Tackling Unfair Trading Practices in the Garment/Textile Sector
Most clothes and apparel that we wear every day are imported to the European Union. The conditions under which they are produced in third countries often remain opaque for the European consumer. Not least the tragic collapse of the Rana Planza building in 2013 where more than 1100 textile workers were killed, triggered rising awareness among policy makers and consumers about the global value chain of the textile and garment industry.