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Trade, Labor OK garments guidelines

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The Trade and Labor Departments signed Tuesday a joint order providing the guidelines for the issuance, suspension or revocation of certificates of accreditation of garments companies.

The guidelines cover garment manufacturers, exporters and subcontractors who want to avail of preferential tariffs under the Generalized System of Preferences. The  order also created a Workers’ Rights Review Committee.

Trade Secretary and Board of Investments chairman Ramon Lopez and Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III signed the joint order on July 25, 2017.

The guidelines were drawn from a series of consultative meetings of the two agencies with the Clothing and Textile Industry Tripartite Council and labor and employment sectors since 2010, as part of the country’s commitment to comply with global labor standards for the garments and textile industries. 

“Despite the changing landscape of global trends, the production of goods and services must still conform to international labor standards for market access. This order will help promote labor laws compliance and standards in the garment industry via certification and decertification mechanisms for companies who want to avail preferential tariff under the GSP,” Lopez said.

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Bello said the signing of the joint guidelines “will ensure that are our workers have decent jobs, and that they enjoy the economic benefits that our participation in the global trade brings.”

“This joint issuance serves as a proof of the Duterte administration’s resolve to ensure that Filipino workers here and abroad can reap the just fruits of their honest labors even as their employers gain a reasonable return of their investments while ensuring business expansion and growth,” he added.

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