I’ve just returned from several weeks travelling across the United States. It is fabulous to be home – and to appreciate just how lucky we are in Australia to live in an amazing part of the world. We see so much ...
Tags: food opinion, food culture
China is adopting a more welcoming attitude toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a US-led free-trade agreement now being negotiated by 12 countries, the official media has reported. Zhang Jianping, director of the department of ...
Tags: Trans-Pacific Partnership, FTAAP
The 10th Cross-Strait Economic, Trade and Culture Forum, a regular meeting between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, was held Sunday in Shanghai. Yu Zhengsheng, top political advisor and senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), ...
Vietnamese small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in leading industries, like garments and footwear, should upgrade their capacity in supply chain management to raise the value of their products, local and foreign experts said at a recent ...
Tags: garments, footwear, supply chain management
Australian farmers, agribusiness and food business entrepreneurs working with Chinese businesses are reporting greater access to new markets and value chains, which is translating to increased profits, according to new research released ...
Considered a sunset industry, the Philippine textile sector is getting back on its feet, concluded stakeholders of the Philippine textile industry at a recent seminar. The conference ‘TELA Serye: ... kahapon, ngayon, bukas. ...
Tags: sunset industry, Philippine textile sector, textile industry
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Zimbabwe, is set to launch Zimbabwe’s Cotton-to-Clothing (C2C) export strategy at the 5th Clothing Indaba in Bulawayo, with support from the International Trade Centre (ITC) and funding from the ...
Tags: Zimbabwe, Export Strategy, Textile
On 25th March 2014, 20 Scania New G Euro IV high-end heavy trucks were delivered to Tianjin Dongliang Xinrui Logistics. Su Bolun, general manager of Scania (China) Sales Co., Ltd, Wang Yunting, general manager of Beijing Qichi ...
Tags: Transportation, Heavy Truck
Global IPO activity should remain on a firm footing in Q1'14, following a strong uptick in listings in the last quarter of 2013 to close the year with a total of 864 deals raising around US$163.0b, according to EY Global IPO Trends: Q4 ...
Tags: Global IPOS, investment, stock
The trade barriers between the European Union and Guatemala, have been lifted with effect from December 1, 2013, which effectively means that the whole region of Central America can now benefit from the EU–Central America Association ...
Tags: trade barriers, Textile
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
Emerging East Asian economies risk slower growth after they failed to take advantage of ample cash supply made available by global monetary authorities to build roads and ports, the Asian Development Bank said. Funding infrastructure ...
Tags: Emerging Markets, ADB
A trade agreement between the EU on one side and the Central American nations of Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama on the other has set into motion from August 1, 2013. The trade agreement, which was part of an Association Agreement ...
Mr Darwish bin Ismaeel al Balushi minister Responsible for Financial Affairs said that Oman's ambitious National Railway System will be implemented with funding support pledged by fellow members of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Mr Al ...
Tags: Oman, National Railway System, GCC, rail project
The annual summit of Arab monarchs in the Gulf opened in Manama on December 24th Monday with a call for closer economic integration and unity in the face of the turmoil which has swept much of the Middle East. Mr King Hamad of host ...
Tags: Economy Integration, annual summit, Cooperation Council