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Trade bills snag on textiles
30th June 2009 16:17
Never one to mince his words, apparel industry consultant Mike Flanagan believes the US’ plans to make textiles produced in Pakistan’s tribal areas eligible for import into the US duty-free is an idea that’s about as loopy as “telling Americans that building garment factories in Yosemite would cure urban crime.” In this special analysis for just-style he explains that two new textile trade bills currently making their way through the US legislature are deeply unrealistic – and that their impact on apparel makers, importers and retailers could be damaging too.
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