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050	0	4	_aHD9866.B92 _bF74 2019
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100	1		_aFreeman, Nick J., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aWhither Myanmar's garment sector? / _cNick J. Freeman.
264		1	_aSingapore : _bISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, _c2019.
300			_a1 online resource (18 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aTrends in Southeast Asia ; _v2019 no. 7
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2020).
520			_aThe EU has threatened to suspend Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) status for Myanmar, under which the country's exports can enter Europe without any tariffs or quotas. The official reason cited by the EU is a growing concern over human rights violations and issues around labour rights in Myanmar. If this threat were to be carried out, the business sector that will be most affected is Myanmar's burgeoning garment sector, which employs around 700,000 people, most of whom are women. The principal worry in Myanmar is that if EU buyers and brands have to start paying tariffs to import Myanmar-made garments, then they will opt to shift their sourcing to other countries. Without GSP, Myanmar's garment exports may no longer be price competitive. As one of the few manufacturing sectors in Myanmar to employ semi-skilled women, many of whom migrated from poor rural areas, the garment sector has come to play an important socioeconomic role in the country. Whether or not the EU decides to withdraw GSP status, Myanmar's garment sector faces a number of challenges. How Myanmar's policymakers and garment industry leaders respond to global industry trends will be just as important, in the long run, in determining the sector's commercial sustainability.
650		0	_aClothing trade _zBurma.
650		0	_aClothing workers _xLegal status, laws, etc. _zBurma.
651		0	_aBurma _x _xForeign relations _zEuropean Union countries.
651		0	_aEuropean Union countries _xForeign relations _zBurma.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9789814843621
830		0	_aTrends in Southeast Asia ; _v2019 no. 7.
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