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BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA

PERU’S clothing and textile industry has been moving up market to carve out sales in a sector whose low end continues to be dominated by Asian suppliers, and the country’s dyeing and finishing sector is benefiting.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN LIMA

PERU’S clothing and textile industry has been moving up market to carve out sales in a sector whose low end continues to be dominated by Asian suppliers, and the country’s dyeing and finishing sector is benefiting.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

BRAZILIAN airport officials are meeting with US trade and development representatives to discuss a new partnership designed to create new export opportunities for US businesses while helping improve Brazil’s civil aviation infrastructure.

The US-Brazil Aviation Partnership was launched in April and focuses on familiarising Brazilian aviation officials with US technologies, best practice and regulatory approaches regarding airport modernisation.…

BY MARK ROWE

FOR products that are marketed for their ability to sooth and generate the feel-good factor, the sustainable sourcing of cosmetics ingredients causes plenty of headaches for manufacturers and suppliers. The industry is in a period of transition, in which several of the world’s multinationals are engaging in a step change in how they go about sourcing the oils they need, and the public wants.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

EUROPEAN meat producers looking to ship their organic products to the United States will be put at a disadvantage under the new European Union (EU)-US organic equivalence agreement – which comes into effect today (June 1) – according to one British organic expert.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WHILE cities such as Milan, Paris, New York City, and London have historically been seen as the global ‘fashion hubs’ – acting as meeting spots for high-end designers, fashion shows, luxury retail outlets and fashionistas – the rise of fast fashion has been diffusing that concentration a bit; making cutting-edge trends more accessible to the rest of the world.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

A REPORT from the World Bank has questioned whether Jordan should continue to back the growth of its textile and clothing industry with significant public money and policy backing. The paper noted that Jordanian textile and textile product exports rose from USD50 million annually before 1999 to USD1 billion in 2010.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

DESPITE the US government’s great need for new tactics to combat cartel-related money laundering activities, recent budget cuts are limiting the potential development of highly useful tools in this fight – including a bulk currency detector able to sense large quantities of money hidden in speeding vehicles.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

AS a British nurse, the opportunities to work in other countries are eased by professional agencies helping foreign nurses relocate. Yet, US nursing sector experts fear their country may be overlooked by internationally-educated nursing candidates planning on relocating because long of wait times for working permits and visas.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN

SENIOR American industrial minerals experts have welcomed a new Senate bill that supports clean energy innovation in the United States, which in turn could lead to a significant boost to the country’s blossoming rare earth mining sector. Proposed by Senate energy and natural resources committee chairman, Democratic Senator Jeff Bingaman, the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 would tell the country’s largest utilities to sell a certain percentage of their electricity generated by clean energy sources.…