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Sri Lankan textile exports are expected to experience a downfall because of the U.S. led Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact. Competition from TPP signatories such as Vietnam could deal a blow to the South Asian nation's apparel export industry, which currently employs half a million Sri Lankans and provides 44 percent of all manufactured goods exported by the country.
