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BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE TOWN of Asbestos in French-speaking Québec, Canada – named after the mineral that underpins its economy – is waiting to see whether its provincial government will approve a Canadian dollar CAD58 million (US dollar USD56 million) loan enabling an underground mine to tap an immense deposit.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

WITH an aim to moderate the domestic prices of cotton yarn, last week the Indian government said it would suspend a 7.5% duty concession for exporters – essentially raising the price of Indian cotton by 3.5% on world markets (because of a complex formula framing these tariffs).…

BY ERIC LYMAN and KEITH NUTHALL

THE EXECUTIVE secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) Yvo de Boer will switch his attentions to the private sector after standing down from his job on July 1. He will be joining the consultancy group KPMG as global adviser on climate and sustainability and working with a number of universities.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE, KARRYN MILLER and KEITH NUTHALL

IRAN may be a democratic theocracy, but it certainly does not take the moral high ground when it comes to tobacco smuggling. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has in the past identified Iran as being one of only two countries in the world where more than half the cigarette market share comprises contraband.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

INTRODUCTION

There are signs around the world that the textile market is beginning to recover from the global economic crisis, and developing markets will be leading that recovery. Asia is, of course, at the forefront, but many countries in Latin America have also weathered the crisis and have come out in a surprisingly decent position, with their dynamic textile and apparel industries well positioned for future expansion.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

VIETNAM has worked hard to convince foreign companies they should look past neighbouring China for their knitwear needs. Through an increasing commitment to quality, along with strong government support, Vietnamese knitwear firms are starting to see the fruits of their labour and tags ‘made in Vietnam’ are becoming more common both domestically and abroad.…

BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

A SWIFT rise in the price of south Asian cotton yarn has forced closures in Bangladesh’s US$6.43 billion knitwear export sector and pushed some manufacturers to the brink as the whole industry struggles to overcome the costing problem.…

BY ANCA GURZU

INFRASTRUCTURE and technology costs are the two important factors when talking about promoting intermediate alternative fuels such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and compressed natural gas (CNG), the Center for Automotive Research, a US-based non-profit organisation, has told wardsauto.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

PRESSURE will be eased on Pakistan’s hard-pressed oil and gas industries though a Euro 100 million loan from the European Investment Bank to part-finance renewable energy sector developments. The money will augment US$510 million pledged for Pakistan green energy by the Asian Development Bank.…

By Leah Germain, International News Services

Globalisation has created new opportunities for the transfer of people and products across borders, and broadened the scope of many businesses around the world. But it’s not all good news of course: one of the seamier sides of growing international commerce is the abduction and trafficking of human beings. 

The problem is getting worse. Just over a year since the collapse of the global market, countries around the world have reported a significant increase in cases of the exploitation of people for monetary gain. While cases of kidnapping and ransom continue to be common in African and Latin American countries, such as Nigeria and Venezuela, the majority of organized human trafficking cases are actually in Europe.…