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ENERGY DIPLOMACY GIVES EU THE MEANS TO FORGE SECURE SUPPLIES, BUT IT IS NO SURE BET



IN an ever more interconnected world, where reliable energy flows are of critical importance to sophisticated developed economies, the role of diplomacy in helping keep oil and gas flowing is perhaps more important than ever before.

Of course, oil and gas has always been an international business.…

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TURKEY, CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA REMAIN EUROPEAN KNITWEAR BRANDS’ KEY SOURCING SWEETSPOTS



EUROPEAN Union (EU) knitted fabric importers are continuing to focus their sourcing overwhelmingly on Turkey, China, and South Korea, according to data released by the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex). With their low production costs, fabric expertise, and advantageous free trade agreements, these countries offer key benefits as a sourcing destination.…

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AUSTRALIA BOOSTS LIVESTOCK DISEASE MONITORING SYSTEMS



AUSTRALIAN government and meat industry agencies are boosting their efforts to increase biosecurity for the country’s critically important livestock sector.

Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA) has welcomed an Australian dollar AUD5.8 million (USD4.45 million) project boosting biosecurity systems for Australia’s livestock industries.…

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TURKEY, CHINA AND SOUTH KOREA REMAIN EUROPEAN KNITWEAR BRANDS’ KEY SOURCING SWEETSPOTS



EUROPEAN Union (EU) knitted fabric importers are continuing to focus their sourcing overwhelmingly on Turkey, China, and South Korea, according to data released by the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex). With their low production costs, fabric expertise, and advantageous free trade agreements, these countries offer key benefits as a sourcing destination.…

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TURKEY SECURITY AND CLOTHING EXECUTIVES SAY COUNTRY IS SAFE FOR VISITORS, DESPITE POST-COUP CRACKDOWN



TURKISH security sources are advising textile and clothing manufacturers in Turkey that the country remains a safe and secure country in which to operate, despite the crackdown following the attempted coup on July 15. Likewise, local and international players in the apparel and textile industry are noting that business continues to run smoothly.…

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KENYA – TURKEY TEXTILE COOPERATION TO INTENSIFY THROUGH TRADE AGREEMENT



The Kenyan textiles and apparels industry has welcomed an anticipated trade deal between Kenya and Turkey designed to boost annual trade volumes between the two countries to USD1 billion, up from the prevailing USD144 million. The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), an umbrella body that represents firms across the industrial sector in Kenya, sees this as a reinforcement of long standing trade partnership between Kenya and Turkey, as well as a win for textiles.…

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TURKEY MAY RESUME THE SUPPLIES OF ITS TEXTILE PRODUCTS TO RUSSIA IN COMING DAYS



Turkey may resume supplies of its textile products to Russia thanks to the recent improvement of relations between the two countries, according to the Russian ministry of industry and trade.

Despite the fact, that Turkish textile products were not formally included in the list of sanctions on goods imposed after Turkey shot down a Russian fighter plane last November, shipments to Russia have almost ceased with border controls impeding imports.…

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TOBACCO MARKETS IMPACTED BY SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS



WITH 4.8 million Syrian refugees registered by the UN, and many more displaced without registration, their impact on consumer markets outside their home country has been significant. The tobacco sector has been no exception. Indeed, even before the civil war, Syrians were keen smokers – with 2004 Syrian Centre for Tobacco Studies research indicating that 56.9% of men smoked cigarettes and 17% of women; 20.2% of men smoked waterpipes (shisha) and 4.8% of women; 29% smoked daily – 51.4% of men and 11.5% of women).…

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BULGARIA AND GREECE STRIKE GAS INTERCONNECTOR AGREEMENT



allowing gas – including LNG – to be transported between the two countries, starting July 1 (2016). This deal was struck between the network operators for Bulgaria and Greece – Bulgartransgaz and DESFA. It will enable companies from both sides and other countries to make north- or southbound deliveries, boosting gas movements between Greece, Turkey, Macedonia and Ukraine.…

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BRUSSELS CALLS ON EU MEMBER STATES TO DETECT AND DECLARE MORE EU FRAUD



 

THE EUROPEAN Commission has accused six European Union (EU) member states of failing to detect enough fraud in EU spending programmes where their governments have a significant management role. In its latest annual report on the ‘Protection of the European Union’s financial interests – Fight against fraud 2015’, the Commission said Austria, Britain and Finland had reported “a very low number of fraudulent irregularities, in particular in relation to the amount of frauds allocated to them” for  EU agricultural spending.…

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