VIETNAM
* Tricky steps lie ahead for Vietnam’s footwear export market
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/tricky-steps-lie-ahead-for-vietnam-s-footwear-export-market-3732106.html
* Vietnam’s textile & garment industry expect big benefits from EVFTA
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/198209/vietnam-s-textile—garment-industry-expect-big-benefits-from-evfta.html
* FTAs help garment-textile firms diversify export markets
http://english.vov.vn/economy/ftas-help-garmenttextile-firms-diversify-export-markets-371979.vov
* OBM, ODM modes considered for Vietnam’s textile and production
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/197972/obm–odm-modes-considered-for-vietnam-s-textile-and-production.html
* Itochu pays US$47mn to raise stake in Vinatex
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/425696/itochu-pays-us47mn-to-raise-stake-in-vinatex.html
* US launches investigations into Vietnamese laminated woven sacks
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/198360/us-launches-investigations-into-vietnamese-laminated-woven-sacks.html
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http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/425622/us-investigates-plastic-bags-imported-from-viet-nam.html
* High-quality workforce: a hot issue before CPTPP (new TPP)
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/198356/high-quality-workforce–a-hot-issue-before-cptpp.html
* CPTPP (new TPP) likely to launch early 2019
http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/business/198180/cptpp-likely-to-launch-early-2019.html
* Mekong River countries can be next ‘kitchen’ and ‘factory’ of the world: summit
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/mekong-river-countries-can-be-next-kitchen-and-factory-of-the-world-summit-3730205.html
* Rural Bến Tre women work their way out of poverty
http://vietnamnews.vn/society/425650/rural-ben-tre-women-work-their-way-out-of-poverty.html
CAMBODIA
* Forty workers faint in Kampong Speu province
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298656/nearly-40-factory-workers-faint-in-kampong-speu/
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http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298628/forty-workers-faint-in-kampong-speu-province/
* Pregnant worker dies -after fainting- while waiting for ride
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pregnant-worker-dies-while-waiting-ride
* Garment workers to be reimbursed
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/garment-workers-be-reimbursed
* CDC to issue 35 project certificates in industries
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298847/cdc-to-issue-35-project-certificates-in-industries/
* The road to a better economic future
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50298654/the-road-to-a-better-economic-future/
* A sector too big to fail?
Cambodia’s garment sector is the backbone of the country’s export-driven economy and employs 86 percent of all factory workers.
But the sector faces threats from increasingly competitive regional neighbours, the
inevitable shift to automation and the potential loss of preferential trade agreements.
The stakes couldn’t be higher for the country’s economy. About 40 percent of Cambodia’s GDP comes from garment exports, while more than 800,000 people are employed in garment factories around the country….
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/sector-too-big-fail
THAILAND
* Thailand wants to join CPTPP (new TPP) trade pact this year: Somkid
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/news/1437334/thailand-wants-to-join-cptpp-trade-pact-this-year-somkid
MYANMAR/BURMA
* Workers ask government to monitor wage hike implementation
https://www.mmtimes.com/news/workers-ask-government-monitor-wage-hike-implementation.html
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http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/13670
* Efforts made for emergence of Industrial Zones Law
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/local/13696
BANGLADESH
* Water: Garments’ invisible price
http://www.thedailystar.net/bangladesh-readymade-gament-rmg-top-export-dhaka-groundwater-water-pollution-invisible-price
* Why All Companies Sourcing Apparel from Bangladesh Should Join the 2018 Accord
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/why-all-companies-sourcing-apparel-from-bangladesh-should-join-the-2018-accord
* East Kazipara embroidery factory catches fire
Worker dies, two others sustain 80% burns; Pallabi fire victim succumbs to injures
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/east-kazipara-embroidery-factory-catches-fire-1556428
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http://www.newagebd.net/article/37983/one-killed-two-burnt-in-city-factory-fire
* 3 burnt in city garment factory fire (East Kazipara)
http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/3-burnt-in-city-garment-factory-fire/66962
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http://www.thedailystar.net/city/3-hurt-mirpur-rmg-factory-fire-1556023
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http://www.newagebd.net/article/37983/three-burnt-in-city-factory-fire
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http://www.banglanews24.com/national/article/67696/3-burnt-in-Mirpur-factory-fire
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https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/three-rmg-workers-injure-in-city-factory-fire-1522476870
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http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/173399/3-burnt-in-factory-fire
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http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2018/03/31/3-burnt-dhaka-garment-factory-fire/
* Three cotton warehouses burnt in Gazipur
http://www.newagebd.net/article/38282/three-cotton-warehouses-burnt-in-gazipur
* Trade union members protest detention of fellows
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/trade-union-members-protest-detention-fellows-155722
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http://www.newagebd.net/article/38193/garment-workers-union-demands-release-of-its-leaders
* 7 trade union men sent to jail
http://www.thedailystar.net/city/7-trade-union-men-sent-jail-1556818
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http://www.newagebd.net/article/38080/seven-including-6-trade-union-leaders-sent-to-jail
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http://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/news/173463/7-trade-unionists-land-in-jail
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https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/attack-on-bgmea-officials-court-sends-seven-to-jail-1522593762
* Speakers for enacting law to end sexual harassment at workplaces
http://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/national/speakers-for-enacting-law-to-end-sexual-harassment-at-workplaces-1522767360
* Bangladesh court jails mother of collapsed Rana Plaza owner for six years
https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/03/29/bangladesh-court-jails-mother-of-collapsed-rana-plaza-owner-for-six-years
* Rana’s mother jailed for 6yrs for amassing wealth illegally
http://www.thedailystar.net/country/rana-plaza-owners-mother-morzina-begum-jailed-for-6-years-1555207
* Rana Plaza owner’s mother jailed
http://www.newagebd.net/article/37878/rana-plaza-owners-mother-jailed-for-3yrs
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http://www.thedailystar.net/city/sohel-ranas-mother-jailed-corruption-1555606
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http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Rana-Plaza-owners-mother-gets-3-yrs-in-prison-for-graft/66842
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https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2018/03/29/bangladesh-court-jails-mother-of-collapsed-rana-plaza-owner-for-six-years
* The journey begins
What’s next for the textile and apparel industry?
Part 1
http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2018/04/02/the-journey-begins/
Part 2
http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2018/04/03/journey-begins-2/
* FTAs hold the future
http://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/views/columns/ftas-hold-the-future-1522856140
* Ten apparel factories to get awards this year
https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/ten-apparel-factories-to-get-awards-this-year-1522592589
* Employment in industrial sector down
http://www.thedailystar.net/editorial/employment-industrial-sector-down-1555333
* Direct exports draw huge investments in garment accessories
http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2018/04/02/direct-exports-draw-huge-investments-garment-accessories/
* Exports rise 6.4% in first nine months of FY 2017-18
https://bdnews24.com/business/2018/04/03/exports-rise-6.4-percent-in-first-nine-months-of-fy-2017-18
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http://www.dhakatribune.com/business/2018/04/03/export-earnings-rise/
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http://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/economy/bangladesh/export-earnings-rise-by-633-per-cent-during-july-march-period-of-fy18-1522742807
* Clifton Group signs corporate agreement with Robi
http://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/clifton-group-signs-corporate-agreement-with-robi-1522822953
* 57 firms seek allocation in RMG Park in Mirsarai SEZ
http://www.newagebd.net/article/38030/57-firms-seek-allocation-in-rmg-park-in-mirsarai-sez
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https://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/bgmea-invites-members-to-book-plots-1522556493
INDIA
* 84 fatal accidents, 114 deaths in three years in textile units in Surat, Gujarat: Study
https://www.counterview.net/2018/03/84-fatal-accidents-114-deaths-in-three.html
* The Life of Labour: Protest Against Sterlite Copper Plant in TN, Deaths in Surat’s Garment Industry
https://thewire.in/labour/sterlite-copper-plant
* Labourers working in textile mkt implement hike in charges
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/labourers-working-in-textile-mkt-implement-hike-in-charges/articleshow/63618413.cms
* Garment workers and domestic workers gather to press their demands
http://tnlabour.in/garment-industry/6613
* Unmade in India: the story of Tirupur’s decline
http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/unmade-in-india-the-story-of-tirupurs-decline/article23349892.ece
* Limited cash flow hits textile exports from region
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/textile-april-2/articleshow/63602357.cms
* Bad news for yoga pants? Blue jeans is becoming cool again
https://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/bad-news-for-yoga-pants-blue-jeans-is-becoming-cool-again/story-WWUgdHAOaVwdp9JYOedtWM.html
* Tamta assures support to textile industry
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/tamta-assures-support-to-textile-industry/articleshow/63537960.cms
* 10k weavers to benefit
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/10k-weavers-to-benefit/article23395619.ece
* Limited cash flow hits textile exports from region
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/textile-april-2/articleshow/63602357.cms
* Textile industry happy that GST ushered in new payment era
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/textile-industry-happy-that-gst-ushered-in-new-payment-era/articleshow/63550506.cms
* Textile owners relieved as state puts off intra-state e-way bill implementation
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/textile-owners-relieved-as-state-puts-off-intra-state-e-way-bill-implementation/articleshow/63551229.cms
PAKISTAN
* Speakers suggest raise in budget allocation for social protection
https://www.dawn.com/news/1399173
* Labour: still the federal mandate?
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1676635/6-labour-still-federal-mandate/
* Measures to boost textile exports
https://www.dawn.com/news/1398635
* ‘Cotton crop to be cultivated on 6 million acres’
https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/300762-cotton-crop-to-be-cultivated-on-6-million-acres
* Change of guard: Govt gives cotton body under control of food ministry
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1673590/2-change-guard-govt-gives-cotton-body-control-food-ministry/
RWANDA-TANZANIA-UGANDA
* U.S President determines Trade Preference Program Eligibility For Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
http://www.rnanews.com/economy/14589-us-president-determines-trade-preference-program-eligibility-for-rwanda-tanzania-and-uganda
* The suspension of duty free treatment of Rwanda as a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country under AGOA
http://www.therwandan.com/blog/the-suspension-of-duty-free-treatment-of-rwanda-as-a-beneficiary-sub%e2%80%91saharan-african-country-under-agoa/
* Trump to suspend duty-free apparel imports from Rwanda
http://www.newindianexpress.com/world/2018/mar/30/trump-to-suspend-duty-free-apparel-imports-from-rwanda-1794575.html
* Trump’s latest trade target: Rwanda
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/03/29/trumps-latest-trade-target-rwanda/?utm_term=.cb92553e1b96
AFRICA
* Migration and cheap Chinese goods worry South Africa’s largest trade union group over pan-African free trade
https://dailytimes.com.pk/222095/migration-and-cheap-chinese-goods-worry-south-africas-largest-trade-union-group-over-pan-african-free-trade/
* African countries ban secondhand clothes imports
African countries are trying to support their domestic textile industries, but pressure from the US and aflood of cheap clothing from China are making it difficult….
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/02/african-countries-ban-secondhand-clothes-imports-180223125118352.html
OTHER
* H&M sits on billions of unsold clothes as profits plummet
http://www.dw.com/en/hm-sits-on-billions-of-unsold-clothes-as-profits-plummet/a-43175750
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