US UNDERSECRETARY OF COMMERCE PREDICTS NEW US FREE TRADE DEALS WILL BOOSE AMERICAN CLOTHING AND TEXTILE EXPORTS
March 1st, 2012
BY LEAH GERMAIN
THE USA's Under-Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Francisco Sánchez has told just-style he is optimistic about the impact on the American textile and clothing sector of new bilateral trade deals struck by the Obama administration with South Korea, Panama and Columbia.
These deals were approved by the US Congress in October, with the South Korea deal coming into force on March 15 and the Latin American agreements expected to start operating by October. In an exclusive interview with just-style, Sánchez predicted the deals would ...
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