INDONESIA TEXTILE SECTOR WELCOMES LAUNCH OF EU TRADE TALKS

The Indonesian Textiles Association (API - Asosiasi Pertekstilan Indonesia) has told WTiN.com that it enthusiastically endorses the opening of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Indonesia to forge a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) free trade deal. The goal of the talks announced in July will be to create an agreement that goes beyond traditional agreements that focus on duty and quota abolition, to include removing non-tariff barriers through regulatory mutual recognition and harmonisation. If such comprehensive trade relations ...


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