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BY WANG FANGQING, IN SHANGHAI

THE CHINESE pharmaceutical sector is pushing hard to secure sales in sub-Saharan Africa – seeing it as a softer and growing export market, compared to stagnating mature markets in Europe and north America. It is for want of trying.…

BY JULIAN RYALL, IN TOKYO

Japan’s Iron and Steel Federation has told Steel First it expects "an indirect benefit" from the planned free trade deal between the European Union (EU) and Japan. In fresh comments made exclusively to Steel First, the federation predicted: "Domestic steel consumption would increase if consuming industries such as E&E [electrical and electronic], and automobiles could benefit…from the elimination of import tariffs in the EU."…

BY MARK ROWE

TO describe recent times as difficult for the eastern European cosmetics industry would be something of an understatement. Since 2010, some countries have experienced dizzying declines in production and sales that indicated the industry was more or less in tune with the wider economic mood across the region.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Japanese paint and coatings exporters could benefit from a future free trade deal, with the European Commission announcing that formal trade talks between these two developed world giants will go ahead. Brussels’ directorate general for trade is stressing that Japan must make offers to remove its notoriously tough non-tariff barriers – such as trade licensing and other red tape – for the talks to succeed.…

BY ROBERT STOKES

ELCORE GmbH, a German maker of fuel cell micro-CHP (FC mCHP) units currently has only a few being put through their paces in homes in its domestic market. It has high hopes, though, of selling plenty on a fully commercial basis from late next year before spreading its wings into other European markets.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

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Bangladesh

Despite its well-trailed labour and environmental problems, analysts still backed Bangladesh as having the potential to become a long term apparel sourcing hotspot. Indeed, ready-made garment exports could triple within a decade, as buyers move sourcing away from China, according to research by McKinsey & Company.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Japanese pharmaceutical exporters could benefit from a future free trade deal, with the European Commission announcing formal trade talks between these two developed world giants will go ahead. Brussels’ directorate general for trade is stressing that Japan must make offers to remove its notoriously tough non-tariff barriers – such as trade licensing, declarations, inspections, labelling, certification, port clearance and other red tape.…

BY JONATHAN GILBERT, IN BUENOS AIRES

ARGENTINA’S beef producers have claimed their government’s new trade complaint against the United States over allegedly illegal American beef import controls is a spurious political smokescreen.

Ángel Girardi, president of the Argentine Association of Beef Producers, told globalmeatnews.com…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE USA’s Kansas State University has opened a new USD3 million cleanroom designed to help research and develop innovative radiation detectors. It will also help design mass production processes able to make such detectors at affordable prices. Located in the university’s Semiconductor Materials and Radiological Technologies Laboratory (SMART), the cleanroom was built with the help of USD2.5 million in grants from the US defence department’s defence threat reduction agency.…

BY JONATHAN DYSON, IN BANGKOK

THAILAND’S textile and garment industry is aiming to diversify its export markets as it faces a significant drop in demand from its key American and European Union (EU) markets.

Thai garment exports for 2012 are forecast to fall by 10% to USD2.8 billion, while the country’s textile exports for 2012 are expected to dip by 15% to USD3.5 billion, according to figures from the Thai Garment Manufacturers Association (TGMA).…