Coimbatore, June 3 -- As US proposed fresh tariffs on 60 countries over export of goods made with forced labor including India, that does not have a reciprocal trade agreement with the US, Ashwin Chandran, Chairman of the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), termed the move a "serious threat" to India's textile and apparel sector while rejecting the allegations as "completely false" and "unfair."

Speaking to ANI at Coimbatore, Chandran said the United States remains the biggest export destination for India's textile and apparel industry.

"US is the single largest market out of our country's total USD 36 billion dollars of exports," he said, adding that "almost USD 11 billion dollars went to the US last year."

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