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The Chinese government appears determined to keep pushing its nation’s economy towards a more sustainable path, issuing five key green economy-related policy documents this year (2024), with eco-plastics supply and eco-plastics packaging part of the focus.

For example, an ‘Opinion on speeding up China’s green economy’ issued in July by the State Council – China’s cabinet – listed directing more companies to use green packaging as one of its main goals by 2030 http://epaper.cenews.com.cn/html/2024-08/12/content_99269.htm…

India’s struggling biofuel industry may finally be picking up as the country’s oil refining major, Reliance Industries Ltd, announcing an Indian Rupees INR650 billion (USD7.72 billion) investment plan to set up 500 compressed biogas (CBG) plants over the next three years in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.…

USA government human rights investigators and human trafficking victims in Myanmar have told Fraud Intelligence of how a lawless town on the border with Thailand has become a forced labour hub, where kidnap victims must take part in phone or cyber scams, or face violence, torture or even death.…

China’s move to investigate New York City, United States-based clothing company PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger, for suspected violations of market trading principles regarding Xinjiang-related products, could pose risks for other clothing and textile companies doing business with China, according to industry experts.…

The Canadian and Mexican auto sectors are assessing a second Donald Trump presidency in the USA, given his threat to impose universal tariffs on all imports and to review the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Trump has floated imposing 10%-20% tariffs on all US imports, including trades with countries having free trade agreements with America.…

EUROPEAN oil and fats industry representatives are concerned and green groups angry that the European Commission is proposing to delay (1) implementation of the May 2023 European Union (EU) deforestation regulation (EUDR) (2) by a year. However, industry groups in Malaysia and Indonesia are hailing the delay as a sensible move, helping them prepare for the new regime.…

Compliance costs are an increasing burden on international trade, including shipping, aviation and road transport, with expanding requirements on anti-money laundering, sanctions, dual-use goods and environmental controls augmenting customs, know-your-customer, shipping identification documentation and more.

These requirements, while often based on international standards drafted by bodies such as the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) (for money-laundering and terror/proliferation finance), the World Customs Organisation (WCO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), are usually imposed by sovereign states or autonomous customs administrations, such as Hong Kong.…

Whether the billions of taxpayer dollars pledged for Canada EV supply chain by the Canadian, Ontario and Québec governments were value for money and should be maintained will be a key question in the country’ upcoming election cycle.

The federal Liberal government is teetering, with minority support within the Canadian parliament no longer buttressed by an agreement with the left-wing New Democratic Party (NDP).…

With its shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) graduates, the United States is struggling to hire enough qualified professionals to meet the demands of many of domestic industries, the USA’s HE accreditation board ABET has noted. According to one estimate by the Washington DC-based Semiconductor Industry Association, in a report published in 2023, there will be a STEM shortage of approximately 1.4 million technicians, computer scientists and engineers in the US by 2030 (https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/SIA_July2023_ChippingAway_website.pdf…