EU APPAREL GROUP UNDERLINES ITS PRIORITIES FOR TTIP
February 8th, 2015
THE EUROPEAN Branded Clothing Alliance (EBCA) has asked the negotiators of the planned European Union (EU)-United States Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) to strike an ambitious agreement. It told negotiators yesterday (Wed Feb 4) it wanted a deal to fully remove tariffs and either harmonises or at least leads to the mutual recognition of standards on clothing and textiles.Textile and clothing products are still some of the most tariff-protected goods in both Europe and the US, argued Benjamin Krieger, senior consultant at the EBCA, speaking ...
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