Duty-free proposals start to stack up
THE FLANARANT: Imagination’s better than a begging bowl
Turkey’s about to hire lobbyists to try to secure duty-free access for its garments to the US, and Pakistan’s about…
US: Growing jobs and exports top Trade Policy Agenda
US Trade Representative Ron Kirk has reiterated that a combination of enforcing trade rules and accessing new markets is key…
EU: Talks held for Vietnam trade deal
European textile and clothing outsourcers and buyers are buoyed that the European Union (EU) has started free trade negotiations with…
EU: Peru and Colombia trade deals to benefit textiles
Free trade agreements struck between the European Union (EU), Peru and Colombia offer significant benefits to the clothing and textile…
US: Andean trade programme gets one-year extension
President Obama last week signed a one-year extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act and the Generalized System of Preferences…