A coalition of agricultural organizations led by the National Pork Producers Council is likely to oppose a final Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if it includes Japan but that country doesn’t agree to comprehensive ...
Tags: Agriculture, TPP Deal
A group of U.S. senators are urging U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to push for broad market access for U.S. pork in the countries that are part of the current Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ...
Today, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman issued the following statement regarding the announcement made by Deputy Prime Minister Hyun Oh-seok of the Republic of Korea regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): "The United ...
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The 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
The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) has announced plans to construct a new textile complex for the manufacturing of yarn and fabrics in the An Lao district of Hai Phong, in order to implement the policy of building ...
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Today, the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) issued the following statement commending the Friends of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Caucus and their efforts to bring increased attention to and support for a successful TPP ...
Tags: Textile
The 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
Entitled ‘Reshoring and Economic Recovery’, the October 17-18 SPESA Executive Conference will feature presentations and discussions from industry leaders, association and government officials on the most important issues, trends ...
Tags: Sewn Products, Textile
This 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
Vietnam 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
The Secretary of Economy of Mexico, Ildefonso Guajardo Villarreal in a meeting with the Minister of Trade of the Republic of China, Gao Hucheng stressed the importance of reaching a satisfactory solution regarding complaints expressed by ...
Tags: Textiles
Cass 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 ...
The countries that have signed CAFTA-DR free trade agreement may lose about 100,000 jobs in the textile industry if the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is signed in its current form, which allows Vietnam to import raw materials ...
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“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 ...
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Speaking this afternoon at a U.S. House Small Business Committee Hearing on worldwide American competitiveness, CEO of Alice Manufacturing, Smyth McKissick, urged lawmakers to endorse textile and apparel trading rules in the Trans-Pacific ...
Tags: Textile