The Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal in a meeting with the Minister of Trade of the Republic of China, Gao Hucheng stressed the importance of reaching a satisfactory solution regarding complaints expressed by ...
Tags: Textiles
Metinvest, the largest Ukrainian mining and metal holding company, has reported that controls by Russian customs on its steel products supplied to the Russian market have increased from August 13 this year. Extra weighing is now carried ...
Tags: Steel Exports, Mineral
In August, U.S. cotton demand for 2013/ 14 was reduced to 14.1 million bales, nearly 2.5 million bales below last season and the lowest since 1988/89, as supply constraints are expected to limit U.S. exports. While exports continue to ...
Tags: Cotton Demand, Textile
Ghana’s textile industry is facing a threat of collapse due to the problem of pirated textiles entering the country. Nana Akrasi Sarpong, Head of Public Relations at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, said if the menace is left ...
Dubai has its famed Burj Khalifa, but the world’s tallest building is getting a lot of company these days with the business of building skyscrapers suddenly booming as the global economy recovers. The Shanghai Skyline (photo by ...
Tags: Skyscrapers
The Stainless Steel Tube Trade Advancement Committee (SSTTAC) said Wednesday that it has completed market research of Chinese trade practices in selling seamless stainless steel pipe and tube in the US market and the data confirms ...
Tags: Chinese Mills, Stainless Pipe
A World Trade Organization (WTO) panel circulated a report on Aug. 2 regarding the dispute of China's anti-dumping and countervailing duty measures on chicken products from the United States. The panel upheld the U.S. claims that China ...
Tags: Anti-Dumping, Chicken Inconsistent
A skeptical but mostly respectful crowd of Black Hat security attendees Wednesday listened intently as National Security Agency Director Keith Alexander defended controversial U.S. surveillance programs in a keynote address. The nearly ...
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On Thursday, West Chester, Ohio-based AK Steel said that the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) announced its implementation of the recommendations and rulings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) regarding ...
Tags: AK Steel, WTO Ruling
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 ...
2013/14 world production is forecast at 25.6 million tons, while consumption is forecast at 24 million tons. World trade is forecast at 9 million tons, and world ending stocks are forecast at a record 19.8 million tons, or an eye-popping ...
Tags: Cotton Stocks, Textile
The Ghana Textile Garment and Leather Employees Union (TGLEU) has urged the Ministry of Trade and Industry to reconsider its decision to give seized pirated textiles to charity. The decision of the Ghanaian Government violates Trade ...
The Chinese textile industry as a whole needs to upgrade completely, said participants at the China Cotton and Textile Industry Development Forum held in New York. China has witnessed rapid economic development over the last 30 years, ...
Tags: Textile Industry
SEMICON Taiwan is set to open in September amidst an improving global and regional outlook for 2013 and 2014 that sees Taiwan remaining the largest and strongest market for semiconductor manufacturing. SEMICON Taiwan 2013, to be held ...
Tags: Semiconductor Market, Electrical
Rare earth demand and prices are expected to grow slowly, after hitting two-year lows, according to an official at China's industry association. China, the world's biggest supplier of rare earths, set the export limit for 2013 at a ...
Tags: Rare Earth, Metallurgy