textiles | garments
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18-Aug-2005 BusinessWeek
Official: CAFTA would hurt Mexico industry
Mexico’s assembly-for-export industry, which has struggled to compete with China, will likely be hurt further by the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, officials said Wednesday.
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16-Aug-2005 EPI
Can CAFTA save textile and apparel producers?
The notion that 283,000 textile and apparel jobs will be created in Central America as a result of CAFTA is a pipedream.
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19-Jul-2005 News from Bangladesh
Tariff rows may delay launch of SAFTA
Bangladesh, Pakistan and India continue to get locked in the niceties of negotiations on exchange of tariff concessions, particularly for competing products such as textiles at a time when less than six months are left for the agreement on South Asia Free Trade Area (Safta) of the seven-member South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) to come into operation.
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17-Jul-2005 Manila Bulletin
Japan, RP agree on garments trade
While the Philippines and Japan still remained locked on three issues to finalize their Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), both parties have agreed in principle for a zero for zero arrangement on the trade of garments and textile.
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16-Jul-2005
Bush seeks to sew up CAFTA support in NC
Workers and lawmakers in the textile belt fear that the deal, which is the president’s trade priority, will send more production abroad.
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7-Jun-2005 El Universo, Ecuador
Tema textil divide postura andina
El criterio que maneja Colombia sobre la aplicación de una regla de origen en la importación de insumos para la industria textil abre la posibilidad de que Ecuador y Perú presenten -por separado- sus planteamientos a los EE.UU. dentro del capítulo textil, que se negocia en el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC)
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7-May-2005
’India under cheap textile imports threat’
Though the end of the quota regime has made India a much sought-after destination in the textile sector, the industry here is reeling under fears of cheap imports from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
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3-May-2005 Assocham
IT, biotech, pharmaceuticals, agro food are items for enhanced India-EU cooperation
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India sees tremendous scope for enhancing economic ties with Europe and has mooted a four pronged strategy for expanding India’s trade basket with the enlarged EU in areas such as information technology & communication, biotech & pharmaceuticals, agro foods processing and textiles.
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7-Jan-2005 The Nation
Big changes ahead in world trade
In Thailand, FTA-mania under the administration of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is likely to continue in 2005.
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14-Dec-2004
Signing of Qualified Industrial Zones Agreement (QIZ)
On December 14, Israel, Egypt and the United States will sign the agreement leading to the establishment of Qualified Industrial Zones in Cairo, Egypt.
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14-Dec-2004
Egypt, Israel sign deal on free trade with US
Egypt and Israel will sign a joint free-trade agreement with the United States in Cairo today
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12-Dec-2004 Globes [online]
Tefron’s Yosef Shiran: Free trade agreement a death blow to local textile industry
Delta Galil Industries chairman Dov Lautman, currently in London, told "Globes" this morning that the free trade agreement with Egypt was not only an economic achievement, but also a major political one. "The agreement will contribute to Israel’s economy, and to political reality in the Middle East."
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8-Nov-2004 AFP
Après la victoire, Bush reprend sa croisade pour le libre-échange
Conforté par la confiance renouvelée des électeurs américains, le président George W. Bush va poursuivre, voire accélérer sa stratégie du libre-échange commercial lors des quatre années à venir en favorisant notamment les accords bilatéraux, selon les experts.
