A delegation from the Spanish textile industry went to Brussels to demand the European Union’s (EU) acceptance. Measures against trade barriers imposed by Morocco and Türkiyea, two markets considered strategic. The visit was also used to learn the details of the new regulation on sustainability and eco-design.
Pepe Serna, president of the Spanish Intertextile Council and Valencia Community Textile Entrepreneurs Association (Ateval); Carmen Torres, general secretary of the Spanish Confederation of Fashion and the Spanish Federation of Apparel Companies; and José Monzonís, executive director of the Textile and Fashion Industry Observatory. Meeting with Peter Kovacs, Head of the Tariffs and Rules of Origin Unit of the European Commission Directorate General for Trade, the delegation expressed to him the concern caused by the increase in non-tariff trade barriers. In this sense, community representatives are expected to travel to Spain. get together with business people and set up quick grievance mechanismsserving to take measures.
Pepe Serna emphasized the importance of being in Brussels to defend the interests of textiles and added the following regarding the new sustainability regulations: sector committed to green transitionbut “organizations need time and collaboration to achieve goals that help us save the planet more competitively.”