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Manufacturers, including major dairy producers, and retailers are increasingly innovating and investing in the growing market of plant-based cheese, to meet expanding consumer preferences for healthy and sustainable products.

According to data shared by UK-based market research firm Euromonitor International, global retail sales of plant-based cheese have been growing from USD584.6 million in 2020 to a projected USD896.3 million in 2023, Regionally, North America is the main market with projected USD443.2 million in sales in 2023, followed by western Europe with USD385.4 million  eastern Europe is much lower with a projected USD13.5 million in sales for 2023.…

As artificial intelligence (AI) systems advance, detection of trade-based-money laundering (TBML) should improve, but there are major drawbacks to widespread implementation, notably though a dearth of available trade data, and poor statistical harmonisation worldwide. Paul Cochrane reports.

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine-based learning has been used for the past decade by financial institutions to sift through vast amounts of data to spot anomalies as well as verify information.…

A third major electric (EV) battery plant will be built in Canada – this time in Québec, just east of Montréal, rather than Ontario – being run by Sweden-based Northvolt, with 60GWh of annual cell manufacturing capacity. It may not be the last EV major supply chain investment in the country, say industry leaders.…

The Canadian automotive import market is becoming an increasingly important to USA-based assemblers, with USD17.2 billion’s worth of American-made cars, SUVs and light trucks sold in Canada in 2022, according to federal government figures issued from Ottawa. That is up from USD14.2 billion in 2021 and higher than pre-Covid-19 sales – USD14.6 billion in 2018 and USD13.8 billion in 2019.…

Students in Burkina Faso and Niger blocked from attending courses in France through that country’s withdrawal of visa facilities are being urged to consider alternative higher education options for the upcoming academic year.

With the French government standing firm over its closure of consular services in these countries, and neighbouring Mali, all run by military governments having poor relations with Paris, their students are running out of time to take-up places in France universities.…

Ford of Canada workers within the Unifor union have voted narrowly to approve a three-year contract to September 2026, with a 15% pay rise over the term, and the first pension improvements since 2005. Following past negotiating rounds, this pattern setting agreement should be mirrored in Canadian labour deals now to be negotiated by Unifor with GM and Stellantis.…

Humanitarians have claimed that sub-Saharan university students were part of mass border expulsions by Tunisian security forces in July as universities within the north African country note reduced registrations by black African students.

Tunisian humanitarian association Enfants de la Lune’s https://www.facebook.com/XPtunisie…

Ford and Canadian auto workers union Unifor have struck a tentative deal for a three-year contract, heading off the risk of a Canada-wide strike. The agreement covers all Ford operations in Canada and was made last night (Tues Sept 19) and followed the extension of talks for 24 hours beyond a Monday 11:59pm deadline, when the last Unifor/Ford deal expired.…

The North American automotive sector is innovating to overcome a sharp shortage in technicians repairing and maintaining vehicles for dealerships, fleets and repair shops, making training more accessible, targeting women and veterans and – in Canada – recruiting overseas talent.

In the US, the TechForce Foundation, a non-profit guiding auto techs into training and jobs, warned there were 56,214 unfilled positions across America carried over from 2021 to 2022 (1).…

An increasing push for decarbonisation in North America is opening more opportunities for the production and sale of soybean oil, canola oil and other bio-based fats and oils.

Rising demand from the domestic energy sector is increasingly leading the US oilseeds, oils and fats industry to re-valuate the value of their products as feedstock for renewable fuels and biodiesel.…