The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) could complicate things for Vietnam’s garment and textile sector, which depends on the imports of raw materials to produce clothing and other goods, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association, or VITAS. Of the 420,000 tons of cotton the Vietnamese textile industry used last year, all but 5,000 tons were imported.
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Clothing factory. Photo from Fibre2Fashion.
