LEADER 03124nam 22005295 450 001 9910480274003321 005 20210806031341.0 010 $a981-4843-63-6 024 7 $a10.1355/9789814843638 035 $a(CKB)4100000008350455 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5775083 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9789814843638 035 $a(OCoLC)1136236616 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse82718 035 $a(DE-B1597)528531 035 $a(OCoLC)1102797300 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789814843638 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000008350455 100 $a20200406h20192019 fg 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aWhither Myanmar's Garment Sector? /$fNick J. Freeman 210 1$aSingapore :$cISEAS Publishing,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (18 pages) 225 1 $aTrends in Southeast Asia,$x0219-3213 ;$v2019, no. 7 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 27 Jan 2020). 311 0 $a981-4843-62-8 327 $tFront matter --$tFOREWORD --$tEXECUTIVE SUMMARY --$tMYANMAR'S GARMENT SECTOR AND THE EU'S THREAT TO SUSPEND GSP PREFERENCES --$tGARMENT INDUSTRY PROFILE AND GLOBAL TRENDS --$tWHAT MIGHT ALL THIS MEAN FOR MYANMAR? 330 $aThe EU has threatened to suspend Generalized Scheme of Preferences (GSP) status for Myanmar, under which the country's exports can enter Europe without any tariffs or "as. The official reason cited by the EU is a growing concern over human rights violations and issues around labour rights in Myanmar. If this threat were to be carried out, the business sector that will be most affected is Myanmar's burgeoning garment sector, which employs around 700,000 people, most of whom are women. The principal worry in Myanmar is that if EU buyers and brands have to start paying tariffs to import Myanmar-made garments, then they will opt to shift their sourcing to other countries. Without GSP, Myanmar's garment exports may no longer be price competitive. As one of the few manufacturing sectors in Myanmar to employ semi-skilled women, many of whom migrated from poor rural areas, the garment sector has come to play an important socioeconomic role in the country. Whether or not the EU decides to withdraw GSP status, Myanmar's garment sector faces a number of challenges. How Myanmar's policymakers and garment industry leaders respond to global industry trends will be just as important, in the long run, in determining the sector's commercial sustainability. 410 0$aTrends in Southeast Asia ;$v2019 no. 7. 606 $aClothing trade$zBurma 607 $aBurma$xForeign economic relations$zEurope 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aClothing trade 676 $a338.768709591 700 $aFreeman$b Nick J.$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0887518 712 02$aISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910480274003321 996 $aWhither Myanmar's Garment Sector$92453806 997 $aUNINA