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Bangladesh Wage Board Finally Makes Recommendation; Gazipur Overrun By Violent Protests
After months of tense disputes often mottled by violence, garment factory workers and factory owners have…
Brazil’s Textile Imports Rise; Exports Tumble Amidst Economic Troubles
As South American markets become increasingly important in the global economy, Brazil has become one of the…
New Textile Enforcement and Security Act Reintroduced by Senator Hagan
Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) has reintroduced the Textile Enforcement and Security Act (TESA) in an updated form…
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Canada Bolsters Ties with EU; Eliminates GPT Status for 72 Nations
Following years of often contentious debate, a major free trade agreement between Canada and the EU has been…
Can H&M Push Cambodia Into Compliance?
Agitated by contentious disputes over workers and labor conditions, Cambodia has became the center of great…
Beset by Political Chaos, Egypt Admits its Textile Industry is Hurting
Beset by internal chaos, Egypt has persistently maintained that its textile industry remains strong, despite…
Spurned By US, Pakistan Looks to EU for GSP Status
For all the talk about Pakistan seeking special trading status with the US under its Generalized System of…
Shanghai Mayor Defends Free Trade Zone
After China announced that Shanghai was set to be designated a free trade zone, the news was met with…
Cash Poor Sears to Sell Lands’ End
Continuing a spate of troubling announcements, Sears Holding Corp. just disclosed that it is exploring the…
Wal-Mart Sets Sights on Dominating Apparel Industry
Wal-Mart has never been a leader in the apparel industry, with clothing accounting for a modest 7 percent of…
Are Uzbekistan’s Labor Conditions Worse than Bangladesh’s?
While Bangladesh has become an emblem of labor exploitation, Uzbekistan has largely managed to elude the…
Factory Closings Strangle India’s Textile Employment
India has suffered massive job losses attributable to a shocking number of shuttered factories, according to…
TJX: More Stores, More Money
Flying past a sleepwalking retail industry, TJX Cos. of Framingham runs at a full gallop. It turns out their…
Is the TPP a Way for the US to Isolate China?
Why should China be worried? One maybe cynical interpretation of the US’s strategic shift is that it is…
Cotton Price Instability Creates Internal Rift in India; Free Market Pitted Against Gov’t Regulation
India has been entangled in an internal debate about how to properly regulate its cotton exports, an…