmas Eve EU/UK trade agreement is rolled out.
These are provided for within the 1,256 page text, which has sparked concerns from the British Coatings Federation (BCF) about major costs for UK manufacturers as they gather data to comply with a new UK REACH chemical control system.…
EU/UK BREXIT DEAL INCLUDES BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP AND ML CONFISCATION PROMISES
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) and the UK have committed in the Brexit trade agreement agreed on Christmas Eve to work together to seize illicit funds and property tainted with money laundering and terror finance.
These commitments have been made within the 1,256 page deal, which also commits both sides to “ensure that internationally agreed standards in the financial services sector for regulation and supervision, for the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing… are implemented and applied in their territory.”…
RESPECTING THE SANCTITY OF JERUSALEM’S RELIGIONS CAN DELIVER PEACE, DESOPITE CITY’S BLOODY HISTORY
THE ACCESSION to power of President Joe Biden has sparked speculation that the recent shift in USA policy towards Israel and the Palestinian Territories pushed by his predecessor Donald Trump may be over.
Regardless of the justified criticism of Trump’s ethics and unpredictable governing style, the fact remains that his administration moved the needle in the Middle East.…