Mayu Saini

2 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Mayu Saini

After years of trailing its regional rivals in apparel exports, India is upping its game. Buoyed by a series of factors—not least the geopolitics of the region and the specter of Trump’s tariffs, which have initially outlined big penalties for Vietnam and Bangladesh—India is prepping for a speedier ascent to the top of the apparel sourcing heap.

4 days ago | sourcingjournal.com | Mayu Saini

As events around the world marked World Refugee Day on Friday, the critical role refugees play in the $1.5 trillion global fashion industry hovered just below the surface. Across Asia, there were gatherings, quiet reflections, and discussions among workers and labor rights activists. Commemorations unfolded, though unacknowledged by governments and factory owners who are legally barred from hiring refugees (but often do so anyway due to low wages and labor availability).

2 weeks ago | sourcingjournal.com | Mayu Saini

Interim Bangladesh leader Muhammad Yunus made the long-anticipated announcement late Friday that general elections will be held in the first half of April 2026. The declaration has sparked a wave of reactions and fresh deliberations across the country. Political parties had hoped—and many had negotiated—for elections to be held within the current year.

3 weeks ago | sourcingjournal.com | Mayu Saini

With a landslide victory in the election last weekend for the presidency of the powerful Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu, managing director of Rising Group, is now on tap to take the reins. The win is all the more momentous as he is the leader for the Forum Panel which has largely been the underdog in terms of BGMEA leadership; the opposing Sammilito Parishad has been winning a majority of the elections for the last two decades.

1 month ago | sourcingjournal.com | Mayu Saini

The United States and Vietnam have concluded a second round of trade negotiations according to Vietnam’s trade ministry, which noted significant progress being made in talks scheduled from May 19-22 in Washington. In a statement on Thursday, the trade body said that both sides engaged in substantive discussions on all agenda items outlined ahead of the session. Vietnam faces one of the highest tariff impositions announced by president Trump’s administration in April, at 46 percent.