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THE EUROPEAN Commission’s trade directorate general and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office have said that they will be assessing the impact of Britain’s anticipated exit from the European Union (EU) on the planned EU-US Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).…

A new textile training academy in the Javanese city of Solo is an important step towards addressing the critical shortage of middle managers in Indonesia’s garment industry, according to chairman of the Indonesia textile association Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia (API), Ade Sudrajat.…

A SENIOR UK-based defence and security think tank has called on governments, financial institutions and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to take fresh action to stop money being moved to finance illicit nuclear weapon programmes.

A paper from the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) has called on governments to start imposing tougher and more comprehensive actions against financial flows that could help build nuclear weapons.…

THE UK’s vote last Thursday (June 23) to quit the European Union (EU) creates deep uncertainty over the shape of future nuclear industry regulations in Britain. The same applies to EU market access for British nuclear fuel and component companies or exporters from the rest of the EU wanting to target British nuclear operators.…

South Korean spandex-manufacturer TK Chemical Corp, an affiliate of the SM Group conglomerate, yesterday (May 26) confirmed to just-style that it will build a 10,000-tonne-a-year spandex plant with an initial investment of South Korean Won KRW80 billion (USD68 million) in Iran.…

Yesterday’s (May 17) easing of US sanctions against Myanmar to improve bilateral trade and allow more financial transactions to take place could result in more US fast-food companies establishing a presence in the former pariah state.

The US treasury, for instance removed seven state-owned enterprises and three state-owned banks (the Myanma Economic Bank, Myanmar Foreign Trade Bank, and Myanma Investment and Commercial Bank), from a blacklist.…

INDONESIAN consumers are becoming increasingly brand-savvy as their incomes surge, driving up the country’s body care product market. As of 2015, this retail segment generated USD169.41 million in sales, and is expected to reach USD245.09 million by 2020, according to Ghina Romani, a researcher with the London-based market intelligence company Canadean.…

Seizures of contraband cosmetics have become an increasingly common sight on local TV in China. A recent case in point (this March – 2016) saw 1,488 boxes of South Korean cosmetics seized from a forty-foot container in the east coast port city of Qinhuangdao, about 300km east of Beijing.…

Chinese consumers’ preference for foreign brand and the sparsity of internationally-recognised domestic brands helps explain why some of the country’s largest personal care product conglomerates have been eyeing foreign acquisitions.

For instance, Shanghai-based Fosun International Ltd purchased Israeli cosmetics maker Ahava this April (2016); while Shanghai Jahwa United Co snapped up UK-based Mayborn Group, manufacturer and distributor of Tommee Tippee baby and child products the same month.…

INDONESIAN consumers are becoming increasingly brand-savvy as their incomes surge, driving up the country’s body care product market. As of 2015, this retail segment generated USD169.41 million in sales, and is expected to reach USD245.09 million by 2020, according to Ghina Romani, a researcher with the London-based market intelligence company Canadean.…