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USA LAUNCHES WTO CASE OVER BRITISH COLUMBIA WINE SALES



LICENCES created last year (2016) by Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) for grocery stores, allowing them to sell wine, but only brands made in the province, are being challenged at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) by the USA.

It has triggered disputes proceedings at the global trade body, claiming that by discriminating against foreign wine in this way, BC, and hence Canada, has broken its obligations under the WTO’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).…

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TECHNICAL TEXTILE FIRMS BOOST COLD WEATHER-RELATED INNOVATION AS 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS APPROACHES



 

WINTER sportsmen and women are busy training for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, in South Korea, from next February 9 to 28 (2018), and part of their preparation will be securing the best clothing and footwear made from carefully drafted technical textiles.…

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SMART TEXTILES MUST NOT ONLY BE CLEVER, BUT WEARABLE AND WASHABLE, EXPERTS TELL CONFERENCE



ELECTRONICS and gadgets such as smart watches may have reached their technological and popularity limits, but smart textiles – materials, for example anti-bacterial, that react to environmental or physical stimuli – are here to stay, industry experts argue.

Speakers at this year’s FUTEX – the 7th Innovative Textile European Convention on ‘interactive textiles for health, sport and the home’ emphasised the bright future for ‘wearable’ technology.…

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PSYCHOLOGY CAN HELP IDENTIFY FRAUDSTERS, BUT CYBERCRIME MAKES THIS JOB MUCH HARDER



Companies want to avoid hiring fraudsters, but can trained HR professionals weed out the scammers at interview through detected personality traits – or sensitive managers pinpoint an employee who has an inbuilt propensity for graft?

Research can certainly help employers know who is more likely to turn fraudster than not, but it is far from a precise science.…

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COLOMBIA ILLEGAL GOLD TRADE PERSISTS DESPITE PEACE DEAL



Colombia’s billion dollar illegal gold trade has become one of the country’s primary sources of finance for armed groups and mafias and a hub of commercial crime. Underworld networks now exploit, infiltrate, and co-opt every step of Colombia’s gold supply chain.…

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EAGER TO LEAD AUTOMATED VEHICLE DEVELOPMENT, ONTARIO CHAMPIONS TESTING SELF-DRIVING VEHICLES ON ITS ROADS



A FIRST pilot test of automated vehicles is now underway within the Canadian province of Ontario, using a groundbreaking regulatory system designed to encourage tech and auto firms to undertake such research and development.

The pilot, which began November 28, takes advantage of a provincial law, in place since January 1 (2016), which allows companies to test self-driving vehicles on Ontario roads.…

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CLOTHING SECTOR GLOBAL REVIEW OF THE YEAR – 2016



2016 – Winners and losers

 

RETAILERS & BRANDS

 

WINNERS

 

US-based sportswear brand Under Armour delivered its 26th consecutive quarter of 20%-plus revenue growth in the third quarter of 2016, with sales increases across all divisions. Net sales were up 22% in the third quarter to USD1.47bn.…

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TRUMPS PROMISE TO AXE TPP ON DAY ONE OF HIS PRESIDENCY PROMPTS WIDESPREAD NERVOUSNESS



THE PROMISE from US President-elect Donald Trump to withdraw the USA from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement on his first day of office has prompted widespread nervousness in auto-sectors around the world.

His rejection of the deal could scupper an agreement negotiated over five years by the United States; Australia; Brunei; Canada; Chile; Japan; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Peru; Singapore and Vietnam.…

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EU ROUND UP – ECHA LIBERALISES BIOCIDE REGISTRATION RULES



 

EUROPEAN Union (EU) paint and coatings companies have been offered new flexibility over securing authorisation for biocidal products. A new rule that came into force on November 1 allows companies to get a national authorisation when an authorisation, or an application, for an EU-wide authorisation has been made for an identical product.…

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CANADA METAL ASSOCIATION WANTS TPP PRESERVED, DESPITE TRUMP PROMISE TO QUIT DEAL



A senior Canada metal industry association has called on its government to continue ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), despite US President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to withdraw the US from the trade deal on his first day of office.

“We definitely still support Canada moving forward with the TPP, even without the US.…

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