EU AND BRAZIL TEXTILE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS JOIN FORCES TO PUSH EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL NEGOTIATORS TO HEED THEIR WISHES

EUROPEAN Union (EU) and Brazilian textile industry associations have joined forces to draw up common proposals to put to negotiators drawing up the clothing and textile chapters of a future free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Mercosur group of countries, consisting of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In a joint statement the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex) Brazilian Textile and Apparel Industry Association (ABIT - Associação Brasileira da Indústria Têxtil e de Confecção) said that over recent months they had ...


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