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TPP will have no impact on US footwear production - FDRA

22/08/2013

The elimination of footwear duties will have no impact on employment in the US footwear industry, according to a study of athletic footwear published by the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA). It said member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement under negotiation would realise market share gains at...

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