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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE KNITWEAR industry will hope for a sympathetic ear from Italy’s nominee as new European Union (EU) industry Commissioner when he launches a root-and-branch reform of EU industrial policy this year. Assuming the European Parliament confirms Antonio Tajani in his new job this month, he has – in a policy statement for MEPs – promised to frame "a new approach to European industrial policy" in 2010.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ITALIAN politician nominated the European Union’s (EU) new industry commissioner Antonio Tajani has said he would push hard to release credit for hard-pressed clothing and textile small-and-medium-sized businesses (SMEs). Tajani said he would use the European Commission’s political muscle to push banks into lending more to small businesses.…

BY PHILIPPA JONES

WITH so much competition in design and price within the apparel and textile sector, manufacturers are always looking for an edge. One way in which they can steal a march on competitors is with fibre innovation. And with new technology allowing the incorporation of increasingly complex arrays of chemicals and particles, even on the nano-scale, the opportunities to develop a revolutionary new fibre or mix of fibres are maybe greater today than ever before.…

BY MARK GODFREY

IT has not traditionally featured on prospectors’ radar but Mongolia is quickly emerging as an Asian oil exporter. Thanks to rising oil demand from China, the Petroleum Authority of Mongolia has inked production-sharing agreements on 12 oil fields with explorers from north America, Australia and China.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

India’s regulatory and legal framework is converging fast with the international system, however there are many unique political, social and historical influences that make it imperative for the overseas business to take a cautious approach while entering the country.…

BY DAVID HAWORTH and KEITH NUTHALL

THE POWER industry has good reason to pay more attention than usual to the anticipated appointment of a new European Union (EU) energy Commissioner this February 10. Under the newly ratified Treaty of Lisbon, the EU has gained constitutional authority to frame energy policy in general for all 27 member states.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

With a new EU research Commissioner about to be appointed and lobbying expected to be underway soon over the shape of the next eighth EU framework programme on research, the League of European Research Universities (LERU) has released a major report "Harvesting talent: strengthening research careers in Europe."…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

AFTER the disappointment of the Copenhagen summit on climate change, it is perhaps encouraging to note that the auto industry – so often painted as the bad boy of the climate change issue – really is reducing its vehicles’ carbon dioxide emissions.…

BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL

THIS April, the UK will launch a feed-in tariff for electricity, which the government said will accelerate take-up of green energy among the general public. According to the European Commission’s energy directorate-general, the European Union (EU) already uses at least 20% more energy than is justified, which has led to twin concerns – the need to reduce consumption of fossil fuels and to encourage consumers to switch to green energy tariffs and sources.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

WHEN Libya came in from the diplomatic cold in 2004 after international sanctions were lifted amidst a flurry of good behaviour, oil companies considered the former rogue state a new frontier, keen to return after a 30-year hiatus.…