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Mars Food Partners with Sustainable Rice Platform to Launch Global Rice Standard
Oct 30, 2015US-based Mars Food has pledged its commitment with the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP) to augment sustainable rice cultivation while reducing environmental footprint and improving the lives of farmers. The partnership has launched a global ...
Tags: Sustainable Rice, rice
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiation Completed
Oct 15, 2015On October 4, 2015, Ministers of the 12 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries announced conclusion of their negotiations. The summary of the TPP Agreement is as follows: Disclaimer: The Following Summary of the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: goods, services, trad, investment
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European Union's Trade Policy Be Adapted to Today's Global Value Chains
Jun 25, 2015The Foreign Trade Association (FTA), a leading business association of European and international commerce that promotes the values of free trade, has demanded that the European Union’s trade policy be adapted to today’s global ...
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HWR Demands German Brands Chain Transparency
Apr 1, 2015Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded that German apparel and footwear brands should promote workers’ rights in their global operations by publicly disclosing names of factories producing their products. “Supply chain ...
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Myanmar Makes an Attractive Option for Indian Textile Entrepreneurs
Feb 25, 2015Favourable government policies, low wages, shorter sea route and growing garment exports make Myanmar an attractive option for Indian textile entrepreneurs, says Rajesh Kumar Shah The garment sector in Myanmar has grown enormously since ...
Tags: garment exports, Textile
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Serge Piolat Taken Oath as The New President of Euratex for a Two Year Term
Jan 8, 2015Serge Piolat, co-owner of French producer of technical spun yarns - Schappe, has taken oath as the new president of EURATEX for a two year term and succeeds Alberto Paccanelli. Serge Piolat has extensive international experience in the ...
Tags: clothing manufacturing, Apparel
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a Survey by The Economist Reveals That Asian Women Are Increasingly Empowered Financially
Dec 23, 2014The European Parliament has completed the last stage in the process to grant the Philippines Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) that will provide duty free entry to the EU for some of the most important Philippine exports, ...
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ILO Launches The Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labour Rights and Practices
Nov 25, 2014The International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Governments of the United States, Myanmar, Japan and Denmark have together launched the Initiative to Promote Fundamental Labour Rights and Practices in Myanmar, this month. The ...
Tags: Labour Rights, international labour standards, Apparel
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Clean Clothes Campaign Launches a Review of Its Urgent Appeal Cases of 2013
May 28, 2014Clean Clothes Campaign launches a Review of its Urgent Appeal cases of 2013 and beginning of 2014. The interactive map shows how Clean Clothes Campaign supports the survivors of the Rana Plaza and many other workers in their struggle for ...
Tags: Clean Clothes, garment industry
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Clean Clothes Campaign Joins in Signs The Statement by Over 30 Bangladeshi Organisations
Mar 5, 2014Over 70 labour rights groups and trade unions have signed up to a joint statement calling on global clothing brands that source from Bangladesh to pay into the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund and ensure the survivors and families of victims of ...
Tags: Clothes Campaign, Textile
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Rights Groups Expresss Outrage at Brutal Violence and Repression in Cambodia
Jan 13, 2014Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...
Tags: clothing brands, Apparel, Textile
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EURATEX Urges to Oppose The Unique Delegated Act for GSP+
Nov 6, 2013Gathered in Berlin for the 2nd EURATEX Convention, the European Textile and Clothing Industry urges the Members of the International Trade Committee of the European Parliament to oppose the Unique Delegated Act that includes 10 country ...
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Up to 90 Percent of Cotton Grown in Uzbekistan Would Be Machine-Harvested by 2016
Oct 18, 2013Up to 90 percent of cotton grown in Uzbekistan would be machine-harvested by 2016 as the Tashkent Tractor Plant is set to manufacture cotton-picker machines, Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyayev has said, RIA Novosti reported. In ...
Tags: Machine-Harvest, Cotton
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US Is Outlining Next Steps in a Longstanding Effort to Address
Aug 2, 2013The following is a joint statement by the Department of State, the Department of Labor, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative: Today, the United States is outlining next steps in a longstanding effort to address in a ...
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Trade Barriers Between The EU and Colombia Will Be Lifted as of 1 August 2013
Jul 26, 2013Trade barriers between the EU and Colombia will be lifted as of 1 August 2013, when a comprehensive and far-reaching trade deal enters into application. The Agreement will open up markets for both EU and Colombian exporters, eventually ...
