Three down, two to go when it comes to major regulatory hurdles that Medtronic and Covidien need to clear for their proposed $43 billion merger. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the European Union and Canada’s Competition Bureau ...
Ten Ivorian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have entered the ecommerce marketplace by setting up the trade portal titled “IvoryMall”, with the support of the International Trade Centre (ITC). The initiative is part ...
The European Technology Platform for the Future of Textiles and Clothing (Textile ETP) will be showcasing its key projects at the upcoming ITMA 2015. Textile ETP will exhibit at the trade show’s Research and Education Pavilion (R&E ...
Tags: textile technology, trade show, Textile
UK firm Seven Towns has won protection for the iconic puzzle, fending off challenge from German toy manufacturer. The Rubik’s Cube has won the rights to European Union trademark protection, fending off a challenge from a German toy ...
Tags: Rubik's Cube, Toys
The tire industry has urged the government to take decisive measures against the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed on tires imported from China after the United States Department of Commerce claimed on Monday that Chinese ...
Tags: tire industry, Tire
North China's Hebei province saw robust growth of photovoltaic products to Japan in the first ten months, local customs authorities have said. During this period, Hebei's PV exports to Japan hit 2.7 billion yuan ($440 million), up 180 ...
Tags: PV Exports, Sloar Cell
A new law has been approved by the European Union in a bid to cut down on the usage of plastic grocery bags. The rules have been unanimously agreed by EU ambassadors and will see the reduction in the usage of lightweight carrier bags of ...
Tags: Plastic Bags, Agriculture
Vietnam’s garment maker Garment 10 Corporation (Garco 10) has offered Tanzania the opportunity to export unspecified quantity of cotton to the firm, according to the president of the company Giang Duc Vu, Tanzania DailyNews reported. ...
Tags: cotton market, Textile
The commerce minister of Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed, has urged Australian buyers to visit readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Speaking at a joint forum in Melbourne, Australia, Ahmed said the ...
Tags: RMG factories, Apparel
Russian food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed a ban on meat imports from Montenegro citing illegal export practices. The agency claimed that the EU is allegedly smuggling its meat to Russia under labels of Montenegro, TASS ...
Tags: Illegal re-exports of meat products, food safety, Agriculture
The garment industry in Myanmar has great potential for growth in the next 10 years, if it works towards development with strategic planning, according to the members of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA), Myanmar Times ...
Tags: garment industry, Apparel
The European Union (EU) is planning to talk to Japan on opening the latter's beer market to the European countries prior to the signing of a free trade deal in 2015. The EU countries including France and Germany will ask Japan to alter ...
Tags: Beer Market, free trade deal, Agriculture
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
Israeli dairy processor Tnuva is looking at the possibilities of exporting cheese to Russia, with a hope to fill in the gap created due to the one-year ban on food imports from Europe and the US. In 2013, Russia imported 250,000 tons of ...
Tags: Israeli dairy processor, exporting cheese, Agriculture
Thai garment exports is expected to achieve a 2 percent growth this year with an increase in the orders from its main markets, according to a report from the Thailand Garment Manufacturers’ Association (TGMA), the National News Bureau ...
Tags: Thai garment exports, Apparel