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THE TRADE war between the USA and China that has seen both sides impose a wide range of duties on each other’s exports has depressed Australian wool prices though a reduction in demand from key Chinese buyers.

Australian Council of Wool Exporters and Processors executive director Peter Morgan told just-style that the Washington-Beijing stand-off has come during other events depressing wool sales: “Events such as the US, China trade wars, US, India trade disputes, the US, Iran political tensions and the negative rhetoric during the recent G20 meeting” have been  disruptive and this obviously “effect global economic confidence,” he said.…

Slovenia’s plastic industry has made a virtue out of the nation’s geographical position, located between the markets of central and western Europe and those of the Balkan states and the former Soviet Union. 

Drawing on these geographical – and historical political ties – the sector is geared towards exports, with these accounting for 62% of the value of the plastics industry, according to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia (CCIS).…

SURVEILLANCE and detection are becoming increasingly high-tech, especially when fighting financial crime. But experts still think combining human expertise with new artificial intelligence, machine learning and data analysis is the smartest way to unmask commercial crime. Sarah Gibbons and Sara Lewis report.…

The rules amend existing restrictions in the REACH chemicals regulation 1907/2006. They set maximum concentration limits for chemicals “particularly harmful in case of frequent contact with human skin”, the Commission said in an October 10 press note.

Permitted levels range from 1mg/kg for cadmium, chromium, arsenic, and lead to 3,000mg/kg for N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF).…

INDONESIAN clothing and textile industry experts and the government say there is continued need to boost investment in creating efficient upstream supplies to enable the country to profit sustainably from growing demand for clothing export sales.

Textile and garment production grew 19% in the first quarter of this year (year-on-year) – but that was largely thanks to a strong performance from the clothing sector.…

Flat Earth theories. Anti-vaccination conspiracies. Climate change denials. Such deep held beliefs are impeding the job of unveiling and spreading verifiable truths, speakers at the Worldviews International Conference on Media and Higher Education stressed. Educators and journalists who made up a panel on ‘Scientific research, ‘post-truth’ and fake news: What’s next?’…

Industry forecasts for Italy’s paints and coatings market are expected to remain relatively stable through 2019, mainly sustained by stability in the domestic construction and automotive sectors and continuing sales growth in foreign markets. Data from market research provider Euromonitor International released last December (2018) projected production turnover in Italy to grow by 0.5% in the 2018-2019 period, with an estimated value of just over EUR6.1 billion in 2019.…

EVERY manufacturing and agricultural industry has an impact on climate change – and the tobacco sector is no different. Faced with long-standing criticism of the health impact of its products, the tobacco industry is now facing attacks that its work generates carbon emissions and hence climate change.…

Regulators have started to actively encourage financial institutions to experiment and use machine learning to detect suspicious activity.

US regulatory authorities have called for innovative approaches to meet AML compliance obligations “to further strengthen the financial system against illicit activity”.

In a joint statement, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; USA FIU the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced their support for innovative technology development last December.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) trade deal struck with South America’s Mercosur group of Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, will boost trade between the two blocs of non-ferrous metals and related articles. The agreement, which now needs to be ratified by both sides, will phase out all EU duties charged on industrial goods (including metals and metal items) over 10 years.…