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RUSSIA ABOUT TO IMPORT PORK FROM CHINA



Russian health regulators have now approved the import of pork from five Chinese suppliers, including two subsidiaries of the Shuanghui Group, globalmeatnews.com has been told. The move comes as Moscow seeks to replace supplies from Europe and America, which it is blocking because of its diplomatic standoff with the west over the Ukraine conflict.…

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CANADA TO DEVELOP HORMONE-FREE BEEF PRODUCTION CAPACITY FOLLOWING CETA



CANADA will start developing capacity to produce hormone-free meat for the European Union (EU) market following the conclusion of an EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), a senior European Commission official has said. The end of technical negotiations was formally announced on Friday (September 26) during an EU-Canada summit in Ottawa.…

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USA: APPAREL IS NOW THIRD LARGEST RE-SHORED INDUSTRY, SAYS EXPERT



THE APPAREL manufacturing sector is the third largest reshored sector of all industries in America, after electronics and computers, Reshoring Initiative founder Harry C Moser has told just-style. “As at March 2014, 24 apparel companies have been reshored as against 41 companies of electronics including appliances and 26 computer and electronics firms” since the momentum for reshoring began from 2011, Mr Moser said.…

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CHINESE COMPANY RELEASES INVESTMENT PLANS FOR MAJOR ETHIOPIAN TEXTILE PLANT



Plans to build a major textile factory in Ethiopia are closer to being realised for Chinese textile company, Jiangsu Lianfa Textile Co. Ltd, after a pre-investment plan to construct the USD500 million factory was finalised this month (September). 

Its decision to invest in the Horn of Africa country comes after making investment assessments in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.…

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DOUBTS LOOM LARGE ON BRAZIL’S USD 3 BILLION PLAN TO REVAMP 270 REGIONAL AIRPORTS



Two years ago Brazil was so worried that its main airports would not be ready for the 2014 World Cup that its government froze plans to build and renovate 270 airfields nationwide. Now that the football fiesta is over and the concessions running key hubs has delivered good results, South America’s powerhouse looked set to start focusing on airports and airfields in smaller cities, especially those that are not state capitals.…

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BRUSSELS GIVES EXTRA FINDS TO AIRCOP AIRPORT ANTI-DRUGS PROJECT



THE EUROPEAN Commission has announced it will pay an additional EUR3 million to the Airport Communication Project (AIRCOP), financing its work to 2016. AIRCOP is run by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and Interpol, and aims to strengthen anti-narcotic detection, interdiction and intelligence capacities in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. …

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FINGER VEIN SCANS TO BEAT ONLINE BANK ACCOUNT FRAUD



JAPANESE electronics giant Hitachi is partnering Barclays Bank to trial finger vein pattern scanning for Barclays’ UK business customers to access online accounts starting 2015.

The Barclays Biometric Reader, incorporating Hitachi VeinID technology, lets customers scan a finger to access accounts and authorise payments without needing a personal identification number (PINs), password or authentication code.…

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SPAIN ALLEGES GIBRALTAR IS NEST OF FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETY – BUT ‘THE ROCK’ SAYS IT IS CLEAN



Over the past few years, Spain’s government has regularly questioned whether Gibraltar’s excellent economic condition has more to do with money laundering, smuggling and tax evasion than good business practice. “The wealth that Gibraltar enjoys cannot continue to be based solely on an economy that is clearly damaging for our country and for the European Union,” said Spain’s minister for European affairs Íñigo Méndez de Vigo in an interview with the Spanish newspaper ABC in September 2013.…

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US TO FORMULATE SEPARATE INTERNATIONAL MARKETING STRATEGY FOR PORK



THE UNITED States is trying to come up with a tailor-made international marketing strategy to tap a bigger share of pork sales, now growing at an estimated 12% between 2013- 2018 globally, the country’s National Pork Board (NPB) vice president for strategic communication Kevin Waetke said.…

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CANADIAN AUTO SECTOR OPTIMISTIC ABOUT IMPACT OF EU TRADE DEAL



THE CANADIAN auto industry has welcomed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) now negotiated between the European Union (EU) and Canada, but it may become more significant, if a trade deal is struck between the EU and the USA.

“The biggest issues with CETA, and what we’re excited about, is the removal of the EU 10% tariff,” said Jeffrey Pierce, policy analyst at Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, an industry association, whose members include Canada-based automotive manufacturers.…

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