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THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) economic partnership agreement with Japan – its sixth most important trading partner – struck yesterday (July 6) at an EU-Japan Summit in Brussels, will benefit the EU meat industry greatly, experts say.

EU agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has hailed it as “the most significant and far-reaching agreement ever concluded in agriculture.”…

WITHOUT European Union (EU) supervision, the fight against fraud, in the UK at least, will become more difficult after ‘Brexit’, European fraud experts claim.

“London is already known to be a major money laundering centre, so that can only get worse once the EU ‘strings’ have been severed,” predicted Hugh Penri-Williams, fraud consultant and vice president of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) France.…

INNOVATIONS in boosting sustainability in the textile and clothing sector and beyond were highlighted at this year’s annual Integral Conversation conference, hosted again by Hong Kong shirt specialist Esquel in Guilin, between November 9 and 11.

Staged under the theme ‘Reimagining Health: Fostering the Health of the Planet and People’, its discussions focused on environmental and human health themes of critical importance to clothing manufacturers, with hundreds of globally prominent business leaders, influential scholars and policymakers present.…

OIL and gas companies trading between the European Union (EU) and Japan are likely to benefit from a new economic partnership agreement, which will fully liberalise trade in all industrial goods, including downstream products such as chemicals and plastics. The comprehensive deal – agreed in principle – also includes a chapter on international maritime transport services.…

STRUGGLING for years to find ways of bringing down the nation’s stubbornly high figures for ‘karoshi’ – the Japanese term for death by overwork – the government has finally taken drastic measures against some of Japan’s biggest companies.

Analysts warn, however, that it may take many years for companies here to “culturally implant” new regulations designed to force firms to honour the law.…

WITH the Asia-Pacific continuing to be the hub of global industrial growth and also a nexus of technological innovation, the region’s non-wovens sector has been making the most of these benefits, increasing both output and quality.

The Chinese nonwoven fabric sector, for instance, has been growing steadily, with 8-10% year-on-year growth in recent years, surpassing the average growth rate of the country’s entire textile industry.…

THE EUROPEAN Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a new online database containing detailed materials on nanomaterials, an increasingly important input for the paint and coatings sector – the first phase of the creation of a European Union Observatory for Nanomaterials (EUON).…

MONGOLIA remains one of the world’s key global production centres for cashmere, and its importance seems to be growing, with its cashmere garment exports increasing – total 2016 overseas receipts were USD9.6 million, up 196% since 2009.

Demand is driven by Mongolian goat fibres’ unique characteristics, most importantly of which its length of 38-45cm and thin microns facilitating the manufacturing of garments with higher quality than those made from Chinese and Afghan goat fibres. …

THE TRADE deal announced by the European Union (EU) and Japanese on July 6 that would cut tariffs and harmonise technical regulations has been welcomed by Japan and EU auto-makers – although the Europeans are expressing caution.

Brussels and Tokyo said they had stuck a “political agreement in principle” for an economic partnership agreement, that would phase out vehicle tariffs over seven years and bring regulatory convergence through a special auto annex. …

THE EUROPEAN Union’s (EU) textile sector has welcomed the striking of an economic partnership agreement between the EU and Japan,

“It will really provide a huge opportunity to both partners to help companies to enhance their bilateral trade, investment and cooperation.…