The World Trade Organization (WTO) General Council has recently passed the protocol on the Trade Facilitation Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the Agreement), bringing the Agreement into the WTO Agreement, and opened the protocol for ...
On June 4, 2015, the 1st China-LAC Infrastructure Forum was held in Macao. Chinese Deputy China International Trade Representative Zhang Xiangchen attended the opening ceremony and made a speech. Zhang said that, the Chinese government ...
On the morning of August 24, Chinese Minister of Commerce Gao Hucheng, who led a delegation to attend the series meetings of East Asia Economic Ministers in Kuala Lumpur, Capital of Malaysia, attended the 3rd EAS Economic Ministers’ ...
Tags: EAS, Development and cooperation, trade liberalization
On September 18, the Symposium on “Trade Facilitation & Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of WTO” was held in Nanning, Guangxi. The symposium was sponsored by the organizing committee of China-ASEAN ...
With the implementation of high profile sugar and soft drinks taxation in France in 2012, in Mexico in 2014 and Berkeley, California in January of this year, the global debate concerning the purpose and efficacy of excise tax proposals on ...
Tags: Soda Tax, sugar, soft drinks
The London-listed SABMiller has agreed to sell itself to Belgium-based brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev for $104bn (£68bn). While AB InBev is the world's biggest brewer, SABMiller is its competitor. The boards of the two companies said ...
Chinese businesses need not panic after the US-led Trans-Pacific Partnership was inked earlier this week as China will be able to cope with the potential challenges arising from the TPP, according to economists. "For China, we have to ...
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The Pakistani government has constituted a high level committee to bring about a ‘Policy Action Plan’ to redress the impediments confronted by the textile industry in increasing its exports, the media has reported. The ...
China auto association downgrades growth rate China's vehicle sales plunged deeper in June, forcing the country's leading auto organization to slash the industry's estimated growth rate. Statistics from the China Association of ...
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The first edition of Prima Mu held in Shanghai brought together 900 selected garment firms and a total of 1,580 operators to the Hall hosting textile and accessories precollections, including 66 Italian exhibitors. “63 per cent of ...
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Greece was living beyond its means even before it joined the euro. After it adopted the single currency, public spending soared.When the global financial downturn hit - and Greece's hidden borrowings came to light - the country was ...
Tags: Greece, Greece debt crisis, Grexit
Imec of Leuven, Belgium and its partners have completed a three-year program (2012-2015) to leverage a variety of silicon photonics technologies by making them accessible for industry and academia worldwide. Within the ESSenTIAL program ...
Tags: Silicon photonics, ESSenTIAL program, electrical equipment
The presence of FontanaArte at Europuce featured a prestigious collection designed to high technical and aesthetic level as it coming out from a collaboration of work with designers of international renown. For public view April 14-19 was ...
In a latest loss of face for public health advocates, California lawmakers have rejected a proposed tax on sodas and other sugary beverages. The legislation brought in the assembly by Assemblyman Richard Bloom asked to impose an extra 2 ...
Tags: Soda Tax, sugary beverages
AlertDriving, the global leader in driver risk management, today announced that Todo Transito has joined the growing number of businesses around the world unlocking new value as Certified AlertDriving Channel Partners. Through ADvantage, ...
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