Cambodia will host the Textile and Apparel SEA Summit 2019 on October 28-29 in Phnom Penh. One of the biggest gatherings of stakeholders in the garment sector in Southeast Asia, the event will be organized by the SZ&W Group, a leading event organizer in Asia. The country hosted the 8th Cambodia International Textile & Garment Industry Exhibition last month. Speakers at the October event will include representatives from the International Apparel Federation, US-ASEAN Business Council, Cambodia’s Ministry of Commerce, Vietnam Textile and Apparel Associations, Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, China Textile Information Centre and the Textile Association of India, according to information on the official website of the event. Major topics to be discussed are the influence of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) on the region’s textile and apparel industry, apparel procurement, trends in the region’s labour markets, and the latest government policy on investment in the industry.
