US TEXTILE INDUSTRY DEMANDS TOUGH TERMS ON VIETNAM IN TRADE DEAL
June 1st, 2011
BY MJ DESCHAMPS
United States House of Representatives members linked to the textile industry are urging USA Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk in a letter received yesterday (June 1) to ensure an proposed expanded multi-lateral Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement does not flood American markets with Vietnamese clothing. Both the US and Vietnam are applying to join the TPP, which currently includes Brunei, Chile, New Zealand and Singapore. Vietnam supplies the US with USD6.5 billion annually in finished textiles and apparel, and has recently ...
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