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Experts gather in Geneva Oct 24 to talk global textile

Bangladesh team to highlight progress in unionism, child labour issues

JASIM UDDIN KHAN
Textile industry experts from around the world will gather in Geneva from October 24 to 26 to discuss integrated strategies to deal with the emerging situation in the global textile industry following the MFA phaseout.
Industry sources said participants will discuss policy responses that concern over 40 million workers worldwide and hundreds of thousands of enterprises in the global clothing and textile sector.
A group of Bangladeshi entrepreneurs from Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) and
Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA) is expected to participate in the global meet.
Sources said the meeting will also discuss strategies to improve global governance and cooperation between international organisations in dealing with trade-associated issues and clothing.
A source in the BGMEA said Bangladeshi representatives will describe the advancement achieved so far in trade unionism and child labour issues during the meeting.
"After the MFA phaseout last year, entrepreneurs and workers in the textile and clothing sector are under enormous pressure to produce the right product at the right price. The meeting will discuss the elements involved in framing strategic and policy responses for the global supply chain," a high official of the ministry said.
The meeting of major textile and apparel industries from importing and exporting countries alike will provide participants with an opportunity to assess the implications for the industry worldwide of negotiations currently underway as part of the new WTO trade round relating to tariff and non-tariff barriers for textile and clothing products.
Around 100 representatives from more than 45 trade associations are expected to attend the international
conference in Geneva.
Delegates to the Geneva conference are expected to present their views and perspectives on market access and associated issues that will have a major impact on the future shape of the world's textile and clothing industries.
The overall picture of the textile industry, in the post MFA environment, is more complex than was earlier expected.
A number of Asian countries that were assumed to be the biggest losers do not appear to do so badly.
With increased competition from Asia, most Latin American textile and clothing producers have also lost market share in recent past.