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TÜRKIYE DAIRY PRODUCTION FALLS AS INDUSTRY STRUGGLES WITH INFLATION AND DEPRECIATING LIRA
ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – INDONESIAN EXTERIOR PAINT STILL USES LEAD, WARNS WORLD BANK
CHEMICAL REGULATION DILEMMA FOR NEW UK GOVERNMENT
When the UK left the European Union (EU) on 1 January 2021, it also left the EU’s comprehensive REACH chemical control system, which was formally replaced by a UK REACH system. This mirrored EU REACH, grandfathering existing registrations and restrictions to the national system, although GB companies lost access to EU databases run by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).…
ASIAN PAINT REGULATORY ROUND UP – VIETNAM EXPANDS IMPORT SAFETY CONTROLS TO ALL CHEMICAL INPUTS
THAILAND PAINT SECTOR FACES EXPORT DECLINE BUT INDUSTRY STEADY AS ECONOMY GAINS TRACTION
This southeast Asian powerhouse economy is projected to grow GDP by 3.9% in 2023, up from 2.6% last year due to stronger-than-expected export demand from China, Europe, and the United States, according to the World Bank (1).
Thailand’s ministry of commerce has maintained a targeted year-on-year growth for exports this year of 1%-2%, after a 5.5% gain in 2022 (2).…
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT FORMALLY CALLS FOR END TO EU GOLDEN VISA LAWS
The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly today (March 9) for a European Union (EU)-wide ban on golden passports or citizenship by investment (CBI) schemes by 2025. In a 595 for, 12 against and 74 abstentions vote, MEPs approved a report on ‘citizenship and residence by investment schemes’ (1) which said schemes operated by 12 EU countries (2) “pose several serious security risks for Union citizens” notably corruption and money laundering.…
EU IMPOSES FOURTH ROUND OF SANCTIONS AGAINST INVADING RUSSIANS
The European Union (EU) has launched potentially crippling sanctions against Russia’s iron and steel industry, banning imports to the EU. It bought 753,958 tonnes of Russian pig iron and 1.4 million tonnes of Russian steel slab in 2020. The move is part of a fourth wave of sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU Council of Ministers over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which by March 15 had killed at least 636 civilians, said the UN.…
COUNTRY PROFILE: VIETNAM
The Vietnamese apparel sector is a great success story, but to maintain its strong position, the country will have to build backward linkages, while mitigating some deep-rooted cost and labour challenges. Data from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) shows that from the 1990s, the country’s garment industry has risen from a low base to overtaking Bangladesh’s exports’ sales in 2020, with USD29 billion overseas sales revenues, ranking second worldwide.…
ANTI-FRAUD INVESTIGATOR SALARIES RISE AS FINANCIAL CRIME CONTINUES TO GROW
With fraud levels booming – a PwC report released last May (2021) said 47% of more than 5,000 interviewees’ companies suffered an average of six frauds in the previous two years – anti-fraud professional salaries are growing. (1)
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) will release its next anti-fraud sector salary survey in the summer, but Mason Wilder, an ACFE research specialist confirmed pay is “going up – as are most wages and salaries in professional fields”.…
RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR MUST INTEGRATE CYBER-SECURITY WHEN DESIGNING NEW SYSTEMS
A lack of renewable energy industry cybersecurity standards has seen green power producers “fly under the radar of regulation” when developing their systems and technologies, a senior US cyber-security consultant, and other industry experts, are warning. Peter Lund, CTO of Industrial Defender, a cybersecurity solutions provider for major utility and energy companies based in Massachusetts, USA, said these failings need addressing to avoid catastrophic outages, increased consumer costs or even crippled economies, as renewable energy becomes ever more important in power generation mixes.…