18 Jun FDRA Talks Shoes with BBC News
Talks to thrash out the largest free trade agreement in history have been officially launched at the G8 meeting in Northern Ireland. So what might...
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07 Jun Vietnam: Five-month footwear export earnings up 11.4 percent
Vietnam earned 3.1 billion USD in footwear export in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 11.4 percent, according to the...
06 Jun Vietnam and Thailand’s footwear industries increase cooperation
Ho Chi Minh City hosted a June 6 trade exchange between representatives and businesses of the Vietnamese and Thai footwear industries. Thailand is one...
05 Jun Obama-Xi Meeting Highlights Thorny U.S.-China Relations
The planned meeting this week between President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping puts a spotlight on major questions that both countries have over...
25 May European Parliament Moves to Limit Scope of Eventual U.S. Trade Deal
The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday demanding that the free-trade pact now under discussion with the United States exempt “audiovisual” industries so that...
25 May Lawmakers step up pressure on military footwear
Under a 1941 federal law known as the Berry Amendment, the military is generally required to supply personnel with uniforms and equipment made domestically. But...
03 May Obama Picks Nominees for Commerce Dept. and Trade Representative, FDRA Applauds Picks
President Obama nominated Penny Pritzker, his longtime financial backer and an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, to be commerce secretary, and Michael Froman, a...
19 Apr Japan’s Entry Would Raise New Footwear Issues In TPP Talks
In an interview, FDRA President Matt Priest acknowledged that there are a variety of different dynamics at play for the footwear industry in TPP...
17 Apr White House Warned Against Adding Japan to Trans-Pacific Trade Pact
several sources said that adding Japan to the TPP deal could increase opposition, particularly among Democrats, to renewal of the president's fast-track, or trade-promotion authority...
14 Apr Japan joins U.S. in push for broad Pacific trade pact
As a result, we are pleased to welcome Japan's participation in the TPP negotiations pending a consensus agreement among the current TPP members and the...