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The garment dilemma in Indonesia-Bangladesh trade talks
19-Apr-2023 The Diplomat
Jakarta is committed to promoting free trade through PTA, but it is also keen to protect some domestic industries, such as garment manufacturing, from low-cost import competition due to their importance to the economy.
India needs to actively pursue FTAs to push apparel exports, suggests RBI
16-Dec-2021 Financial Express
India needs to actively pursue free-trade agreements (FTAs) with major export destinations like the EU and the US to push apparel shipments amid increasing competition from Bangladesh and Cambodia.
Botswana launches revised AGOA strategy
7-May-2021 Daily News Botswana
The revised African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) National Response Strategy for Botswana remains one of the mechanisms towards economic diversification and SME sustainable development
The US apparel and footwear industry is urging Congress to renew the African Growth and Opportunity Act this year
12-Jun-2020 Politico
AGOA doesn’t expire until 2025, but the industry looks for certainty to the region in the face of the pandemic and upcoming US trade talks with Kenya.
Support for Kingdom in Russia FTA
1-Apr-2020 Phnom Penh Post
Prime Minister Hun Sen on Monday said Russian Ambassador to Cambodia Dmitry Tsvetkov has pledged to support Cambodia as it moves towards a free trade agreement (FTA) with the federation.
China Pakistan FTA-2: a new regional hub for cotton garments In the offing?
18-Mar-2020 Outlook India
Pakistan’s government targets raising the country’s textile and clothing exports from USD 13.5 billion in 2018 to USD 25 billion by 2025.
US refuses to restore trade deal for India
13-Feb-2020 Asia Times
While US President Donald Trump is expected to visit India, trade ties between the two countries remain frosty. India’s hope of reclaiming the benefits under the US Generalized System of Preferences scheme has been quashed.
RCEP offers $125 billion market for domestic companies
16-Jan-2020 The Economic Times
Even though the government has decided to stay out of the world’s largest trade block RCEP, it offers a market potential of USD 125 billion if domestic firms improve competitiveness, as per a World Trade Centre study.
Chinese textile companies bank on BRI for growth
13-Jan-2020 Phnom Penh Post
As participating countries are expected to sign the RCEP this year, China’s textile industry must accelerate the adjustment of products, capacity and trade structure to better integrate regional development in the next stage.
Enhanced market access to US just pie in the sky
17-Aug-2019 The Express Tribune
Enhanced access for products of Pakistan’s export interest, particularly textile and clothing, to the United States market has been a long-standing demand of both the government and private sector.
Textiles industry delegation submits agenda to Irani
21-Jun-2019 SME Times
Delegation of FICCI Textiles Committee met Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister for Textiles and Women and Child Development recently and impressed upon her to launch a special mission for synthetic fibre and textiles value chain to make Indian industry competitive in the global trade which is predominantly done in the man-made fibre (MMF)-based items.
Enter into FTA with Russia, knitwear players urge Centre
19-Nov-2018 Times of India
Knitwear industrialists have urged the central government to enter into a free trade agreement with Russia, saying the former Soviet Union had given green signal to enter into such a treaty with Bangladesh.
Philippines, US to discuss free trade agreement in November
15-Oct-2018 Arab News
The agreement, if inked, will be the second such US engagement in with an ASEAN-member nation, the first being with Singapore.
Despite agreements India’s textile trade has underperformed: Trade Advisor, MoT
15-Oct-2018 KNN
Despite Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs), India’s textile trade has not been performing well, said Aditi Das Rout, Trade Advisor, Ministry of Textiles.
Mexico adds rule of origin exception into Colombia FTA
11-Sep-2018 Just Style
Mexico has implemented a temporary exception to the rules of origin for textiles and apparel in its free trade agreement with Colombia.
Textile and garment industry banks hope on possible US-PH FTA
23-Aug-2018 Inquirer.net
The textile and garment industry, now far from its glory days, will have to bank on a possible free trade deal with the United States in a bid to revive its struggling businesses.
TEA seeks FTAs with EU, US to counter Chinese threat in export
15-Jun-2018 Business Standard
Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) today stressed the need to enter into Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with European Union, USA, the UK and Russia, to face the Chinese threat in export markets.
FTA with China to hurt manufacturing sector: traders
5-Apr-2018 The News
In Pakistan, businessmen and investors are expressing concerns over free trade agreement (FTA) with China claiming that would hurt the manufacturing sector.
Stakeholders in Indonesia’s textile industry long for EU-Indonesia FTA
14-Mar-2018 Indonesia- Investments
Indonesian exports of textile and textile products could soar threefold if the government of Indonesia finally manages to sign a free trade deal with the European Union (EU). Achmad Sigit Dwiwahjono, Director General for Chemicals, Textiles and Miscellaneous industry at the Industry Ministry, said a major obstacle for Indonesian textile exports at the moment is the weak competitiveness of Indonesian textile companies as compared to their Vietnamese counterparts.
Push for Australia to open its doors to Indonesian workers under free trade deal
11-Oct-2017 SMH
Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers - such as nurses and cooks - as well as removing tariffs on textiles as free trade negotiations between the two countries enter the final month.