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India fights a familiar fear even as it keenly watches new US tariff moveIndia 12.5% new tariff: Indian exporters are watching US tariff reviews closely, hoping that trade talks will protect their market share. A...- Textile exporters hit by double whammy as LPG price hike squeezes margins and global buyers demand discountsWith commercial LPG prices on the rise, Indian textile exporters in Tiruppur and Noida are feeling the financial pinch. As they struggle to...
- Cannot absorb hike in wages: Noida exportersNoida apparel exporters warn wage hikes and labour unrest may disrupt shipments, as rising costs and pressure from global buyers threaten o...
- Bangladesh election offers hope to garment sector battered by tariffs and unrestMillions in Bangladesh vote for a new government. The nation's vital garment industry faces a crisis. Falling exports stem from U.S. tariff...
- Walmart calls, but India's garment worker woes blunt tariff edgeGarment exporters in Tiruppur are poised to benefit from U.S. tariffs on competitors like Bangladesh and China, attracting interest from Wa...
- Bangladesh's textile industry feels regime change heatBangladesh's textile industry, which accounts for 84% of the country's foreign exchange earnings, is facing a crisis. Ananta Jalil, a promi...
- Surat’s garment sector set to grow 20-25% as global brands seek stability away from BangladeshBrands are shifting garment sourcing from Bangladesh to Indian manufacturers due to ongoing instability. Surat's textile industry is lookin...
- Post-revolution Bangladesh protests cost garment industry $400 millionBangladesh's garment industry experienced significant disruptions and $400 million in losses due to student-led unrest, but stability has r...
- Bangladesh garment worker death toll rises after protests erupt over demand for fair wagesBangladeshi garment workers staged a rally as they rejected a deemed inadequate pay offer and the death toll from the protests climbed to f...
- 'All my dreams are shattered': coronavirus crushes Asia's garment industry"If I have a job and an income, I can pay for medical treatment for my mother," Zarchi Lwin, 29, told Reuters from the home she shares with...
- Ethiopia beckons Tirupur garment exportersTirupur saw its export decline by 8% to 24,000 crore in 2017-18 for the first time in five years.
- Indian workers at Walmart, Gap factories face intensive exploitation, abuse: ReportThe report said use of contract labour is most pervasive in Delhi-NCR with an estimated 60-80% of the garment workforce employed as contrac...
- Good deal for garment workers to benefit Awami League in poll-bound BangladeshDespite near doubling of wages, if Bangladesh can hold its own in the hypercompetitive garment export industry, it will be a victory for ev...
- US recommends action plan for workers' safety in BangladeshThe US has released an action plan for Bangladesh, asking it to increase the number of labour, fire and building inspectors.
- Maintain better working conditions in Bangladesh: US to companiesBangladesh has been the subject of a review under the Generalized System of Preferences trade program since 2007.
- Are India's garment factories any better than Bangladesh's?India is home to a raft of garment clusters. ET Magazine investigates if disaster like Bangladesh is waiting to happen.
- Citing work condition, Walt Disney pulls out from Pakistan, BangladeshThe Walt Disney Company has announced its decision to pull out of Bangladesh, Pakistan and three other countries by April next year.
- B'desh labour unrest may divert garment orders to IndiaThe ongoing labour strife in Bangladesh over minimum wages may rob the country of its cost-advantage and prove to be a boon for the Indian ...
- Bangladesh garment makers to sell cheap rice to workersBangladesh garment manufacturers said they would distribute subsidised rice to thousands of some of the world's lowest-paid workers to help...
- Tesco & Asda check abuse claims in B'deshTesco and Asda have said they were looking into allegations of worker abuse at garment factories used by their suppliers in Bangladesh.
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