Socioeconomic Impacts of European Union Circular Textiles Policies on Trading Partners

By identifying potential impacts of EU policies beyond Europe, this study—Socioeconomic Impacts of European Union Circular Textiles Policies on Trading Partners—uncovers challenges in understanding extra-EU effects and highlights significant blind spots, positioning itself as a foundation for continued research. The report further examines the likely social and economic effects of these policies across five themes: Competitiveness and transition costs, Labour market and sectoral transformation, Work reallocation and skills development, Informality and the circular economy, and Decent work and social equity.

This report is a part of a series which explores both the upstream and downstream aspects of the textiles value chain. The project is led by Circle Economy Foundation, Chatham House, and the European Environment Bureau, together with organisations in two trading partner focus countries, BUILD (Bangladesh) and The Or Foundation (Ghana). 

See other reports in the series here.

• Textile Trade Flow and Employment  Baseline Analysis: Ghana 
• Textile  Trade Flow and Employment  Baseline Analysis: Bangladesh 
• Circular textiles policy review Considerations for EU trading partner countries
• Circular textile trade scenarios between the EU and Ghana
• Circular textile trade scenarios between the EU and Bangladesh

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