COSMETICS INDUSTRY DEPRESSED AT TRUMP’S DECISION TO PULL OUT OF TPP
November 1st, 2016
UNITED States President-elect Donald Trump’s commitment to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, condemning the deal as a “potential disaster for our country”, has received the thumbs-down from the cosmetics industry.
“TPP represents an important step forward for the cosmetics industry in the signatory countries, containing as it does a specific annex for cosmetics and personal care,” Cosmetics Europe director general John Chave told Soap Perfumery & Cosmetics. “Freeing up regulatory and technical barriers to trade ...
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