Craft & Culture: JSW Foundation backs 29 Indian artisans at Venice’s Homo Faber Biennale (Sept 1–30), with textiles among the showcased crafts. Heritage Tourism: Chettinad’s Heritage and Cultural Festival (Sept 18–22) spotlights mansions, architecture and traditional textiles, aiming to draw bigger conferences year-round. Trade & Textiles: Pakistan’s KATI plans to join Trade Expo Indonesia 2026 (Oct 14, Jakarta) to deepen B2B links across fashion and textiles. Anti-Dumping: Pakistan’s NTC keeps 5-year anti-dumping duties on Chinese polyester filament yarn-DTY, with rates from 3.07% to 19.32% (to Nov 14, 2029). Consumer Protection: France fined Boohoo €2.3m after finding many “discounts” were actually price hikes and some labeling misused terms like “leather” for synthetics. Circularity & Waste: NASA named MIT’s CERBERUZ team as Phase 2 winner for LunaRecycle, targeting recycling of mission materials including fabrics. Local Industry Boost: Ghana’s President Mahama opened the Northshore Apparel Hub in Savelugu, pushing jobs and zero-waste production under the 24-Hour Economy. Market Access: Bangladesh launched CottonPort, a digital cotton marketplace linking US farmers directly with Bangladeshi spinning mills to cut intermediaries and support US-bound exports. EU Trade: Morocco’s textile and ready-made clothing exports to the EU topped €1bn in the first five months of 2026, with EU imports down overall but Morocco holding share.