US FASHION INDUSTRY BOSS HOPES FOR TAMER AMERICAN TRADE POLICY AS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION APPROACHES RE-ELECTION YEAR
March 1st, 2019
The president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has said that he did not just expect by the Trump administration’s aggressive stance on tariffs, but that its protectionism may now start to ease as the 2020 election looms.
Rick Helfenbein says he predicted the president’s top trade consultants would eventually “weaponise” tariffs and that such a move would usher in some chaos for the industries he represents in Washington DC, where AAFA held its annual conference on March 13.
“I pulled out the talk we gave to you one ...
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