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US - India Deal Unlikely

The Trump administration announced in March 2019 that it would officially revoke India’s GSP status, after deciding India had failed to make suf...

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US Presidential Election: The Race is On!

Even if you’re not American and you don’t even do business with the U.S., the race to win the presidential election is likely to impact yo...

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EU Targets Textiles In Plan To Cut Waste By 2030

Frans Timmermans, who is leading the EU’s drive to become the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, told European lawmakers in Brussels that ...

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US-India Aim for Trade Deal by Year End

US President Donald Trump was in India earlier this week to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the goal of working out a trade deal between t...

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New Project to Accelerate Circularity

Accelerating Circularity, a new apparel industry collaborative project, announced today the launch of its effort to accelerate the textile industry&rs...

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Cotton Imports Get China Tariff Exemption

The China Tariff Committee announced on February 18 that domestic importers could start to apply for a one-year exemption period for the additio...

| Categories: Fabric, Fiber

Knitline Apparels To Set Up New Sustainable Knitwear Facility

Knitline Apparels (Pvt) Ltd (Sri Lanka) will establish a new knitwear manufacturing facility. The high-tech garment factory will specialize in making ...

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Morocco To Re-Negotiate FTA with Turkey

Morocco’s Industry Minister Moulay Hafid Elalamy has once again raised concerns about the amount of textiles being imported from Turkey into Mor...

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EVFTA: Backlash from Human Rights Groups

The long awaited trade deal between the EU and Vietnam, EVNFTA, has already met with backlash from groups who say the deal fails to meet much of what ...

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EU Approves EVFTA

A trade agreement signed by the EU and Vietnam in June 2019 has received parliamentry consent from the EU on February 12. The FTA will now need ...

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