CENTRAL AMERICAN AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC CLOTHING EXPORTS PRESS USA TO RETAIN CHINA TARIFFS AS THEY GROW CAPACITY
July 30th, 2022
The central American and Dominican Republic clothing and textile sectors are lobbying against the United States scrapping the China 301 tariffs on finished apparel imports following a possible entente with Beijing, saying that the duties are helping encourage investments in their countries. In particular, there is optimism that countries on the CAFTA-DR trade agreement (linking the USA with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, as well as the Dominican Republic), will continue to grow their clothing exports to the United States, despite US ...
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