MADE IN EUROPE LABEL
October 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has suggested the creation of a 'Made in Europe' label to promote the sale of quality European clothing competing against cheap imports from developing countries. Part of a grand plan to boost the European Union clothing and textile industry, a label could offer consumers a "guarantee of high environmental and social standards" in clothes production, said EU trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has suggested the creation of a 'Made in Europe' label to promote the sale of quality European clothing competing against cheap imports from developing countries. Part of a grand plan to boost the European Union clothing and textile industry, a label could offer consumers a "guarantee of high environmental and social standards" in clothes production, said EU trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy.
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