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The article discusses response of the Chinese textile industry to the Made in China 2025 national strategy launched by the Chinese government.

The article discusses adult incontinence product market for the nonwoven industry in countries including Japan, India and European Countries. Topics discussed include demand for aging population, adult diapers and absorbency. Comments by Shinya Takahashi, managing director of Japan Hygiene Products Industry Association an Ardaman Singh Sidhu, sales manager at hygiene product manufacturer Bella India. Companies mentioned include Unicharm, Diap Paper and Nippon Paper Industries.

The article reports on the Chinese government's efforts to prevent water pollution by launching the Water Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan in 2015 which led to significant changes in the textile dyeing industry. Factories are reportedly required to upgrade and clean up their water recycling equipment every three years or they will be closed. Also discussed are the 2016 Group of 20 summit and banking firm HSBC's Water Programme for Industrial Water Management.

The article focuses on the optimism of the textile and apparel industry in countries involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) agreement on the positive impact of the deal on the knitting industry. It mentions a documentation from the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) on the potential reduction of tariffs and on the short supply list mechanism in the industry. Augustine Tantillo of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO) adds that the knitting sector represents yarn trades.

The article focuses on the knitwear industry of China and transformation taking place in the industry. It states that changes like rising domestic labor costs, emission reduction initiatives and decreasing export are transforming the industry. It states that fully fashioned knitwear production is performing well in China as it uses less labor comparatively due to compliance, design and quality concerns.

The article offers information on the amendment done to the environmental law of China that will negatively affect the dyeing sector of the country. Topics discussed include dyeing sector considered as the most polluting sector in the textile industry, views of Matthew Collins, project manager at the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs, and the new amendment affecting the Japanese clothing firm Uniqlo that has its division in China.

The article focuses on the problem facing the clothing and textile e-commerce sector of Vietnam despite growth in domestic online shopping. A survey data presented shows Vietnam's Internet population that shop online and those who shop for clothes and accessories. Factors to the lukewarm response to e-commerce sites include difficulties faced by garment makers in sourcing textiles, unpopularity of Western brands, and lack of consumer trust in the reliability online Vietnamese retailers.

The article reports on the plan of the textile industry and the government of Vietnam to overcome the poor productivity and the shortage of textile and dyeing materials to leverage its inclusion in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) trade deal.

The article offers the insights of Zhao Hong, vice-president of the China Knitting Industrial Association (CKIA) on the effects of the devaluation of the Chinese Yuan Renminbi (CNY) on the knitting industry. Hong mentions that leverage devaluation can be used by foreign outsourcing customers and it can be applied by the knitwear manufacturers in the country. Hong cites the benefits that can be brought by the ITMA 2015 in Milan, Italy from November 12-19.

The article reports that the Vietnamese textile industries were waiting for legal details to the free-trade agreement made by EU trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom and Vietnam's Minister of Industry & Trade Vu Huy Hoang on August 2015.

The article reports on the condition of the knitwear industry in Vietnam after the signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU). The benefits that can be gained by knitwear manufacturers, traders and brands from the free-trade agreement (FTA) despite the uneasiness in some parts for the industry in the country are cited. The impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the multilateral free-trade agreement on the industry is also noted.

The article reports on the prediction of Zhao Hong, a deputy director of international trade of the China National Textile and Apparel Council, stating that the devaluation of yuan will be used by international buyers to demand reductions in prices for textile and clothing products sourced in China.

The article reports on strategies of the textile industry in Vietnam for importing yarn from the U.S. textile mills as of August 2015 and mentions challenges associated with the import due to China, which is not a member of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement.

The article reports on Vietnam's plan to increase U.S. yarn imports after obtaining tariff-free treatment from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Topics discussed include pressure from TPP countries with upstream textile industries on China, and the insufficient Vietnamese yarn production for what will be required for TPP exports. Also noted is the emergence of the U.S. as an attractive yarn-sourcing option for textile mills.

The article focuses on developments in the Philippine knitwear industry since it earned its Generalised System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) status from the European Union (EU). Topics discussed include the GPS+ preferential tariff scheme imposed 0 EU tariffs in 10 years on 6,274 export items from the Philippines, competition with Asian nations like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Vietnam in producing low-cost knitwear, and Great Britain being a major European export market for Philippine knitwear.