PLANNED EU-INDONESIA TRADE AGREEMENT – A BIGGER WIN FOR INDONESIAN TEXTILES, WITH EU PRODUCTION FALLING, SAYS ANALYSIS
November 1st, 2018
A PROPOSED Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Indonesia could generate notable structural shifts in Indonesia’s textile (fabric and yarn) sector, expanding the workforce by up to 2.5% for skilled and unskilled workers, expert analysis suggests.
Indeed, a new European Commission’s Sustainability Impact Assessment (see http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/docs/2018/october/tradoc_157431.pdf) has calculated that employment rates for the whole textile, clothing and footwear industry in Indonesia will be boosted even more, with ...
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