Since the agreement went into effect in January, some textile factories have gone out of business.
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Ross still sees plenty of Eastern promise: According to media reports, he inked an agreement Friday with the state-owned Vietnam National Textile Garment Corporation (Vinatex), based in the capital Hanoi.
And Indonesian textile firms are lobbying against the full implementation from next year of the free-trade agreement between China and the Association of South-East Asian Nations.