We need a triple package: trade measures with China, a competitiveness package and an active 'buy local' campaign.

The fashion manufacturing sector sustains about 200 000 jobs and is vital to the economies of a number of cities and towns. We believe strong partnerships between design and manufacturing can grow the sector and create jobs.

We can create many local jobs if all retailers were to take advantage of local capacity. We have willing workers and idle industrial capacity.

We now need all government procurement, from municipal to national, to be from local companies.

I think India's policy that the openness of trade should be carried through a multilateral process is the right one.

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