When China unveiled plans on Friday to end the implicit guarantees underpinning asset-management products worth trillions of dollars, it should have been a bombshell for the nation’s savers. SEE MORE The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA) have signed a joint statement spelling out the importance of clarity about a future EU-UK trading relationship after Brexit, set for March 2019. SEE MORE The quality of recycled plastics materials (rPM) remains the biggest barrier to a stronger use of recyclates as raw materials, according to a recent survey conducted by the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC). SEE MORE High run rates at all European crackers are expected to exacerbate the length in all olefins markets this week. SEE MORE The proposed post-2020 reforms to the EU Emissions Trading System are set to move forward next week with possible approval by EU ambassadors at the EU Council on Wednesday. SEE MORE