The looming decision on expanding US liquefied natural gas exports will likely be on the agenda during this week's meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Barack Obama, industry observers said Tuesday. "It's just ...
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The Trans-Pacific Partnership Apparel Coalition welcomed new data included in a report released today that showcases the substantial contribution that millions of American workers make to apparel manufactured oversees. The report, Analyzing ...
Tags: Apparel Imports, U.S.Workers, Textile
The Trans-Pacific Partnership Apparel Coalition welcomed new data included in a report released that showcases the substantial contribution that millions of American workers make to apparel manufactured oversees. The report, Analyzing the ...
Tags: US Workers, Apparel, Imports
The textile and clothing chain within the ten countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) needs to be vertically integrated in order to ensure the competitiveness of the Asean apparel industry. This was echoed by various ...
Tags: apparel sector, textile, clothing
The 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
The United States and Thailand yesterday concluded a two-day meeting under their Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA), agreeing to expand cooperation on bilateral, regional, and multilateral issues in order to increase trade and ...
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Taipei, Sept. 11, 2012 (CENS)--In his capacity as the representative of President Ma Ying-jeou for APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Leaders' Summit held Sept. 8-9 in Vladivostok, Russia, former Vice President Lien Chan held a ...
Tags: Taiwan, US, APEC, Ma Ying-jeou
In order to take advantage of tariff preferences available in Vietnam such as Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP)and other Free-Trade Agreements(FTAs),several textile and garment manufacturers worldwide are investing in textile projects in ...
Tags: tariff preferences, TPP, FTAs
The United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) and the American Import Shippers Association (AISA) will host the 24th Annual Textile and Apparel Importer Trade and Transportation Conference on Wednesday, ...
Tags: USA-ITA, AISA, annual conference, apparel importers
Taipei, Nov. 8, 2012 (CENS)--In the wake of the reelection of the U.S. President Obama, the Executive Yuan (the Cabinet) will immediately push the "action program for strengthening Taiwan-U.S. economic and trade relationship." The ...
Tags: liberalizing domestic economy, trade and investment framework agreement
Canadian Apparel Federation (CAF) provides webinar on various free trade negotiations, import duties and other trade policies affecting the apparel sector. Webinar will be held on 28th November, 2:00 - 3:00 pm. Canadian Apparel ...
Tags: Canada, CAF Webinar, Trade Policies Affecting Apparel Sector
Sally Kay,President and Rich Stober,CEO of The Hosiery Association(THA)issued the letter to United States Trade Representative(USTR)concerning our proposal clarification and response to a letter from an opposing group. The letter ...
The Canadian Apparel Federation(CAF)welcomed the announcement earlier by International Trade Minister Ed Fast that the Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement will come into force on October 1,2012. According to CAF Executive Director Bob ...
Tags: CAF, FTA, Canada-Jordan Free Trade Agreement
Following the 14th round of negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership(TPP),the Trans-Pacific Partnership Apparel Coalition urges negotiators to abandon out of date apparel trade rules in favor of a 21st Century approach to promote and ...
U.S. manufacturers of socks and hosiery represented by The Hosiery Association (THA) this week made public their demand that the Obama administration revise its position in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) talks by tabling a rule of ...
Tags: United States of America, THA, Flexible Rule of Origin in TPP