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The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has signalled that it may resume its importance in promoting free trade in food and drinks by securing a global agreement that limits fishing subsidies. At its 12th Ministerial Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, in June, the WTO banned subsidies for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing by its member jurisdictions – covering most countries in the world.…

The technical textile market looks set to ride out current turbulence caused by inflationary and geopolitical pressures, including Russian militarism, with a projected uptick in global performance – research and industry commentators predict. But plans for onshoring and innovation investments might be delayed as day-to-day costs continue to rise.…

MORE than 150 days since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, scammers are still finding new ways to turn compassion into profit– stealing thousands of pounds worth of donations through fake charity appeals, fraud, and deception. Dylan Carter reports
 

THE HUMANITARIAN impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been immense.…

The European Union (EU) has sanctioned Russia’ largest bank – Sberbank – which is majority-owned by the Russian state, preventing it from trading and operating in the EU, freezing its accounts.

The EU has also banned EU companies, public agencies and individuals from importing or transferring (directly or indirectly) Russian gold and jewellery.…

Paint and coatings manufacturers and importers within the European Union (EU) will come under additional pressure to restrict the use additives and ingredients made from certain chemicals that can become persistent organic pollutants after disposal.

The EU Council of Ministers and the European Parliament have struck agreement on reforms to the EU’s persistent organic pollutant regulation, which will cut the maximum presence in waste of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA); perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS); hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD); polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); and short-chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCP).…

European Union (EU) member states are lagging in compliance with a requirement in the fifth anti-money laundering directive (5 AMLD) (1) to create public ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) registers by January 10, 2020. A European Commission webpage (2) on 5AMLD compliance last updated June 2 (2022) shows 12 governments are facing infringement proceedings either because they have not adopted legislation writing the directive fully into national law or because they have implemented it incorrectly.…

With cyberattacks on the rise, organisations are having to devote ever more time and resources to defending against malicious activity – and some are now considering active defences, hacking back the hackers, to deter them and maybe damage their ability to harm victims.…

THE CURRENT global energy crisis and its attendant price rises have had “a dramatic impact on the profitability of many companies” in the textile and clothing sector, and a European Union (EU)-wide cap on gas prices is essential, Dirk Vantyghem, director general of the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex), has told WTiN.…

As the Italian economy recovers from the particularly hard two-year coronavirus pandemic, Italy’s paints and varnishes sector is among the few to have weathered the storm well. “Our sector has probably never seen such a jump in growth like that of the past two years,” said Gianni Martinetti, president of the Paints and Varnishes Group of AVISA (1), which is part of Italy’s national chemicals industry association, Federchimica.  …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – which as of June 10 had killed 4,339 civilians (UN figures) – sparked an unprecedented range of sanctions against Russia’s financial, business and political elite. But there is little evidence as of June – with the invasion entering its fourth month – of upset Russian oligarchs pressuring President Vladimir Putin to abandon his bloody invasion, because they had lost access to their yachts, mansions and bank accounts.…