The leading apparel and textile associations in the United State and Europe urged their respective trade commissioners March 10 to negotiate a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) that will end all apparel and textile ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Apparel, Footwear
The U.S. textile industry has seen a surge in foreign direct investment over the past 8 months. No less than 8 foreign companies have made public announcements over that period to invest more than $700 million in new U.S. textile facilities ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Yarn-Forward Rule
Surface trade among the United States,Canada and Mexico increased 6.5%in December,the Department of Transportation announced. All trade among the North American Free Trade Agreement partners rose 6.4%to$90 billion,DOT's Bureau of ...
Tags: Nafta Surface Trade, Nafta, Transportation
The expected free trade agreement (FTA) to be signed between Japan and Turkey may help in boosting apparel exports from Turkey, said president of the Japanese Textile Federation Akikazu Shimomura, during a recent visit to the Aegean ...
China-Japan economic and trade relations and free trade area construction conference held in Beijing, the expert thinks, consideration from Japan's traditional economic, Japan will choose to attend China-Japan-Korea FTA can get more ...
Mexico's main trucking association has filed a $30 billion arbitration action against the United States over the country's refusal to fully allow Mexican carriers to operate within U.S. boundaries. The Cámara Nacional del ...
Tags: Transportation
Apparel firms in Honduras are gearing up for the soon to be implemented Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Canada. The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement was signed on November 5, 2013, and it would come into force once it is approved ...
Tags: Honduran Apparel, Apparel
The Indiana-based group is to buy a 75% stake in Qingdao P&B Co, which is headquartered in the Qingdao free-trade zone. P&B, which has around 550 employees, is partly owned by Chinese drinks business Wuliangye Group, one of the ...
Tags: Plastics Buy-out, P&B
The U.S. wheat industry welcomes the introduction of legislation to grant the President of the United States trade promotion authority (TPA). “We are pleased to see bipartisan support for trade promotion authority and hope Congress ...
Tags: TPA, USW, NAWG, trade policy
American Honda became a net exporter in the U.S. for the first time in 2013 - exporting 108,705 U.S.-made Honda and Acura vehicles versus the 88,537 vehicles it imported from Japan. With sustained growth, Honda achieved record production ...
The stable and good momentum of economic growth in recent months will ensure that China is able to fulfill its expected growth target. The question is how long this growth momentum can last. The consensus is that China’s economy is ...
Tags: Economic Growth, China's economy
Tire Group International LLC (TGI) announced it has completed targeted hires for its international and domestic sales teams. The TGI international team welcomes Nelson Garces, as manager – Off Highway Division, where he will lead ...
Tags: TGI, Joaquin Gonzalez Jr, OTR, Off Highway Division
China has lifted ban on selling video game consoles, paving the way for Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to enter domestic market, which is the world's third largest video game market. China's video game revenues reached nearly 14 billion last ...
Tags: Video Game Consles, Ban
The U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF), an organization charged with increasing the value and profitability of the U.S. beef, pork and lamb industries by enhancing demand in international markets, strongly supports passage of legislation ...
Tags: Meat, U.S.Meat Export, Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act
The all-new Toyota Corolla sedan headed to Australian showrooms in mid February will be shipped here from Thailand for the first time in the car’s history. Toyota Australia says the shift from Japanese to Thai production for the ...
Tags: Toyota, Corolla Sedan