India and the European Union will resume talks in August after a two-year gap on the proposed free trade agreement for boosting two-way commerce and investment, the media has reported. "Sometime in August, the EU chief negotiator will ...
Tags: two-way commerce, FTA, GSP
Bangladesh has expressed concern over the US trade bill concerning the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) apprehending that a less developed country (LDC) like Bangladesh would lose its competitive edge in the American market due to ...
Tags: US trade bill, American market, Apparel
China and Australia signed a long-awaited Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on June 17 in Canberra, Australia. The agreement ensures 85 percent of all Australian exports enter China tariff-free and 95 percent when the deal is in full force. ...
Tags: Free Trade Agreement, FTA
The Netherlands has promised joint efforts with Bangladesh to ensure Bangladeshi apparel exporters get a fair price for their products in the international market, the Bangladeshi media has reported. Netherlands foreign trade and ...
Tags: B'deshi Apparels, Apparel
After a booming year, the bull run of China's stock market is expected to continue, boosted by economic and financial reforms in addition to easing measures. China's stock market has soared over the past year, even as the world's second ...
Tags: Stock Market, financial reforms
Canada based agribusiness joint venture G3 Global Grain Group (G3) is set to acquire 50.1% stake in grain handler CWB for C$250m ($201m). G3 is a joint venture between the Canadian subsidiaries of Saudi Agricultural and Livestock ...
In the EU, packaging of consumer products has long been an environmental challenge for manufacturers and retailers. As governments try to meet national recycling and recovery targets, they are questioning manufacturers’ commitment to ...
Outdoor Industry Association joined more than a dozen industry executives from the Pacific Northwest and several members of the Washington State Congressional delegation this past Monday for a roundtable conversation with U.S. Secretary of ...
Tags: Interior Secretary, Sporting Goods
Newly appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Benoît-Pierre Laramee has praised the progress made by Bangladesh in improving working conditions in readymade garment (RMG) sector. During a meeting with office bearers of ...
China will accelerate the overhaul of its overly-invested iron and steel sector to bring it back to a "basically balanced level" by 2017, the industry ministry said. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said it would ...
Tags: Steel Industry, Iron Steel
Environmental protection is an important growth driver for China and the demand for investment would be huge in the years to come, Minister of Environmental Protection Chen Jining said in Beijing Saturday. [Special coverage] Chen said at ...
Tags: Environmental Protection
The distilled spirits sales by suppliers in the US increased by 4% to $23.1bn in 2014, according to the Distilled Spirits Council. The Distilled Spirits Council is a trade association representing producers and marketers of distilled ...
Tags: Distilled Spirits, Food
Globe Textiles (India) Pvt. Ltd. (GTIPL), an Ahmedabad-based leading manufacturer and exporter of fabrics and garments, will debut its famed denim collection at the Asia Apparel Expo 2015, to be held at Messe Berlin, Berlin, Germany from ...
Tags: jeans, textile products, Apparel
Bord Bia today launched its Export Performance and Prospects Report which reflects a 4% increase in exports for 2014 to reach a record high of almost €10.5bn. Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive, Bord Bia outlined the background to the ...
Tags: milk, drink industry, Agriculture
Emmi, a dairy firm in Switzerland, has acquired 100% stake in Canada-based J.L. Freeman's cheese business for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is line with Emmi's strategy to strengthen its position in the speciality cheese ...
Tags: dairy firm, cheese, Agriculture