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France Hits Shein With 22 Million Euros in New Fines
The latest sanctions bring the company's fines in France to more than 210 million euros in the past year.
Mexico, EU Ink Trade Deal Before USMCA Review
At their first summit in over a decade, Mexico and the EU signed an agreement to remove high tariffs on…
Can Luxury Brands Afford to Stay Silent About Leather’s Exclusion from Deforestation Law?
Even as Kering cuts its reliance on leather, the EU's move to exclude the material from its…
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EU Weighs Trump-Proof Safeguards as July 4 Trade Deal Deadline Nears
Officials gathered in France Tuesday night to salvage the delayed trade pact amid renewed tariff threats from…
Trump Aims to Smooth Trade Tensions With Brazil, Issues Threat of Higher Tariffs to EU
President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva met at the White House on Thursday…
EU-US Trade Deal Ratification Under Pressure Due to Trump’s Auto Tariff Threats
The ratification of the deal was paused when Trump's IEEPA tariffs were deemed unlawful by the Supreme Court…
French ‘Anti-Fast Fashion’ Law Stalls as Brussels Objects
The European Commission said that it runs afoul of the EU single market, violates existing e-commerce…
Vietnam, EU Targeted by USTR for IP Policy and Counterfeiting
The USTR released its annual Special 301 report calling out the economies it says have failed to adequately…
UK Government Pushed by Industry to Deploy ‘Trade Bazooka’ Against US
The United Kingdom may be taking cues from the European Union and gearing up to deploy a "trade bazooka" in…
The Outside View: Fashion Can’t Afford to Wait on Digital Product Passports
Eva Kruse and Iris Skrami on why DPPs are a current infrastructure issue and not a future compliance issue.
Europe ‘Losing’ Textile Industry, Trade Group Warns
"Behind each closure: jobs lost, communities affected, strategic capabilities gone," Euratex wrote in its…
Adding Incineration to EU ETS Won’t Drive Landfilling, ZWE Reports
ZWE reports including waste incineration in the EU-ETS will not significantly reduce landfilling—but…
Project FAE Aims to Deliver Recycler-Ready Textile Feedstock
The Fashion for Good-led Project FAE aims to recycle post-consumer textiles at scale by addressing the gap…
Ratification of EU-US Trade Deal Could Be Imminent Amid White House’s Latest Tariff Adjustments
The ratification of a trade pact between the United States and the European Union may be imminent after…