The Indian textile and garment companies facing duty disadvantage at home, some have already prompted to expand outside India in recent years. Moreover, with the recently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), some more the Indian companies may shift their base to Vietnam to grab the advantage of duty-free access to the US and other TPP markets, like they did some years ago to Bangladesh to take the benefit of duty in exports as well as low labour costs, according to analysts.

Source: Indian textile and garment firms may shift base to Vietnam

A month after the agreement was reached, the public is getting its first look at the details of the Trans-Pacific Partnership pact.

Source: The battle over President Obama’s trade deal has officially arrived – The Washington Post