The European Parliament rejected a draft law which would have allowed EU member states to prohibit or restrict the sale and use of EU-approved GMO foods or feed on its territory. The EU members fear that the law might not be viable as ...
Tags: GMO Foods, European Parliament
A surge in interest in GMO-free or non-GMO products, and continuing growth in the free-from category, is driving consumer demand for cleaner labelling and greater transparency on packaging. The free-from category has been buoyed by ...
Tags: Packaging, non-GMO products
Nestle India has begun the production of Maggi Noodles at three of its plants in India and is targeting launch in November to take advantage of the festive season sales. Nestle has begun Maggi Noodles production at its plants in ...
Tags: Maggi Noodles, Nestle
The UK Food Standard Agency has awarded marketing authorization to Japanese food producer Ajinomoto Company for dihydrocapsiate (DHC) as a novel food ingredient to be used in powdered drinks and dietary supplements. With the ...
Tags: powdered drinks, DHC, food ingredient
Canada has lifted a 19-year ban on import of beef from the European Union, which was imposed due to mad cow disease epidemic. The European Commission along with the 19 member states are working on to resume the exports of beef to the ...
Tags: European Beef, Import Ban
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) has worked with the General Administration of Customs, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the State Administration of Foreign Exchange to entrust the Academy of Mathematics and System Science, ...
Tags: bilateral trade, global value chains, trade in value added
In order to further strengthen the close cooperation between China and the EU in urbanization and industrial sustainable development and promote the effective implementation of the Joint Declaration of China-EU Urbanization Partnership, the ...
Tags: China-EU Urbanization, Industrial Sustainable Development
In 2014, a total of 23,778 foreign-funded enterprises were approved in China, up 4.4% year on year, with actually utilized FDI of 736.37 billion yuan (US$ 119.56 billion), up 1.7% year on year (excluding data of banking, securities and ...
Tags: FDI, service industry, steady growth
2014 marked the first year of the China-Germany Economic Adviser Council (hereinafter referred to as the Council) to operate officially since its establishment. The Council focused on such five core tasks as offering advice and suggestions ...
Tags: China-Germany Trade and Economic Cooperation, enterprises
Under the background that China’s economy entered into the new normal, new technologies, commercial formats and business modes in the service outsourcing industry sprung up, the role of innovation in development was even more ...
Tags: service outsourcing industry, Belt and Road Initiatives, foreign trade
In April 2014, the Ministry of Commerce integrated some of the business functions of the former Bureau of Fair Trade and the former Bureau of Industrial Damage Investigation and officially established the Bureau of Trade Remedy and ...
In 2014, MOFCOM made active efforts to perfect the support policies system on trade in services, build a market environment of fair competition and raise trade in services into a new step. In 2014, China’s trade in services maintained ...
Tags: trade in services, bilateral cooperation, service outsourcing industry
The Ministry of Commerce published the No.9 Announcement of 2015 on April 10, deciding to conduct the anti-dumping registration and investigation on the imported unbleached sack paper originating in the EU, the USA and Japan. The English ...
The Ministry of Commerce published the No.10 Announcement this year on April 21, deciding to conduct the expiry review investigation on the anti-dumping measures applicable to the imported nylon 6 chips originating in the United States, the ...
Director Sun Chenghai met with the visiting Chairman of EU-China Business Association (EUCBA) Stephen Phillips and the Secretary-General Gwenn Sonck on April 24 and had talks with them. During the talks, Director Sun introduced the main ...