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"Commissioner Mandelson’s recent statements have been alarming and unacceptable. Pandering to the interests of the major distributors and retailers in the EU, he has announced the intention to authorise the entry of tens of thousands of textile products currently held at customs, having exceeded the quotas set in the agreement concluded with the People’s Republic of China. What a pity the Commissioner did not show the same commitment in defence of Europe’s textile production, for example by activating safeguard clauses, a number of months ago when our textile sector was facing – as it still faces – a veritable flood of imports.
The current situation has demonstrated who in the EU is really benefiting from the liberalisation of the textile sector; the major importers and distributors have increased their profit margins to ever more outlandish levels.
There is much at stake: defending Europe’s clothing and textiles industry and ensuring that many thousands of companies and jobs are not wiped out, with the appalling social and economic consequences that that entails."@en1
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