America’s National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO) has commended the US Senate for passing two important pieces of trade legislation H.R. 1295 and H.R. 644, addressing trade preference programmes and customs enforcement. As ...
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee passed legislation Wednesday evening that wlil give President Obama trade promotion authority, or TPA, a necessary step for his administration to conclude negotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) today welcomed the introduction of the U.S. Job Creation and Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2013 (H.R. 2708), legislation that would reinstate recently expired tariff suspensions on ...
Tags: US Workers, Trade Legislation
With the emergence of new trade legislation in respect of CE marking, the pressure is once again on processors to manufacture to exacting standards. As the industry begins to take tentative but positive steps forward the quality standards ...
Tags: trade legislation, glass processors, precision glass cutting
The EU Timber Regulation already in force becomes operational on 3 March 2013. As from this date, market players in the EU are officially prohibited from putting illegally felled timber and timber products on the market. In view of the ...
Tags: industry trends, timber Regulation