Trade talk
What happens next in global apparel trade?
What’s likely to happen when anti-China quotas lapse in the EU at the end of 2007 and in the US…
US: China and Vietnam top industry concerns in 2007
The latest figures suggest that the US textile industry has continued to adjust to a more competitive worldwide environment following the…
US: Importers call for Vietnam apparel monitoring plan to be ditched
US apparel retailers and importers are calling on the Bush Administration to abandon plans to monitor US imports from Vietnam…
US: Industry divided over President’s call for TPA extension
The decision by President George W Bush this week to ask Congress to renew his fast-track trade promotion authority (TPA)…
MEXICO: Signs textile customs cooperation pact with the US
A new customs cooperation agreement that should help the US and Mexican textile industries compete with cheap Asian exports has…
Indonesia’s makers eye trade deal with Japan
Indonesia’s textile and clothing industry hopes to be one of the main beneficiaries of an Economic Partnership Agreement currently being…
US: Senators seek ban on imported sweatshop goods
A group of US senators have introduced legislation to ban the sale in the US of imported goods made in…
SOUTH KOREA: Fails to find textiles agreement with US
South Korea and the US held their sixth round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in Seoul this week, but failed…