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20th March 2007
400 factories close in West Java
At least 400 medium and large textile and garment makers in Indonesia’s West Java have stopped operation over the past year, the newspaper Bisnis Indonesia reported, with a local parliamentarian...
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17th March 2007
Trade Rules: US hints at quota extension
US textile lobbyists began a campaign to extend quotas against China beyond 2008, and US trade officials showed some signs of sympathy Meanwhile, the EU shows signs of wide internal...
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17th March 2007
Bangladesh finds 50 more dangerous factories
Bangladeshi authorities cannot agree on the scale of risk its garment workers face from unsafe factories.Trade association BGMEA has identified 53 garment factory buildings 'extremely risky' for operation But as...
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21st March 2006
US groups pile on pressure…
As a further round of US/China talks on an overall textile/apparel agreement was announced for September 26-27, US textile lobbyists put more pressure on negotiators. On September 22, petitions were...
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