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Different Modes of Trade Promotion in China and the U.S.: China Stresses Infrastructure while the U.S. Stresses Rules
Oct 22, 2015The U.S. President Obama said, if the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement (TPP) failed, the position of U.S.as a global trade referee would be weakened by China. Aiming to promote his ambitious trade plan, Obama used the ...
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Barack Obama Has Signed Two Important Trade Measures Into Law
Jul 2, 2015President Barack Obama has signed two important trade measures into law – the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015 and Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities and Accountability Act of 2015 (TPA-2015). Both bills, passed by ...
Tags: Obama, trade measures, Apparel, Footwear
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More Than 100 Local and Foreign Exhibitors Took Part in Vietnam Textile Expo
Oct 22, 2014More than 100 local and foreign exhibitors took part in the recently concluded international textile and garment industry expo held at the ICE International Center for Exhibition, Hanoi, Vietnam. The expo, held concurrently with the ...
Tags: expo, Exhibitors, Textile
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TPP and TTIP could alter the and Could Alter The US Textile and Apparel Trade to a extent
Jan 6, 2014The ongoing negotiations for two major free trade agreements, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), once materialized, could alter the US textile and apparel trade to a large ...
Tags: Textile, Apparel Trade
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Vietnamese Garment Sector: Vitas Is Boosted Strongly by TPP
Nov 22, 2013The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, likely to be signed later this year, can strongly boost the Vietnamese garment sector, Le Tien Truong, vice chairman of the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS), said while ...
Tags: TPP, Vietnamese Garment, VITAS
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The Exports of Garments and Textiles From Vietnam Increased by 18 Percent Year-on-Year
Oct 14, 2013The exports of garments and textiles from Vietnam increased by 18 percent year-on-year in the first nine months of the current year to US$ 13.154 billion, according to data from the Ministry of Industry and Trade. Of this, the ...
Tags: Garment Exports, fabric exports
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Michael Froman Reached out to a Broad Cross-Section of Stakeholders
Sep 12, 2013This afternoon, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman reached out to a broad cross-section of stakeholders to join him on a call to discuss the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. As U.S. negotiators press forward to complete a ...
Tags: Textile
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A Challenge for Vietnam's Garment and Textile Sector Was Posed by TPP: VITAS
Sep 10, 2013Vietnam is one of the countries negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the agreement throws a challenge for Vietnam’s garment and textile sector which heavily depends on raw material imports for production of finished ...
Tags: Garment Sector, Apparel
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Obama Is Told by NCTO to Take Tough Stand on Tpp with Vietnam
Jul 26, 2013Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement in meeting between President Barack Obama and President Truong Tan Sang of Vietnam. “Within the context of the ...
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NCTO Urges Congress to Seek Clear, Unambiguous Answers From The USTR
Jul 19, 2013“With the 18th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations now underway in Malaysia, the timing of the hearing, and opportunity for Ways & Means Committee Members to seek clear, unambiguous answers from the USTR on President ...
Tags: TPP Negotiations, Textile
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TPP Is Planning to Rise The Textile and Apparel Exports by 20 Percent : MTMA
Jul 11, 2013The textile and apparel exports from the Southeast Asian of Malaysia would rise by 20 percent once the currently negotiated Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement becomes a reality, the Malaysian Textile Manufacturers Association (MTMA) ...
Tags: Textile Exports, Apparel
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Support for The 'Yarn Forward' Rule of Origin Comes as Welcome News to NCTO
Jun 11, 2013Cass Johnson, President of the National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), released the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee’s confirmation hearing on the nomination of Michael Froman to serve as United States ...
Tags: NCTO, Apparel&Accessories, Textile
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TPP Countries Would Account for Nearly 40 Percent of Global GDP
Apr 25, 2013The trade ministers of the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries -- which include Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, United States, and Vietnam -- met on the margins of the ...
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TPP Negotiations Reported That They Had Achieved The Goal Set for The Round
Mar 15, 2013At the close of the 16th Round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations, chief negotiators reported that they had achieved the goal set for the round: to put the negotiations on an accelerated track toward conclusion of a ...
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United States Government Put Forward a Proposal to The Planned Tpp Trade Agreement
Jan 24, 2013The United States Government has put forward a proposal that allows procurement of scarce yarn, textiles and apparels from countries that are not signatories to the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. Addressing the ...
Tags: US, Scarce Textiles, TPP-Bloc