The 25th China-U.S. Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade was successfully held in Chicago, the United States, on December 16-18, 2014. Consensus has been reached by China and the United States as follows: Export Control: The ministries ...
On 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 ...
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China has cut the number of restrictions on foreign investment for new pilot free trade zones in Tianjin, Guangdong and Fujian and also for the zone in Shanghai.To increase transparency, the central government has made public a "negative ...
“We need to change how fashion is made and consumed” said the H&M CEO, Karl-Johan Persson, while speaking about the role played by his company in the sustainable fashion industry at the just held BSR conference, a forum which ...
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China hopes APEC will play a coordinating role in establishing the Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), a Chinese official said Tuesday. The country seeks implementation of an APEC information exchange for free trade areas to ...
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The Foreign Trade Association (FTA) presents the Business Environmental Performance Initiative (BEPI), its new business-driven service aimed at supporting retailers and importers to improve environmental performance of supplying factories ...
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At the kick-off of the Berlin Fashion Week, World Wide Fund For Nature Germany and Welthungerhilfe invited leading textile companies to Berlin. The goal was to provide information about the use of sustainable cotton fundamental for a ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), developers of the global LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification program, and Underwriter Laboratories (UL), the world’s leading safety and ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), developers of the global LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building certification program, and Underwriter Laboratories (UL), the world’s leading safety and ...
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The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC) has launched the Materials Sustainability Index (MSI) web tool as a new component to the Higg Index suite of sustainability tools for the apparel and footwear industries. This interactive new platform ...
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HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has announced that it is working with tax administrations from the United States (the IRS) and Australia (the ATO) on analysing data to reveal "extensive use of complex offshore structures to conceal assets by ...
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T-Mobile USA's "radical" service plans promising no annual contracts aren't quite as radical as consumers might think, and the mobile operator will change its advertising and offer refunds in a settlement with the state of Washington. On ...
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A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday questioned whether it or a federal district court should properly hear the American Petroleum Institute's challenge of a Securities and Exchange ...
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TXT e-solutions, a leading provider of integrated and collaborative planning solutions announces that Marc Cain is live with TXT’s Supplier Relationship Management and Supply Chain Planning & Execution solutions. Seamlessly ...
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Change to Win has launched a fresh attack on Tesco's US operations. During Tesco's AGM on Friday (29 July) the group reiterated calls for Tesco to "increase transparency" at its US business, Fresh & Easy. CtW is comprised of four unions ...
Tags: Tesco, increase transparency, Fresh&Easy, CtW