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THE SIGNING of a Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Canada (CETA) on October 30 will have a positive impact on the personal care product sector, industry associations have claimed on both sides of the Atlantic.…

With a strong national economy and significant investment in construction and public buildings, the Philippine paint and coatings sector is enjoying a period of robust growth. Official figures for the overall paint market have not been published since 2014 but the leading sectors have continued to flourish.…

EXECUTIVES at a Vietnam knitwear company have told WTiN.com that while it has expanded production because of increased exports, if costs continue to rise in this south-east Asian country – the company is prepared to move production overseas.

Over the last roughly 30 years, Thai Son S.P.…

THE LEADER of Europe’s farmers has warned that the European Union (EU)-Canada Comprehensive Economic & Trade Agreement (CETA), whose legal texts were finally signed on Sunday (Oct 30), will be “a painful exercise” for the EU meats sector, EU farm body Copa-Cogeca secretary general Pekka Pesonen has claimed.…

Fast fashion is all about getting product to market quickly without over-spending. And while new technologies such as digital printing machinery can speed up the process, they can also add cost.

Guido Schlossmann, president and chief executive officer of Thailand-based consultants Synergies Worldwide, stressed to just-style that the key issue is getting the balance right.…

THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) environment director has told Jane’s Airport Review of her delight that the ICAO Assembly has formally approved a Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), the first single industry-focused worldwide system fighting climate change.…

BRITISH company boards will have another Brexit-related issue to consider now that the European Union (EU) appears set to approve the controversial Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) with Canada. Will it apply in Britain once the UK quits the EU?…

THE INTERNATIONAL Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) is helping its member states design safe operation rules for drones, even though many such aircraft and their systems operate domestically and are hence beyond ICAO’s usual cross-border remit.

“States are saying we all need help and want this to be harmonised,” said Leslie Cary, the ICAO air navigation bureau’s remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) programme manager.…

LAW firms are at “high risk of misuse” for money laundering and terrorist financing in Canada, according to the international Financial Action Task Force (FATF). 

FATF inspectors scoured Canadian anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) provisions in a November 2015 visit and found: “All high-risk areas are covered by AML/CFT measures, except legal counsels, legal firms and Quebec notaries.”…

JAPANESE consumers’ preference for meat is growing so strongly, it has pushed domestic per capita fish consumption to its lowest level since the 1960s, according to 2015 figures from Japan’s ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries. The gap between levels of meat and fish consumption is increasing; meat consumption overtook that of fish about six years ago but the gap is widening; fish consumption is now 30% less than it was at its peak, in 2001. …