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Asian clothing manufacturing associations, including major knitwear outsourcing hubs, are jointly developing ‘red line’ standards for sales to buyers, covering payment and delivery practices, planning and information exchanges and third-party negotiations. The STAR Network of nine Asian federations has established five working groups to make detailed proposals as early as March. The goal, said a spokesperson, was forging “common positions regarding payment and delivery terms”, giving manufacturers “a stronger voice in individual and in collective ...


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