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Eric Trachtenberg

Executive Director International Cotton Advisory Committee
Eric Trachtenberg

Eric Trachtenberg is Executive Director, International Cotton Advisory Committee.

 
 
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Textile Recovery / Summit Report / III Feature
The materials entering textile recovery systems were designed for performance and price, not recoverability—a contradiction that sorting technology alone cannot resolve, regardless of its sophistication.

The Recycling Plant Cannot Fix What the Factory Got Wrong

  • Subir Ghosh

27 March 2026
Event Roundup / Yarn Expo Report
The textiles industry's most consequential transition is not happening in boardrooms but on sourcing floors, where sustainable fibres are steadily displacing conventional ones as the benchmark of quality.

Textiles Industry Quietly Rewriting what Innovation Means

  • Special Correspondent

30 March 2026
 
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Going Circular / EOL Textiles / III Report
Textile recovery depends not only on what is collected but on whether the system receiving it has the capacity to distinguish value from waste at scale.

The Recycling System Was Not Built for What It Receives

  • Special Correspondent

3 April 2026
Going Circular / EOL Textiles / II Report
Policy frameworks for textile circularity are being assembled across Europe at legislative speed, but the industrial and logistical conditions they depend on are taking longer to arrive.

The Real Test of Textile Policy Is Not Ambition but What Survives Contact

  • Special Correspondent

2 April 2026
 
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Country Overview / Egypt Prospects Commentary
The majority of the Egyptian garment industry's 1.5 million workers, 50% of whom are female, are unbanked, and are paid in cash.

Egypt Stakes Its Claim as Global Textiles and Apparel Powerhouse

  • Subir Ghosh

14 July 2025
State of Workers / Cambodia Interview
Cambodia’s garment sector remains highly exposed to new due-diligence laws, with weak oversight and minimal accountability increasing the risk of buyers shifting production elsewhere.

Global Compliance Shifts Challenge Cambodia’s Garment Industry on Climate, Labour, Governance

  • Subir Ghosh

9 October 2025