Textile and apparel export leaders discuss reciprocal tariffs with Goyal.

• Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) and Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (Texprocil) express concern over potential 26% reciprocal tariff from U.S. from July 9.

• AEPC chairman Sudhir Sekhri and Texprocil chairman Vijay Agarwal met Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.

• Concerns over potential ramifications for labor-intensive textile and clothing sector.

• Apparel and home textiles are leading export products to U.S.

• Minister assures protection of labour-intensive sectors in Bilateral Trade Agreement negotiations.