CAFTA-DR progress

A new customs cooperation agreement that should help the US and Mexican textile industries compete with cheap Asian exports has been signed by the US Trade Representative Susan C Schwab and the Mexican Secretary of Economy Eduardo Sojo at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

MEXICO: Signs textile customs cooperation pact with the US

30 January 2007

ANALYSIS: Will China’s new plan end cheap clothing?

13 November 2006

China's strategy on foreign investment, outlined in last week's 11th five-year-plan, gives priority to quality investments and schemes to restructure traditional industries such as textiles and clothing. A raft of other new regulations could also mean that China will never again be the cheapest place to find a T-shirt, as Mike Flanagan explains.

MEXICO: Textile, apparel makers in row over CAFTA membership

14 September 2006

Mexico’s textile and apparel manufacturers are caught in a bitter row over the benefits that the country’s possible entry into the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) may bring to their respective trades.

US: Senate agrees to CAFTA-DR apparel fixes

8 August 2006

Legislation to implement certain rules of origin changes for apparel imported under the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR) has taken its next step forward after being approved by the Senate late last week.