USA PUSHES FOR TPP YARN FORWARD RULE TO COVER FIBRES IN SHORT SUPPLY WITHIN ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
March 1st, 2013
THE AMERICAN textile and apparel industry is planning to present a detailed "short supply" list of hard-to-source fibres and fabrics at the next round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) east Asia-Americas trade agreement discussions, to be held in Lima from May 15-24.Julie Hughes, president of the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA) told WTiN that the US is still collecting information from the industry about yarns and fabrics that are in short supply, and said that presentation of its short supply proposal in Lima will ...
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