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American Shoe And Footwear Association Commends Congress For Adoption Of FTA

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American Shoe And Footwear Association Commends Free Trade Agreement

American Apparel and Footwear Association

(AAFA

Commending the United States Congress for its long-standing pending ties with Columbia, Panama and South Korea.

free trade agreement

It also includes a series of trade-related polls, namely, the restoration of GSP, the ATPA and TAA.

Now, all these measures are sent to President Obama to wait for the signature.


Kevin Burke, President and CEO of the association, said: "the actions taken by Congress today reaffirmed our competitiveness in the global market".

"The benefits of these agreements to about 4000000 American clothing and footwear workers and American consumers are obvious.

By opening two-way permanent trade flows in these three important markets, we get more than 100 million new ones.

Consumer

At the same time, continue to provide quality and affordable products in the United States. "


"I urge President Obama to sign this open market legislation as soon as possible so that we can begin to implement the steps of these trade agreements," Burke said.

"The American clothing and footwear industry will continue to work with the Obama administration and Congress to ensure the implementation process.

Seamless

"


Since 2002, US cotton exports to Columbia have increased by more than five times, while American yarn and fabric have doubled exports to Columbia.

These exports are worth nearly 300 million dollars.

South Korea is now the fourth largest market for finished garments in the United States, after Canada, Britain and Japan.

From 2000 to 2010, American clothing exports to Korea increased by 5 times.


 
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