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LEGALISATION OF MARIJUANA COULD BOOST TOBACCO SALES AND OFFER GROWERS NEW INCOME
THE ONGOING legalisation of marijuana in the United States and Canada offers the tobacco industry some significant opportunities. This includes both increased consumption and also investment in tobacco sector suppliers such as vaporiser manufacturers.
As of this March, the US states of Colombia, Washington and Alaska had also legalised recreational use of marijuana and Oregon is well on its way to full legalisation.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – END OF EXPORT SUBSIDIES WILL CHALLENGE CONFECTIONERY SECTOR
EUROPEAN confectionery manufacturers have urged caution over the impending end of food export subsidies, which will be scrapped after a World Trade Organisation ministerial meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Developed country members have promised to remove export subsidies immediately for basic food products, with a slower phase-out for many processed foods.…
'HIGH'-END CONFECTIONERY A 'HIT' IN THE US AND MAYBE SOON CANADA TOO
NORTH American confectioners are closely monitoring the growing wave in legalisation of marijuana across the USA and Canada, offering them the opportunity to sell new product, with a particularly edgy and certainly special ingredient.
The new Liberal government in Canada, was elected in October on a promise to legalise marijuana, while in the US, the transition is happening state by state.…
AUSTRALASIAN CONFECTIONERY MANUFACTURERS THINK TRADE DEALS WILL HELP EXPORTS
Australian and New Zealand confectionery and ice cream manufacturers have been broadly supportive of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement that was finalised towards the end of 2015, recognising the potential for securing export sales in lucrative Asian markets. That said, there is some caution, given the TPP delivers more potential for America’s juggernaut of a confectionery sector to roll into local stores.…
OECD SAYS GREEN REGULATIONS CAN OFFER ADVANTAGES TO TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS
A report released yesterday (Mar 10) by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) has advised textile manufacturers to support government efforts to tighten environmental rules, saying they are unlikely to cause a loss of business.
The report is an attempt to dispel the widely-held view that tighter environmental rules increase costs and damages business – especially in emerging market manufacturing hubs.…
EUROPEAN COMMISSION GETS TOUGH OVER FOREIGN PROCUREMENT DISCRIMINATION – BUT TEXTILE INDUSTRY WANTS FAIR DEALING TO SPRING FROM TRADE DEALS
A new bid by the European Union (EU) to open up public procurement contracts in world markets to all competitors has run into immediate trouble in the textiles sector where the US industry has launched a swift and forceful (though hardly unexpected) rejection of the idea.…
EUROPEAN AUTO INDUSTRY PRESSES EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO PUSH AHEAD WITH ROLL-OUT OF INTEGRATED INTELLIGENT TRANSPORT SYSTEMS
THE EUROPEAN Commission is incorporating the latest guidance from the European auto industry into its plan for rolling-out connected cars across the European Union (EU), drawing on advice from manufacturers favouring swift, coordinated deployment. A key, stressed a report published in January by the Commission, the EU’s executive, is for the installation of ‘cooperative intelligent transport systems’ (C-ITS) allowing vehicles to communicate with other vehicles, other road users, traffic signals and roadside infrastructure.…
ASIA REGULATORY ROUND UP - CHINA TIGHTENS MONEY LAUNDERING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
CHINA’S central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBC), has issued a new anti-money laundering and terror finance reporting requirements for all financial institutions inside the country. The rules come into force July 1. They cover banks, brokers, foreign exchange, online and mobile payment systems and insurance companies, who will have to file reports to the central bank, via their headquarters or via representative institutions, if a client requires daily cash transactions exceeding Chinese Yuan Renminbi CNY50,000 (USD7,261) or a larger amount of USD10,000’s worth in foreign currency.…
ITU ALLOCATES SPECTRUM FOR SATELLITE-BASED AIRCRAFT MONITORING
THE CEO of American aeronautics company Aireon has welcomed the allocation by the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC) of radiofrequency band (1,087.7-1,092.3 MHz) to aeronautical mobile-satellite services (Earth-to-space). The earmarking by this International Telecommunication Union (ITU) body is designed to ensure space stations can receive automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) emissions from aircraft transmitters, namely AMS(R)S – Earth-to-space systems.…
COMPANIES TURN THE TABLES ON HACKERS WITH PROACTIVE CYBER SECURITY DEFENCES
Companies are turning to more aggressive cyber security tactics to protect themselves against attackers. After a flourish of data breaches and cyber attacks against big global companies such as Fiat Chrysler and Target in 2015, traditional security strategies of building a virtual wall or perimeter around a network are increasingly being replaced with ‘proactive’ defence methods, which use technologies to detect and respond to breaches in progress.…