Globe and MailLawmakers Urge Flexible Rules for Trans-Pacific Partnership FTAApparel NewsA bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to President Obama asking for more-flexible trade rules on textile and apparel goods under the Trans-Pacific Partners...
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US apparel giant targets Australia, AsiaInside RetailingFrom today the company will ship direct to customers in Australia, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Maldives, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singap...
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Shaping Up as New Negotiations ScheduledApparel NewsIn previous free-trade agreements, apparel and textiles are required to be made of regional yarns to eliminate tariffs that are as high as 32 percent of the value of the garm...
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Fibre2fashion.comIndonesia's joining TPP would have helped textilesFibre2fashion.comThe TPP deal was negotiated by nine Pacific Rim countries – Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Chile, Peru and the US – du...
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Textile, Apparel Groups Weigh In On TPPTextile World MagazineThe TPP Agreement is a regional trade agreement covering the interests of the United States and eight other countries in the Asia-Pacific region including Australia, Brunei, Chile, Malaysia, ...
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VietNamNet BridgeTPP expected to bring opportunities to garment industryVietNamNet BridgeCurrently, Vietnam's garment exports to the US contribute 61 percent of the US' total tax collection from the import products from 8 TPP's countries (S...
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