H Lundbeck has expanded its current alliance with Otsuka Pharmaceutical (Otsuka) to include development and commercialization of nalmefene in Japan. Earlier in 2013, nalmefene was approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as the ...
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Japan's Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry, Toshimitsu Motegi, Thursday asked visiting US energy secretary Ernest Moniz to move forward the two countries' bilateral agreement on methane hydrate cooperation, a METI source said. The ...
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Tire Group International (TGI) LLC announced that on Sep. 9, 2013 it was granted the Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) 281-4 status giving TGI the ability to defer, reduce and eliminate customs duties on products brought into its U.S. distribution ...
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Turkey has increased its import duty for stainless steel cold rolled flat products from two percent to eight percent, effective immediately, for all countries except the European Union and South Korea with which Turkey has signed free trade ...
Tags: Stainless CRC, stainless steel cold rolled flat, Metallurgy, Mineral
The National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) applauded the announcement of the reintroduction of the Textile Enforcement and Security Act (TESA). On October 24th, U.S. Senator Kay Hagan toured the Nonwovens Institute at North ...
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In September 2013 the CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment for China reaches 18.8 points displaying an ongoing positive sentiment. The CEP-Indicator of Economic Sentiment captures the expectations of financial market experts regarding the ...
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As part of a strategy to take advantage of the trade agreement between Colombia and the European Union (EU), the Colombian agency for Promotion of Tourism, Investment and Exports (Proexport) will be organizing a multi-sector Business ...
The London Metal Exchange (LME) may become the first international exchange house to establish commodities warehouses in the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone (FTZ), accroding to Xinhua News Agency. It's reported that copper and ...
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The Pakistan Textile Exporters Association (PTEA) chairman Sheikh Ilyas Mehmood urged US to pay more attention towards the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Pakistan, as well as enhance the scope of Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) to ...
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India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma raised the issue of restrictive regime on imports of textiles, during a meeting with Indonesian Trade Minister Gita Wirjawan. Mr. Sharma was accompanying Prime Minister Manmohan ...
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The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, fabric exports
American automobile manufacturer Chrysler Group has invested $1.25bn in two facilities in Saltillo in Mexican state of Coahuila, a move which created 1,570 jobs. Of the total investment, about $1.08bn was spent in building of the new Van ...
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Why did the significant growth observed in Turkish steel output following the 2008 economic crisis start to be replaced by reduced outputs this year? Will this declining trend in output slow down in the remainder of the year? After 2008, ...
Tags: Steel Output, Finished Steel
Reportedly, Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan is mulling to set up a stainless steel coil service center in Southeast Asia. It’s said that the stainless steel coil center might be located in Malaysia. ...
Sunday Sept. 29 2013, is a new day for China as it marks the official launch of the much anticipated Shanghai Free Trade Zone. Sunday is also International Coffee Day. Just as UK coffee houses in an earlier age were the places where people ...
Tags: Free Trade, Coffee