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After the recent signing of FTA’s, many foreign investors have been attracted to Vietnam according to the chairman of the HCM City Association of Garment Textile Embroidery and Knitting. But the FTAs not only bring opportunities but also challenges and risks for Vietnamese companies.

Việtnam depends on imported raw materials from China, Korea and Taiwan, and the sector does not create much value addition in the supply chain since it merely does low value-added work such as cut-make-trim services to transform fabric into garments to export.

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United States led trade agreement Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) which involves twelve countries, is presently under negotiation. A key part of the proposed TPP is a rule known as “yarn forward” which would require that only fabric produced from yarn made by a TPP country would qualify for the trade agreement’s duty-free status. The rule is intended to ensure that the trade benefits of the TPP only apply to signatory countries rather than outside players such as China. However, the rule also likely to have major effects on signatory countries, such as Vietnam.