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-quality carpets for the international market. For many years, it was among the largest employers in the Belgian textiles sector, with …, Louis de Poortere has experienced difficulties linked to market liberalisation, globalisation and other factors impacting on … the sector. The company had tried to adapt to new market conditions by divesting some of the less profitable parts of its …
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In the last two decades, many western European textiles and clothing companies have moved their manufacturing activities to low-cost countries in Eastern Europe or to non-European countries (e.g. India, China), resulting in a decline in sectoral employment. This report examines the main factors...
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This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector (NACE13 and 14). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of...
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The European textiles, clothing and leather sector (TCL) lost 40% of its production volume and 40% of its jobs at the same time within a ten year period from 1996. It had to accept continuously rising import shares from low-cost countries – China in particular. The phasing out of the Agreement...
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three main changes associated with Turkish membership: (i) accession to the internal European Market; (ii) institutional … result of accession to the internal market and free movement of labour. If Turkey would succeed in reforming its domestic …
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