Myanmar
China, Myanmar Firms Team to Build Garment Factory
Chinese company Sumec Textile & Light Co Ltd and Myanmar manufacturer Lat War will collaborate to build a…
US Reaffirms Commitment to Myanmar but Calls for Further Reform
As Myanmar works to get its economy in order and positioned to flourish, the U.S. is one ally ever in the…
Myanmar Pledges to Improve Labor Conditions Under ILO Conventions
With Myanmar back in the running as a potential sourcing locale, the country is working to improve its…
Gap to Be First American Retailer to Enter Myanmar Market
Gap Inc. announced plans to source garments in Myanmar and will be the first American retailer to do so…
Unburdened by Sanctions, Myanmar Expects $1.5BN in Garment Exports
According to the secretary of the Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association, Khine Khine Nwe, the income from…
Myanmar: Factory Workers Win 20% Wage Hike
After extended negotiations, collective bargaining by a union in Myanmar has secured a 20 percent wage…
New ILO Study to Explore a Minimum Wage for Myanmar
As Myanmar slowly emerges from years of tyranny, Western retailers are scrutinizing it as a potentially…
Myanmar Reforms Make Progress But Challenges Remain; Chronic Labor Shortages
Following a slackening of Myanmar’s once oppressive restrictions on commerce, Western nations have been…
U.S. Ex-Im Bank to Provide Financing for Companies Exporting to Myanmar
On February 6, the U.S. government announced that its export credit agency will begin providing special…
EU Bolsters Ties with Myanmar’s Garment Manufacturers
Following a slackening of Myanmar’s once oppressive restrictions on commerce, Western nations have been…
Bangladesh To Get Trade Perks From China
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the UN headquarters…
China Pivots, Asian Garment Industry Fights To Adapt
After thirty years of robust economic development, China finds itself at a crossroads....
India Offers Myanmar $5 Million to Revive Apparel Factories
India’s Union Minister of Commerce, Industry and Textiles has offered Myanmar a $5 million line of credit…
Burma-Myanmar Not Yet Prepared For US Garment Manufacturing
Myanmar, or Burma, as it is also known, may some day become a first-rate manufacturing source for US garments…
E.U. Ends Burma Sanctions: Labor Advocates “Deeply Disturbed”
European Union (EU) foreign ministers permanently lifted trade and economic sanctions against Burma…