INDIA
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Government Says Pact Will Help Exports: India’s textiles minister, G. Venkat Swamy, said agreements signed late last year to provide the United States and European Union with greater market access will probably help boost textile exports by $350 million in the fiscal year ending March 31, from $6.68 billion. In Washington, U.S. Trade Representative Mickey Kantor described the agreement as a landmark representing “the first time that U.S. exports of textiles and clothing to India will be permitted.”
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