India and Oman are set to sign a landmark free trade deal tomorrow. It is Oman’s first pact in nearly two decades and reduces or eliminates customs duties on most goods and eases service trade norms.

Temu owner PDD Holdings has fired dozens of workers from its Shanghai government relations team after physical altercations with regulators from China’s market watchdog, SAMR. The incident occurred on ...

The market for upcycled textile pouches is set to reach nearly $1 billion (£740.4m) by 2036 according to recent estimates from market research firm Fact.MR. It currently stands at $255 million ...

Financial pressures have forced nearly 40% of surveyed US fashion companies to slash investment in sustainability and product innovation – but report finds commitment to sustainability remains high ...

Textile Exchange finalises criteria for its Materials Matter Standard, setting a firm timetable for transition to the certification system.

Rising production costs, inflation, and an unstable exchange rate have crippled the Turkish textile sector’s competitiveness, resulting in brands relocating to other sourcing countries, leading to a ...

Sri Lanka’s apparel sector could lose between $110 million and $290 million in export earnings due to recently imposed high US tariffs, according to new data from First Capital Research (FCR). The ...

Creative Tech Textile / Hans Global has introduced a cotton blend of its Seawool fibre made from recycled oyster shells and ocean plastics TAINAN — Taiwanese fibre innovator Creative Tech Textile / ...

OSLO – The Norwegian Consumer Authority (CA), an independent administrative body which works to influence trading decisions across an array of markets, has lambasted what it calls “illegal marketing” ...

WASHINGTON DC - Leading forced labour expert Laura Murphy has welcomed landmark reciprocal trade agreements between the US and Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. Murphy, a former senior policy ...

Are concerns about forced labour in textile supply chains being ignored by UK institutes? The repercussions of Laura Murphy’s research into alleged forced labour involving Uyghur Muslims in China have ...

A free online chemical management tool developed by German authorities aims to streamline efforts to identify hazardous chemicals using a simple traffic light system–but is it a competitor to the SCI ...