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Fashion
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Uniqlo wants to double EU store count by 2020

Uniqlo said it plans to take its European store count to 100 outlets over the next three years, in a bid to strengthen its retail presence outside of Asia. In doubling its current store number from 50 to 100, the fast-fashion chain will make its first foray…

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Logistics
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EU expects free trade pact with Vietnam to take effect early 2018

The European Union is trying to capitalize on free-trade interest amid gloom over Trump policies. The European Union is seeing increased impetus around the world to move forward with Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with the bloc, which will make the most of…

Tesso Nilo National Park
General
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Indonesia ships first containers of timber under EU legality scheme

Tesso Nilo National Park, Riau Province, Indonesia. This patch of forest is supposed to provide a habitat for tigers and elephants, but is constantly under threat of fire, illegal logging and encroachment. Image: The first containers of plywood certified as…

Food beverages
Food
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EU wants more access to Indonesian F&B market

The EU demands Indonesia to ease trade barriers in the food and beverage (F&B) sector to give European producers more access to Southeast Asia’s largest market, an official representing the world’s largest trading bloc has said. EU Commissioner of Agriculture…

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Living
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Arrivals of European tourists in Bali up 59.4%

The number of European tourists arriving in Bali in this summer season increased 59.4 percent from 76,822 in June to 122,455 in July 2016. “The increase of European tourist arrivals is the fruit of the efforts made by the government and tourism industries in…

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General
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Indonesia’s Lion Air removed from EU air safety blacklist

Indonesia’s Lion Air, a major buyer of Airbus and Boeing jets, was removed from the European Union’s air safety blacklist, the European Commission said in a statement on Thursday. That means Lion Air is no longer banned from flying in the 28-nation EU.

Garment
General
3 min read

New EU funding to help boost Myanmar garment exports

Myanmar’s garment sector is targeting a 300% increase in garment exports to the European Union (EU) by end of 2019 thanks to a EUR2.8m (US$3m) funding boost as the second phase of the SMART Myanmar project gets underway. The EU-funded SMART Myanmar project –…