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The U.S. government released the final text outlining the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries after years of negotiation. This is the final word that puts everything into a clearer light although many had a general idea of what the Trans-Pacific Partnership would be like.

The National Council of Textile Organizations, based in Washington, D.C., and representing U.S. textile mills, said in a statement that it would start an in-depth review of the agreement.

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Bahrain's textile industry has got a temporary relief with the extension of a key clause under the 10-year-old US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement (FTA) as the industry’s representative from Bahrain have succeeded to convince the US authorities that the date was incorrect since the programme was not initiated until August 2006, and therefore the 10-year programme should be set to expire on July 31, next year and not December 31 this year.