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US apparel and footwear executives lobby for trade breaks

31/07/2014

A group of apparel and footwear executives visited Capitol Hill this week to lobby for a renewal of trade policies. American Apparel and Footwear Association members met the Senate Finance Committee, the House Ways and Means Committee and Congressional leadership to ask for the renewal of an expiring Nicaragua trade programme, the renewal of the ...

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