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The Indonesian Textile Association’s (API) advisory board chairman, Benny Soetrisno while speaking at the recent press conference said that the US-led TPP is likely bring more benefits than harm to the local textile industry, but there’s one thing that need to watch out when joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership [TPP], that’s the yarn-forward clause. Hence, the country has to boost the industry’s readiness at all stages of the manufacturing process.
