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ASIAN INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUNDUP - TAIWAN UPGRADES CHEMICAL SAFETY CONTROLS
Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced amendments to the island’s Registration Procedures for New Chemical Substances and Existing Chemical Substances. In addition to delaying a registration period for the standard registration of existing chemical substances in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, it has added a number of simplified administrative and convenient measures to optimise registration applications, review and reporting requirements.…
ASEAN MOVES FORWARD ON PLANS TO CONNECT SOUTHEAST ASIA POWER SYSTEMS
A south-east Asian regional power grid is moving closer in the latest stage of a phased 10-year plan to bring energy security, accessibility, affordability and sustainability,
New, upgraded, extended, stronger, and more flexible electricity transmission and distribution grids are key to this ongoing programme, helping the 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to meet the power demands of population and economic growth, rising urbanisation and affluence.…
SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE TAPS INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO GROW ITS NEW HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM
The under-developed system of higher education of African archipelago country São Tomé & Príncipe is growing slowly amidst expanding demand, being assisted by international projects and funds.
One major potential initiative that may cause significant progress, however, involves this Lusophone country being chosen by the Pan African Institute for Development (PAID) to host a future International University of Development Sciences.…
ILLEGAL DRUGS ARE STILL THE LARGEST SOURCE OF DIRTY MONEY WORLDWIDE
The narcotics trade was a prime motivator to enact global anti-money laundering regulations to curb dirty money flows. Over 30 years later, drug trafficking is still considered the largest transnational crime by international law enforcement agencies. It is worth an estimated USD344 billion-a-year, according to Interpol, followed by counterfeiting crimes (USD288 billion) and human trafficking (USD157 billion).…
AML ANALYSTS CAST A SUSPICIOUS EYE ON STABLECOIN LIQUIDITY
THE GROWING popularity of cryptocurrencies has stoked concerns that they offer a haven for money launderers. The concern focuses on the risk that crypto can be used anonymously to buy goods and services, without them being converted into fiat currencies through exchanges that are a key focus of emerging AML/CFT controls.…
ROBOTICS POSE TOUGH CHOICES FOR TEXTILE SECTOR BUT ALSO OFFER MAJOR PRODUCTIVITY DIVIDENDS
INTRODUCTION
ROBOTICS are not new to the textile and clothing sector, and have driven productivity improvements for more than a decade. But these technologies are becoming increasingly more adaptable and more autonomous, offering the many stages in the textile and clothing and distribution chain the potential to increase margin.…
THE NEW TEXTILE FACTORIES TO BOOST VALUE-ADDED APPAREL EXPORTS IN BANGLADESH
The Bangladesh clothing industry is looking forward to the completion of five state-of-the-art textile factories at the Korean Export Zone (KEPZ) with combined floor space of 2 million square feet as an important expansion of local backward linkages. The factories, three of which are under construction, and two (producing polyester yarn and fabrics) are already open, will produce manmade fibre (MMF) yarn and finished garments, at the KEPZ, located in the south-eastern port of Chattogram.…
MEXICO CLOTHING INDUSTRY TO IMPROVE AMERICAN TRADE RELATIONS UNDER BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
With President Joe Biden assuming office in the United States, the Mexican clothing and textile industry is hoping improved trading relations, building on the legacy left by former President Donald Trump that it regards largely positively.
The Mexican Apparel Association (CANAIVE – Cámara Nacional de la Industria del Vestido) was particularly happy with the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), now called the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: “USMCA opened new opportunities for our industry while seeking to obtain a more solid regional integration,” said CANAIVE, in a note to just-style.…
CHINESE COTTON STANDARD PUSHED TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR XINJIANG FIBRE SUPPLIES
As the world looks upon China’s oppression of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang, clothing companies have been stepping carefully around calls for brands to refuse to handle fabric that includes Xinjiang cotton.
Xinjiang grows 87% of Chinese cotton crop, with 5.16 million tonnes produced in 2020.…
CLOTHING AND TEXTILE FIRMS STRUGGLE TO COMPETE FOR ADVANCED DIGITAL SKILLS
New technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain promise to make the clothing and textiles industry more productive and efficient. But European textiles leaders say they are struggling to hire young workers with the skills to implement new production technologies because they face stiff competition from other manufacturing sectors, such as the car industry. …