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ARGENTINA DIGITAL PRINTING INVESTMENTS ON HOLD THROUGH ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INSTABILITY
Digital textile printing could grow in Argentina, but successive international and national crises are hindering the trust needed for the industry to invest in this critical technology, especially as the country heads to October presidential elections that may lead to major economic changes.…
EV REVOLUTION EXPANDS CANADA AUTO SECTOR BEYOND ONTARIO
Canada’s successful shift towards electric vehicle production is seeing the country’s auto-sector expand from its traditional Ontario base across the country, according to new research. This has been undertaken by non-profits the Trillium Network for Advanced Manufacturing, (which raises public and investor awareness), and Accelerate, an alliance of mining, batteries, fuel cells, R&D, the public sector, Indigenous peoples’ interests, labour, vehicle manufacturing and infrastructure groups.…
ST KITTS STRUGGLES TO IMPROVE ITS AML/CFT REGIME, BUT HAS AVOIDED FATF GREYLISTING
St Kitts & Nevis, the western hemisphere’s smallest sovereign state (by population), has significant work ahead to meet international AML/CFT standards, despite significant reforms being passed in 2020 and 2021. The twin-island state, with just over 47,000 people, is, noted a Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) mutual evaluation report issued January 2022, a “small international financial centre which consists of commercial banking, international banking, domestic insurance, international insurance, securities, money service businesses and credit unions”.…
ANTIGUA MAKES STEADY PROGRESS ON AML/CFT - WITH NEW RISK ASSESSMENT UNDER PREPARATION SAYS FIU
Antigua & Barbuda has been making steady progress building its AML/CFT system, although mutual evaluation reports and third-party assessments suggest the twin island nation needs to continue forging fresh protections. It has, however, not released conviction and prosecution data since 2016 – making its AML/CFT effectiveness tough to assess.…
ESCALATING STRIFE IN ETHIOPIA’S AMHARA REGION DISRUPT LEARNING, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES
Ethiopia’s Amhara region is engulfed in widespread conflict and with a state of emergency declared by the federal government on August 4 continuing, putting the status of thousands of students is in jeopardy as the unending strife threatens to disrupt the upcoming academic year.…
GROWTH IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES SALES IS PROMPTING INNOVATION IN AUTOMOTIVE ADHESIVES
While traditional benefits delivered by adhesives in the automotive industry – lightweighting and the ability to bond diverse substrates – remain a constant, the relentless evolution of the battery electric vehicle (BEV), is driving innovation in the segment, manufacturers and market analysts agree.…
NEW INTERNATIONAL TEST CAN MEASURE STUDENT AND ACADEMIC SUSTAINABILITY KNOWLEDGE, GREENING HE
A key assumption at the UN’s High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) this month (July 10-19) https://hlpf.un.org/2023; https://sdgs.un.org/sites/default/files/2023-07/HESI%202023%20Global%20Forum.docx.pdf; https://sdgs.un.org/HESI/2023GlobalForum is that higher education promotes sustainability – a new initiative will help measure that progress.
That was the focus of a side event to the UN forum staged yesterday (Tuesday, July 18) by the Sulitest Association – a non-profit organisation and online platform seeking sustainability universal literacy and drives SDG adoption across higher education worldwide.…
EU AND UK BEV MARKET AND INDUSTRY FUELLED BY SUBSIDIES – JUST LIKE IN THE USA
The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is pushing the European Union (EU) and the UK into paying more subsidies to attract battery electric vehicle (BEV) and battery production to Europe.
While the UK’s Advanced Propulsion Center (APC) forecasts 5 million more BEVs globally by 2030, requiring 3,306 gigawatt hours (GWh) in batteries, (1), the US and China may benefit more in production terms.…
FOR CHINA’S SPORTWEAR-MAKERS, IT’S DOMESTIC BOOM AND EXPORT DOLDRUMS
China’s sportswear brands have witnessed significant growth in sales during the Covid-19 pandemic, especially on domestic markets where consumers have embraced athleisure trends. Prominent examples include Beijing-based Li-Ning and Jinjiang-based Anta, which reported Chinese Yuan Renminbi-denominated sales growth of 14.3% (1) and 15.5% (2) respectively in 2022.…
WINDSOR AGREEMENT PUSHES OPTIMISM IN ISLAND OF IRELAND DAIRY SECTOR
The is optimism within the Irish dairy industry that the acute trading challenges caused by Brexit may have abated thanks to the Windsor Framework deal between the European Union (EU) and the UK that amended the Northern Ireland Protocol. Producers and traders hope that the changes will give some certainty to an Irish dairy processing industry that relies on seamless transit across the Northern Ireland-Republic of Ireland border and onto Great Britain.…