Asian garment makers fashion united front to pressure Western brands

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Manufacturers from the 6 nations that make most of the world's clothes forge a common front to negotiate better terms with Western fashion brands.

"We are banding together to create...standard conditions," said Ken Loo, spokesman at a Cambodia-based garment association."No one is under any obligations to abide by these terms, but we hope it will be a guideline for all buyers and suppliers."

While orders picked up in the 2nd half of 2020, Western brands demanded price cuts and delayed payments to suppliers desperate for any orders to survive, according to researchers. "There is no platform that calls a buyer out on unethical regional practice. For instance, a buyer can't just place an order in South Asia, leave us with the liability, and then decide to place its orders in another region. That's unethical."

 

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