CECPA AGREEMENT COULD OPEN INDIAN TEXTILE AND CLOTHING MARKET TO MAURITIAN MANUFACTURERS

THE CLOTHING and textile industry and government officials within the Indian Ocean archipelago nation of Mauritius, say they are hopeful that a trade deal will be struck with India this year and that it will help build sales and capacity in this important African outsourcing hub. Negotiations on forgoing an India-Mauritius Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) have been staged off and on since 2005, and the latest round of negotiations (finishing January 1) were tantalisingly close to finalising the deal. Mauritian government ...


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