The ecodesign rules are set to take effect 24 months after their publication in the official journal. The European Union’s new ecodesign regulation, which imposes stringent…
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In order to facilitate smooth implementation of these orders, provisions for additional time periods to get BIS licenses and upgrade their testing facilities are being contemplated.…
Exhibitor Product Presentations from 33 exhibitors; a series of informative seminars covering a myriad of topics including medical nonwovens, sustainability, circular economy, geosynthetics, textiles, mobility, fair…
As COVID-19 caused huge losses in the fashion sector, the Clean Clothes Campaign, a global network of labour rights, appealed to UK, EU, Norway, Switzerland, and Australia to support the TRIPS waiver proposal.
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has launched a new World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) designed to provide ‘real-time’ information on trends in global trade. The WTOI was unveiled in Shanghai, China recently, ahead of a meeting of G20 trade ministers. Combining a variety of trade-related indices, WTOI is designed to give an early signal of the current direction of world trade and where it is likely to go in the near future.
The WTO has launched a new World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) designed to provide ‘real-time’ information on trends in global trade. The WTOI was unveiled in Shanghai, China recently, ahead of a meeting of G20 trade ministers. Combining a variety of trade-related indices, WTOI is designed to give an early signal of the current direction of world trade and where it is likely to go in the near future. In this way the WTOI should signal turning points in world merchandise trade volume. It complements existing tools such as the WTO’s longer-term trade forecasts, and other statistical releases. WTOI gives a headline figure to show performance against trend.
Textiles is India´s foremost manufacturing industry and has a significant impact on the economy since it contributes to industrial output, employment generation and the export earnings of the country. With contribution of about 14 per cent to the industrial production, 4 per cent to the GDP and 13 per cent to the country´s total export earnings, the industry provide direct employment to over 45 million people.