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Colombia has perhaps the strongest reputation in Latin America for playing host to powerful illicit drug cartels and their related money laundering. As a result, it is perhaps reassuring that over the past three years, the Colombian government, through the country’s Attorney General’s Office, seized between USD1 billion and USD1.2 billion, according Luis Edmundo Suárez, Colombia’s Unidad de Información y Análisis Financiero – financial information and analysis unit (UIAF).…

THE NICARAGUAN government has raised fears that the planned reopening of the US market to Brazilian beef could risk spreading foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) to north and central America. Its representatives spoke out at a meeting this week (Thursday March 26) of the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) sanitary and phytosanitary committee, in Geneva.…

A EUROPEAN Union (EU) scientific committee has sounded an alarm about potential health concerns regarding the use of nano-silver in clothing – the substance often used as an antibacterial in knitted socks.

The EU’s Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks has noted studies indicating that “nanosilver exposure leads possibly to genotoxicity, changes in activity of the immune system and an accumulation of silver in spleen, liver and testes.”…

ARE clothing and textile-relevant free trade agreements – which allow the garment and fabrics industries to import wares free of duties, or at sharply reduced rates – really worth the effort involved in their negotiation? Maybe not always, or at least not in the US, say some experts.…

PUERTO Rico opened on January 31 its first centre for the research and development of generic pharmaceuticals – the Center for the Development and Innovation of Pharmaceutical Products. It will be operated by Mexico-based Neolpharma, according to Governor Alejandro Garcia Padilla’s office.…

Mexican airport operator Inmobiliaria Fumisa is considering an appeal to claims that its right to operate the international area of the International Airport of Mexico City’s (AICM) Terminal 1 expired on December 31, 2013. A  Mexican court ruling on January 17 had found Fumisa’s 20-year contract to lease and operate the area had expired; and the right to operate reverted back to the airport, according to a statement from AICM.…

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

SOURCING in Asia has been a merry-go-round for many buyers in recent years. As the era of low-cost Chinese manufacturing draws more or less to a close, several countries have leveraged their low cost labour to capture a significant volume of the world’s lower end knitwear manufacturing, while others have sought to extend their reach into higher value-added manufacturing by investing in infrastructure and training.…

A SENIOR official at Mexico’s National Chamber of Apparel Industry (CANAIVE) has told just-style that the Mexican fashion sector – including clothing, leather and jewelry – is well placed to realise plans to sharply increase exports to USD8 billion in 2014.…

Canada’s higher education sector has welcomed a comprehensive strategy released by the Canadian government for recruiting more foreign students into its institutions.

Announcing a new International Education Strategy on Wednesday (Jan 15), the country’s international trade minister Ed Fast accepted that Canada could profit more from the lucrative global international student market.…