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THE SINGAPORE government’s much lauded change of gears from running an economy known for its efficiency to one where innovation also plays a key role has been illustrated in a new education services export initiative, targeted at China.

The city state’s trade promotion agency IE Singapore (IE for international enterprise) signed in January a memorandum of understanding with seven local leading training and educational institutes and universities to form what it calls a Singapore Talent Development Alliance (STDA).…

THE ORGANISATION for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) has criticised Denmark – usually lauded over its clean and efficient government – for turning blind eyes to foreign bribery. In an assessment released in March, the OECD Working Group on Bribery noted that the country’s police had investigated only 13 foreign bribery cases and criminal penalties had been imposed in only one case.…

CHINA’S demonstrable skills in clothing and textile manufacture has yet to yield dividends in the technical textiles field, with the country still relying heavily on imports, especially for high-end products such as carbon fibre, high temperature fibre and medical textiles.

In 2011, China spent USD3.4 billion importing  technical textiles, including woven and unwoven lines, mainly from the US and Japan – up 22.7% from USD2.77 billion during 2010, according to Beijing-based China Nonwovens and Industrial Textiles Associations (CNITA).…

AMERICAN auto makers have welcomed a judicial crackdown on selling counterfeit parts, accessories and diagnostic devices following a rapid succession of recent court cases in which China-based manufacturers and online sales have figured prominently.

“We support very stringent safeguards – the average vehicle on the road is 11 years old and has 30,000 components so the aftermarket parts business is so lucrative and there are an awful lot of ways to cheat the system,” said Dan Gage, director of communications and public affairs for the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (Auto Alliance), the leading advocacy group for the industry, representing the makers of 77% of car and light truck sales in the US.…

As Poland’s shale gas rush ramps up in earnest, companies offering locally-sourced minerals used in hydraulic fracturing look set to profit. The industry, nascent as it is in Poland, comprises a hodgepodge of contractors and subcontractors, each sourcing different materials from different places.…

CHANGE is coming to Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda International Airport, with the Zambian government embarking on an ambitious airports renewal programme, which will renovate Kenneth Kuanda International, along with three other international airports. These are Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula International Airport, in Livingstone; the Simon Mwansa Kapwepwe International Airport, in Ndola and the Mfuwe International Airport, in the country’s eastern province.…

BESIDES information on fuel efficiency, tire noise and CO2 emissions, European car makers will also be required to provide details on the noise levels of their cars in the future, according to a draft piece of European Union (EU) legislation on motor vehicle noise.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has welcomed Thailand lifting its longstanding ban on bovine product imports from European Union (EU) member states, but has complained that Bangkok is insisting on expensive inspections for approved exporters.

Live cattle, beef, veal and other bovine products from Austria, Belgium, Britain, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia and Spain have been prevented from entering Thailand since 2001 over concerns about BSE.…

PHARMACEUTICAL companies seeking pharmacovigilance and pharmacoepidemiology information from across the European Union (EU) can now consult two new databases. Created by the public-private partnership PROTECT project, they are the Drug Consumption Database and the PROTECT ADR [adverse drug reaction] database.…

EUROPEAN Union (EU) confectionery manufacturers and their suppliers stand to boost their export sales and reduce import costs with the launch of talks to forge the two largest bilateral trade deals ever sought by the EU – with the USA and Japan.…