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CANADIAN FUR SECTOR INNOVATES TO SURVIVE AS MILLENNIALS LOOK FOR TRIM AND FUR YARNS



THE CANADIAN fur industry is adapting to changes in consumer demand by looking to new uses of pelts, including fur yarns that can be knitted or weaved, as well as the use of fur for trimming. The resulting product lines are intended for a broader target market, including clothing and accessories that will appeal to a new generation.…

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NAFTA TALKS UNDER THREAT AS TRUMP IMPOSES METAL DUTIES



THE PROSPECTS of a successful conclusion to the ongoing talks to renew the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) have taken a heavy blow from today’s decision by President Donald Trump to impose duties on steel and aluminium products from Canada and Mexico at 25% and 10%, respectively.…

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INDIA LAUNCHES WTO TRADE DISPUTE AGAINST THE USA OVER TRUMP METAL TARIFFS



The Indian government has launched a disputes proceeding at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), protesting at the USA’s imposition of duties of 25% and 10% on imports of India-made steel and aluminium products.

New Delhi argues that the tariffs, imposed on March 23 by the Trump administration to protect and expand American aluminium and steel production, break the WTO’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and its Agreement on Safeguards.…

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AMERICAN CLOTHING SECTOR SLAMS TRUMP OVER SPARKING TRADE WAR – SAYS US APPAREL JOBS WILL BE LOST



 

THE AMERICAN clothing sector has attacked the imposition of tariffs by the US government on European Union (EU), Mexican and Canadian steel and aluminium exports, which has prompted the EU to move ahead with imposing retaliatory duties on USA-made clothing.…

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EU MOVES AHEAD WITH RETALIATORY DUTIES ON US CLOTHING EXPORTS AFTER TRUMP LEVIES METAL TARIFFS



 

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) has moved ahead with its plans to impose temporary safeguard duties on imports into the EU of USA-made clothes, as a reaction to the levying of American import duties on aluminium and steel imports, announced yesterday (May 31).…

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US FOOD INDUSTRY FACES TOUGH TARIFFS IN EUROPE, CANADA AND MEXICO



THE USA food industry is under fire with the European Union (EU), Canada and Mexico all announcing plans to impose protective duties on American exports following today’s decision by the Trump administration to levy tariffs on streel and aluminium exports from these three key trading partners.…

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USA TECHNICAL TEXTILE INDUSTRY BOOMS ON THE BACK OF TRAGEDY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH



TECHNICAL textile markets can be driven and shaped by a range of forces – from natural disasters, to technological change, economic developments and political movements. In the case of the USA, at present, the technical textile market and industry is being moved by all these influences at the same time.…

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SUPPLY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY MINERALS POSES MAJOR HEADACHE FOR POWER SUPPLIERS



Unlike the limited range of minerals used in fossil fuel production, many minerals, metallic and nonmetallic, are used in renewable energy technologies. However, production is often low and concentrated in a limited number of countries – creating potential strategic supply problems.…

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ATC SECTOR LIKELY CASUALTY OF NEW USA AND CHINA LATEST TRADE WAR



THE AIR traffic control sector could become a casualty of a new trade war brewing between the USA and China, unless the two governments strike a deal rather than impose tit-for-tat duties.

Upset about alleged thefts of American intellectual property by Chinese industrialists, the USA has proposed imposing 25% duties on a wide-range of China-made manufactured goods.…

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CANADA GOVERNMENT RELEASES DPA LEGISLATION PROPOSALS



After the USA, UK, Australia and others, Canada could become latest country to introduce deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs). The government has proposed legislation to create a scheme, to be known as the Remediation Agreement Regime (RAR), which would involve voluntary agreements between prosecutors and corporations accused of committing a criminal offence. …

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