Updated: January 2021
Latest:
Exclusive: Timeline of Trade Policy in the Biden Administration (2021-present)
Exclusive: Timeline of Trade Policy in the Trump Administration (2017-2021)
Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on Trade Issues
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): What Does it Mean for US Apparel Sourcing from Asia? (January 2021)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Textiles and Apparel (January 2021)
USMCA: Changes for the Textile and Wearing Apparel Industries
USTR Releases Negotiating Objectives of the Proposed U.S.-Kenya Free Trade Agreement
U.S. Textile and Apparel Trade Policy In General
U.S. Trade Policy and Textile and Apparel in 2018
Trade Issues Facing the U.S. Apparel and Retail Industry (September 2017)
Are U.S. Textile and Apparel Imports Using Free Trade Agreements?
Gail Strickler, Former Assistant US Trade Representative for Textiles, on Trump’s Trade Policy
Textile and Apparel Sector in the 2016 U.S. Trade Policy Agenda
Textile and Apparel Trade: Key Terms
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP): What Does it Mean for US Apparel Sourcing from Asia? (January 2021)
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and Textiles and Apparel
UK & Brexit
US-UK Free Trade Agreement: What Does it Mean for the Apparel Industry?
UK’s Apparel Sourcing Patterns under the Shadow of Brexit
No-Deal Brexit: UK’s Import Tariff Rates for Apparel Products
U.S. Section 301 Action against China (2018–present)
U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry is NOT Immune to the U.S.-China Tariff War
U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry Responds to Trump’s Tariff Announcement against China
African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
USTR Releases Negotiating Objectives of the Proposed U.S.-Kenya Free Trade Agreement
USITC Report: U.S. Apparel Sourcing under African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
African Growth and Opportunity Act and Textile & Apparel
U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement (2019–present)
U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement (updated September 2019)
USTR Releases Negotiating Objectives of the Proposed U.S.-Japan Free Trade Agreement (USJTA)
U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA or NAFTA2.0)
USMCA: Changes for the Textile and Wearing Apparel Industries
USTR Factsheet: Textiles and Apparel and the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement (USMCA)
USITC Economic Assessment Report on USMCA—Textile and Apparel Sector Summary
U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry Provided Assessment of the Impacts of USMCA (NAFTA2.0)
Apparel-specific rules of origin in NAFTA2.0 (US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, USMCA)
What Will Happen to the U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry if NAFTA Is Gone?
CRS Releases Report on NAFTA Renegotiation and US Textile Manufacturing
NAFTA Members’ Applied MFN Tariff Rates for Textile and Apparel in 2017
US Tables Proposal Aimed at Limiting the Yarn-Forward Exceptions in NAFTA Renegotiation
NAFTA Renegotiating Objectives Related to the Textile and Apparel Industry
US Textile and Apparel Industry and NAFTA: Key Statistics (updated July 2017)
USTR Hearings on the Renegotiation of NAFTA: Textile and Apparel Industry
US Textile and Apparel Industry Associations Comment on NAFTA Renegotiation
The Importance of CAFTA-DR and NAFTA to the U.S. Textile Industry
U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement / Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP)
Textile and apparel and the Proposed U.S.-EU Free Trade Agreement (January 2019)
Why NCTO and Euratex Disagree on the Textile and Apparel Rules of Origin in T-TIP?
Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)
CPTPP Tariff Phaseout Schedule for Textiles and Apparel
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
CRS Releases Updated Study on the U.S. Textile Industry and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
Potential Impact of TPP on the Textile and Apparel Sector: A Summary of Recent Studies
Textile and Apparel (T&A)-Specific Rules of Origin in TPP—Apparel Products
U.S. Department of Commerce Releases Factsheet on TPP and the U.S. Textile and Apparel Industry
When Will TPP Take Effect? Let’s look at the History
Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
