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THE US Fashion Industry Association (USFIA) has called on the new American administration of President Donald Trump to work hard to negotiate new bilateral trade deals with Asian markets now he has formally pulled his country from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.…

October’s ground-breaking deal in the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) to curb global aviation emissions growth after 2020 through a global market-based measure (GMBM) is facing major challenges in the months ahead to gain political acceptance in both the European Union (EU) and the United States.…

THE CHINESE government has announced it will prove 20 cities’ emergency plans for dealing with smog after heavy air pollution caused hundreds of flight delays in the northeast of the country over the Christmas and New Year period.

On December 20 alone, Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) reported that it cancelled 351 departures because of smog-related visibility problems.…

THE EUROPEAN Investment Bank (EIB) has has signed a EUR30 million loan agreement with Estonia’s Tallinn Airport to finance expansion and modernisation  boosting its environmental and safety performance, alleviating congestion and enabling growth. This money will help finance reconstructing the existing runway and apron, extending and reconfiguring the passenger terminal, renewing and upgrading the airside lighting system.…

ELECTRONICS and gadgets such as smart watches may have reached their technological and popularity limits, but smart textiles – materials, for example anti-bacterial, that react to environmental or physical stimuli – are here to stay, industry experts argue.

Speakers at this year’s FUTEX – the 7^th Innovative Textile European Convention on ‘interactive textiles for health, sport and the home’ emphasised the bright future for ‘wearable’ technology.…

Volkswagen will plead guilty to three criminal charges in the USA, and pay a USD2.8 billion fine for selling around 590,000 diesel vehicles in America using a device to cheat emissions tests, while lying and obstructing justice to further the scheme.…

SHIPPING container manufacturers in China have been struggling to deal with the country’s new string of environmental regulations aiming to reduce volatile organic compounds (VOC) emissions – effectively forcing them to switch from solvent-based to water-based paints.

The changeover, proposed by the China Container Industry Association and endorsed by the government is occurring in two stages, with container factories located in southern China required to only use water-based products for all containers, other than certain specialised containers, since July 1, 2016; this to be followed by factories in the rest of China from April 1 this year.…

EU LAUNCHES MAJOR VAT REFORM CONSULTATION

A MAJOR public consultation has been launched by the European Commission, which will allow accounting practices and accountants to say how the European Union’s VAT system should be reformed. The Commission is due to make a comprehensive reform on these issues by this autumn (2017), which is expected to allow EU member states more freedom to set VAT rates.…

CHINA’S textile sector is feeling positive about the Chinese government’s ambitious ‘Made in China 2025’ national strategy, hoping it will guide producers towards sustainable growth.

The policy was unveiled in May 2015 by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. It is designed to move the entire Chinese manufacturing sector away from low value-added activities to medium- and high-end operations in just 10 years’ time.…

Indonesian batik producers are turning to social media to boost sales, helping them maintain production when not only standard marketing and distribution channels are not delivering enough revenue but standalone websites and major e-commerce sites.

Rusydi Bawazir, producer of Nargis Batik Podhek, from Madura, East Java province, started online marketing three years ago by using website: nargis.web.id.…