Fiji and Australia to discuss garment trade

Taken from an article in the Fiji Times.

The garment trade agreement with Australia will be one of the main points discussed between Fiji's and Australia's Foreign Affairs Ministers when they meet in Canberra soon. The Foreign Affairs Ministry made the comment in response to calls by the Fiji Garment, Clothing and Textile Association for Government to act promptly on lapses in a trade agreement with Australia in order to save jobs in Fiji.

On Friday, a UN report states that Fiji's garment industry was bound to suffer more in the future and negotiations between Australia and China would have a severe effect on Fiji's garment industry. It said that Fiji's garment industry recorded its worst year in 2005 which saw 6,000 jobs lost.

The garment association said that with the new government now in place, they expected action to be expedited as the industry is one of the major providers of employment in the country.

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