The Tirupur Exporters' Association has appealed to the Centre to resume negotiations with the European Union on FTA (Free Trade Agreement).

TEA President A Sakthivel implementation of FTA would help double garment exports to the EU in three years and create more employment.

In a communication to the Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Nirmala Sitharaman, Sakthivel pointed out that such agreement would benefit the garment exporting sector in India and appealed for early restoration of the negotiations and expedition of the process in the interest of the garment exporting community.