USA CLOTHING GROUPS RELEASE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE ON PIRACY
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLAN AMERICAN anti-piracy group has warned that the Czech Republic and Costa Rica have joined the well-known major sources of counterfeit clothing such as China and Brazil. And the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition adds that the "vast majority" of pirated clothing exported from the Czech Republic was actually made in China. Their intelligence has been released by the US Trade Representative office - planning a diplomatic offensive against piracy. It also published notes from the American Apparel & Footwear Association on the problem. ...
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