Trade and development

Jubilant Therapeutics Inc. Appoints Nadir Patel as an Independent Member of Its Board of Directors

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Thursday, June 15, 2023

BEDMINSTER, N.J., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jubilant Therapeutics Inc ., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing small molecule precision therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in oncology and autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Nadir Patel as an independent director on the Company's Board of Directors.

Key Points: 
  • BEDMINSTER, N.J., June 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Jubilant Therapeutics Inc ., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company advancing small molecule precision therapeutics to address unmet medical needs in oncology and autoimmune diseases, today announced the appointment of Nadir Patel as an independent director on the Company's Board of Directors.
  • Prior to his current roles, Nadir held several senior government positions over a notable career in Canada's public service.
  • He currently serves on the board of directors of Canadian Tire Corporation where he also chairs the audit committee, as well as board Chairman at Canadian Tire Jumpstart Charities.
  • Nadir Patel holds a joint MBA from New York University's Stern School of Business, London School of Economics and Political Science, and HEC (Paris) School of Management.

State of Flux launches Safe Supplier Operating Standard

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

LONDON, Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Supplier Management technology and services firm, State of Flux, today launched a global standard for organizations to verify that their suppliers are stable, safe and have the resiliency to operate within a volatile environment.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading Supplier Management technology and services firm, State of Flux, today launched a global standard for organizations to verify that their suppliers are stable, safe and have the resiliency to operate within a volatile environment.
  • This Safe Supplier Operating standard provides organizations with a methodology and process to determine how well prepared their suppliers are, while also identifying areas of potential risk.
  • State of Flux has made the Safe Supplier Operating Standard available for download, they have also incorporated it in SupplierBase, their supplier management technology so organizations can conduct continuous monitoring of their suppliers preparedness and risks associated with this.
  • To download the standard visit Safe Supplier Operating Standard
    State of Flux State of Flux believes strategic supplier relationships are one of the core ingredients in long-term sustainable advantage.

State of Flux launches Safe Supplier Operating Standard

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, September 1, 2021

LONDON, Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading Supplier Management technology and services firm, State of Flux, today launched a global standard for organizations to verify that their suppliers are stable, safe and have the resiliency to operate within a volatile environment.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Sept. 1, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Leading Supplier Management technology and services firm, State of Flux, today launched a global standard for organizations to verify that their suppliers are stable, safe and have the resiliency to operate within a volatile environment.
  • This Safe Supplier Operating standard provides organizations with a methodology and process to determine how well prepared their suppliers are, while also identifying areas of potential risk.
  • State of Flux has made the Safe Supplier Operating Standard available for download, they have also incorporated it in SupplierBase, their supplier management technology so organizations can conduct continuous monitoring of their suppliers preparedness and risks associated with this.
  • To download the standard visit Safe Supplier Operating Standard
    State of Flux State of Flux believes strategic supplier relationships are one of the core ingredients in long-term sustainable advantage.

Government must harness the potential of deeper trade ties to tackle development challenges

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Thursday, November 29, 2018

International Trade Committee publish Trade and the Commonwealth developing Countries report

Key Points: 
  • As Brexit approaches, and in the wake of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London earlier this year, the question of how the UK will trade with developing countries after Brexit has taken on clear political and economic significance.
  • The Prime Ministers subsequent visit to South Africa, Nigeria and Kenya confirmed this.
  • The Committees report identifies key areas where action could be taken not only to improve trade links with developing countries, but also to help meet development goals.

Chair's comments

  • The extent to which the future UK-EU relationship will leave the UK free to develop and implement its own independent trade policy remains unclear.
  • If the Government shows leadership on this issue, this Committee will be the first to praise them for doing so.

Trade between the UK and Commonwealth countries

  • The report argues that whilst World Trade Organization rules prevent the granting of non-reciprocal preferences to Commonwealth countries as a group (i.e.
  • without granting such preferences to other developing countries), the UK could strengthen the unilateral preferences it grants to developing countries to the mutual benefit of developing countries and the Commonwealth (given that the majority of Commonwealth members are developing countries).

Trade and gender

  • The report highlights an explicit connection between trade and gender.
  • Practical ways of achieving this would be for the Government to publish an analysis of its understanding of the relationship between trade and gender, and for subsequent trade negotiations to be informed by impact assessments relating to the impact of any agreement on gender inequality.

Increased collaboration with DfID

  • Despite the success of initiatives such as Aid for Trade, considerable scope remains for greater alignment of trade and development policy.
  • Measures such as additional Aid for Trade funding from the Department for International Trade, the introduction of trade and sustainable development chapters in trade agreements and greater collaboration with UK companies that have developing countries in their supply chains should be considered.

Supporting investment and exports

  • The Committee recommends that the Government should encourage investment into developing markets that supports sustainable development, particularly in the area of infrastructure.
  • Stronger relationships with investment promotion agencies should be also be established.

Current and future unilateral arrangements

  • The Committee welcomes the Governments stated intention to maintain current levels of UK market access to developing countries, under EU unilateral preferential arrangements, post-Brexit.
  • The arrangements should however be reviewed in the longer term, and the Government should set a time limit for carrying out such a review.

Reviewing ‘rolled-over’ EU Economic Partnership Agreements