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INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – BREXIT SPARKS CONCERN OVER RELATED EU IMPORT QUOTA REDUCTIONS
TRADING partners with the European Union (EU) are concerned about the EU cutting the size of low duty import quotas once Britain quits the bloc, which it is scheduled to do on March 28.
The EU has released detailed plans to reduce the amount of some goods it allows into the EU, to take account of Britain exiting the single European market.…
REGULATIONS CONTROLLING SUNSCREEN CHEMICALS START TO EMERGE WORLDWIDE
CONCERNS about the environmental and health damage caused by sunscreen chemicals has started to translate into regulatory action around the world, with the US state of Hawaii being the most high-profile reformer.
Hawaii has imposed a state-wide ban on the sale and distribution within Hawaii of products containing oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are widely regarded as having a harmful impact on coral.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – WTO DISPUTES PANELS WILL ASSESS EU RETALIATORY DUTIES ON USA KNITWEAR EXPORTS
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), on US knitwear exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…
EU/WTO REGULATORY ROUND UP – EU FOOD AND DRINKS SECTOR TO READY ITSELF FOR SINGLE USE PLASTICS BAN
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) food and drinks sector will have to prepare itself to find alternative materials to plastics, after the European Parliament and EU Council of Ministers struck a deal on approving European Commission proposals to ban single-use plastics. Under a new directive – now on track to receive formal approval by this summer (2019) – the EU will ban the use of such materials where alternatives are easily available and affordable.…
CANADIAN AUTO SECTOR WANTS GOVERNMENT HELP TO DIVE DOWN COSTS AS USMCA TRADE DEAL RATIFICATION LOOMS
A CANADIAN automotive industry association wants its federal government and the provincial administration of auto-making hub Ontario, to address the high cost of making vehicles in Canada, now the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been negotiated.
Drafted on September 30 and signed on November 1, but still awaiting ratification, the Canadian auto sector has been assessing the likely impact of the USMCA, guessing that the agreement will come into force – maybe this summer.…
CANADIAN AUTO SECTOR WANTS GOVERNMENT HELP TO DIVE DOWN COSTS AS USMCA TRADE DEAL RATIFICATION LOOMS
A CANADIAN automotive industry association wants its federal government and the provincial administration of auto-making hub Ontario, to address the high cost of making vehicles in Canada, now the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been negotiated.
Drafted on September 30 and signed on November 1, but still awaiting ratification, the Canadian auto sector has been assessing the likely impact of the USMCA, guessing that the agreement will come into force – maybe this summer.…
CHINESE PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT MARKET MATURES AS ONLINE SALES BOOM
It is hard to avoid either a cosmetics store or an advertisement for one in Chinese cities today. A mind-boggling wave of new retailers set up by investment firms to cash in on the cosmetics and personal care boom are eagerly seeking franchisees around the country.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP - RETALIATORY DUTIES ON USA CONFECTIONERY AND INGREDIENTS EXPORTS CHALLENGED AT WTO
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling sought by the USA on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), Canada, China, and Mexico on US confectionery and sweet bakery and associated ingredient exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…
INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY ROUND UP – CHINA KNITTED FABRIC EXPORTS HIT BY AMERICAN DUTIES
CHINESE exports of knitted fabrics have been hit by major USA duties in the latest round of tit-for-tat tariffs imposed in the countries’ ongoing trade war. China exported USD470 million’s worth of knitted and crocheted fabrics to the USA in 2017, according to international trade data.…
RETALIATORY DUTIES ON USA DRINKS EXPORTS CHALLENGED AT WTO
THE WORLD Trade Organisation (WTO) Disputes Settlement Body (DSB) has approved establishing disputes settlement panels ruling on whether retaliatory duties imposed by the European Union (EU), Canada, China, and Mexico on US drinks exports, imposed in response to America’s controversial steel and aluminium tariffs, break WTO rules.…