From another angle, some scholars estimate that ASEAN + 3 will put in jeopardy 12,000 employees out of the 200,000-job textile sector in Taiwan. (This is an argument in favor of Taiwan and mainland China signing an economic cooperation framework agreement, since Taiwan's domestic textile industry will be the greatest beneficiary, creating less pressure to relocate to ASEAN.)
在利弊得失之間，從業人員高達 20 萬人的紡織業，有學界估計「東協加 3」將可能使 1 萬 2,000 人工作不保；但台灣一旦與中國大陸洽簽經濟合作架構協定（ECFA），受惠最大的也將是紡織業。