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BY MARK GODFREY

AS CHINA’S stimulus-primed economy rebounds, increased local emphasis on environmental and quality specifications is playing into the hands of foreign brands like PPG Industries and Akzo Nobel.

"The whole industry is facing consolidation, changing needs from customers, and stricter environmental requirements," said Mike Horton, head of architectural coatings and automotive refinish coatings for the Asia Pacific region at PPG.…

BY EMMA JACKSON

A TRADEMARK dispute has erupted between Canadian retailer the Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) and the Cowichan First Nations group in British Columbia, which claims HBC stole their traditional knitted sweater design for its Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics clothing.…

 By Mark Rowe

As with the Arctic – where sea ice is disappearing faster than most scientists had anticipated - Antarctica is thought to hold fossil fuel resources, along with new drugs, industrial compounds and some commercial applications.

By Emma Jackson, International News Services

Global news agency International News Services Ltd – in association with world-leading business publisher Aroq Ltd - has released a major new e-book compiling global textile regulation news and analysis since 2001. This comprehensive 157 page report offers clothing and textile companies, consultants and lobbyists a survey of the sector’s rapid evolution to a free, global market in the last 10 years.

The report is a detailed backgrounder of the last decade’s textile policy, collected and arranged in a concise document with monthly summaries to direct and help select topics and an essential background brief for marketers seeking to break into new markets, or lobbyists wanting to understand the rationale behind trade regulations they want changed.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

FOLLOWING the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, Israel was quick to come out and identify itself with the ensuing US-led ‘war on terror’. This was not surprising, given the Arab-Israeli conflict and the attacks Israel has sustained from militant Palestinian groups.…

BY MONICA DOBIE

CANADA will continue to import cat and dog fur despite a ban adopted by the United States and the UK, to avoid undermining support for the country’s seal hunt.

An internal government document obtained by a Canadian news agency under the Access to Information Act – now widely disseminated by Canadian media – says government officials urged Gerry Ritz, the agriculture minister, not to instigate a ban.…

By Mark Rowe

As with the Arctic – where sea ice is disappearing faster than most scientists had anticipated – Antarctica is thought to hold fossil fuel resources, along with new drugs, industrial compounds and some commercial applications.

The retreat of south polar ice is raising some concern that the Antarctic Treaty, which protects the continent from development and which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, could be threatened by a global desire for development.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

IN the Persian Gulf, the traditional dress of the ‘dishdasha’ or ‘thobe’ is still a staple of most men’s wardrobes. In the region’s short, three- to four-month winter the typically white cotton dishdasha is replaced by light wools and cashmere dishdashas, with the season’s trend influenced by the Gulf’s monarchical rulers.…

BY ANDREW SALMON

AFTER passing the fortress-like medieval gate of Namdaemun, visitors enter central Seoul’s traditional shopping quarter: a jumbled maze of stalls and alleyways. A 15-minute walk through the raucous bustle of this 600-year old market, leads to its modern equivalent: The neon-lit, pedestrianised square mile of Myeong Dong.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) sugar importers can benefit from new liberalised trade rules that came into force today (OCTOBER 1). The European Commission is urging the industry to exploit the new quotas. Notably, exporters from the poorest producer countries – labelled "least developed" by the United Nations – can now send unlimited amounts of sugar to the EU, duty free.…