Textile Development Memos


08/04/2010 Reps Tell USTR to Re-Negotiate Korea FTA; APHIS Proposed Lacey Act Definitions
07/23/2010 Houses Passes MTB; Coalition Letter on China Currency Legislation; Customs Posts FAQs on Quotas
06/17/2010 Commerce Requests Comments on Peru Safeguard Procedures; Owens Bill to Increase De Minimis Limit; Upcoming Webinar on Haiti HELP
06/03/2010 CPSC to Begin Issuing Detention Notices
05/26/2010 22 Congressmen Sponsor NCTO Textile Enforcement Bill; End of US-China Strategic & Economic Dialog
05/25/2010 President Signs Haiti Bill; Update on CPSC Issues; New ILO Report on Child Labor
05/24/2010 Mexico TPL (1) Embargoes; Safeguard Actions on Imports from Oman; New Bill Prohibits Trade Preferences for Textiles & Apparel from Cambodia; Jobs Bill Introduced
05/24/2010 Supreme Court Gets Fashionable; China In No Hurry on Currency Issue
05/20/2010 NCTO Customs Bill Would Increase Regulatory Burden; Two Major CPSC Proposed Rules Published for Public Comment
05/20/2010 House Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Hears Testimony on Customs Issues
05/17/2010 Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Commerce Department NME Wage Rate Regulation
05/14/2010 Chamber of Commerce Study on Trade and Jobs; 10th Anniversary of AGOA
05/13/2010 CBP Commissioner Bersin Hearing; Coalition Fights Forced Child Labor in Uzbekistan; Testimony on Fur Labeling Bill; Upcoming Webinar & Seminar
05/11/2010 Totes-Isotner Petitions SCOTUS; CPSC Posts Propsed 15-month Rule & Public Database Plan; Cotton Producers Get Separate State Reps
05/07/2010 Bersin to Speak Before SFC; WSJ Article on Balancing Currency & Trade; PETA Letter to Australian Gov; SPESA Expo
05/06/2010 House Hearing on Proposed FAAAA Changes; Coalition Urges Obama to pass FTAs; NAM Coalition Urges MTB Passage
05/05/2010 House Approves Haiti Bill; CPSC Approves Proposed Rules on Testing & Drawstring Notice
05/03/2010 Special 301 Report Priority Watch List Released; Customs Works With CAFTA Countires; SFC Holds Hearing on Post Planning; Canada Adds to Textile Labeling Rules; COAC Application Due May 15
05/03/2010 CPSC's Tenenbaum Supports Waxman Bill Amending Product Safety Law
04/29/2010 House E&C Hearing on CPSIA; Congressmen Sign Letter In Support of FAAAA Amendment
04/28/2010 Haiti HELP Act Introduced In Congress Today
04/28/2010 CPSC Notice on Drawstrings; Hearing on Prospective vs. Retrospective Trade Remedies; Witness List for CPSIA Hearing
04/26/2010 Customs, CPSC Sign Data Sharing Agreement; USTR Seeks Comments on ITACs; Apparel Importer to Testify at CPSIA Hearing
04/23/2010 Customs Nominates Sandra Bell for WCO; U.S. Exports to China Hold Steady; China Imposes Anti-Dumping Duties on Nylon 6
04/23/2010 New Dumping Case on Chinese Denim Used in Mexican IMMEX (
04/22/2010 USTR Meets With House Textile Caucus; Coalition Letter on Interchange Reforms
04/22/2010 House E & C Hearing on CPSIA; CPSC Approves Public Databases Proposed Rule & Comment Period; Children's Products
04/22/2010 Commerce Department Releases Written Comments Submitted on Retrospective Versus Prospective Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Collection
04/21/2010 House Committee Asks Retailers About Cadmium in Children's Jewelry; Final ETAC Meeting, EU Imposes Higher Tariffs on More US Products
04/19/2010 ITC Releases Sleeping Bags Report
04/16/2010 Antidumping & CVD Imposed on Plastic Retail Bags; No Decision on Monitoring
04/14/2010 COAC Meeting; Sanchez Addresses NCTO; Northern Mariana Islands Textile Industry; U.S. Firms In China - Report; Hundreds of Temporary Import Duty Suspensions on Hold
04/12/2010 ITC Begins Review of HTS Breakouts for Footwear with Textile Materials Added to Outer Soles of Rubber or Plastic
04/09/2010 CPSC Hears Cadmium and Lead Testimony; Rumors that China Will Act on Currency, CBP Webinar on ACE
04/07/2010 CPSC Public Databases; Treasury Secretary and USTR in Beijing
04/06/2010 US & Brazil Reach Agreement on Tariffs
04/05/2010 Treasury Delays April Currency Report,, More CPSC Proposed Rules
04/02/2010 Finalizing ROZ Bill, New Appointments
04/02/2010 CPSC Approves Request For Comments On Children's Products Definition, To Hold Hearing On Toxicity of Heavy Metals
04/02/2010 CPSC Posts Draft Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Public Database
04/01/2010 USA-ITA Signs Industry Letter on Mulseing Issue
03/30/2010 Commerce Department To Hold Hearing On U.S. "Retrospective" Trade Remedy System
03/29/2010 Obama Makes Recess Appointments for Trade and Customs Agency Nominees
03/24/2010 Textile Development Memo for March 24, 2010
03/19/2010 CPSC To Consider Regulations Defining 'Children's Products'
03/19/2010 Congress Trade Staff Consider Haiti Proposals; First TPP Talks Include Textiles & Apparel
03/17/2010 TDM: Congress Focuses on China Currency Issue; House Committee Staff Circulating Draft Bill to Amend CPSIA
03/16/2010 CBP Searches for COAC Applicants, USTR Begins TPP talks in Australia
03/12/2010 Textile Development Memo for March 12, 2010
03/11/2010 66 percent of America's imports are duty-free
03/11/2010 DOC International Trade Administration's Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee Notice
03/10/2010 CPSC Approves Rule Outlining Civil Penalty Factors
03/10/2010 Textile Development Memo for March 10, 2010
03/09/2010 TDM: Brazil's Cotton Retaliation List Targets Textile, Apparel Goods
03/03/2010 Textile Development Memo for March 3, 2010
03/03/2010 Second Textile Development Memo for March 3, 2010
03/01/2010 Textile Development Memo for March 1, 2010
02/25/2010 USA-ITA Textile Development Memo for February 25, 2010
02/22/2010 USA-ITA Textile Development Memo for February 22, 2010
02/09/2010 USA-ITA Textile Development Memo for February 9, 2010
02/05/2010 Textile Development Memo for February 5, 2010
02/01/2010 Glas Gives Speech on Efforts to Support U.S. Textile and Apparel Exports
01/27/2010 CBP Reports on Factory Visits in FY09
01/25/2010 USA-ITA Files Recommendations for TPP Negotiations
01/21/2010 USA-ITA Urges CPSC Chairman To Articulate Authority and Ability To Address Cadmium Concerns
01/19/2010 CPSC Issues Report To Congress on CPSIA Enforcement Issues,
01/11/2010 CPSC Reacts To AP Report on Cadmium in Children’s Jewelry
01/11/2010 USITC To Hold Hearing, Issue Report on Trans-Pacific Partnership
01/04/2010 China-ASEAN FTA In Force; Indonesia Seeking Delayed Tariff Cuts
01/04/2010 New Acting CBP Commissioner Named
01/04/2010 CBP Considering Petition to Reclassify Wickless Wax Objects as Unfinished Candles
12/23/2009 USITC Issues Report on First Sale
12/22/2009 Lautenberg Continues Hold On ATPDEA/GSP Extension
12/21/2009 Lautenberg Continues Hold On ATPDEA/GSP Extension
12/21/2009 CPSC Provides Further Guidance on “Children’s Products”;
12/17/2009 CPSC Issues Interim Policy Allowing Component Testing
12/16/2009 CPSC Considering Formal Extension of Enforcement Stay
12/16/2009 NTA, NCTO File Objections to Textile-Related Duty Suspension Bills
12/15/2009 Consumer Product Safety Commission Seeks Industry Guidance on CPSIA Requirements During December 10-11 Workshop
12/14/2009 Vote To Extend ATPDEA and GSP Scheduled For the House Late Today
12/14/2009 CPSC Expected To Recommend CPSIA Improvements in January
12/14/2009 USTR Formally Notifies Congress of Intent To Enter Into Negotiations
12/11/2009 USA-ITA Files Comments to Labor Department on Proposal to Require Special Certifications that Some Apparel, Carpets and Toys Are Not Made With Child Labor
12/09/2009 New Import Safety Targeting Center Announced At Customs Symposium
12/09/2009 Commerce Finds Preliminary Subsidies Against Woven Ribbons with Selvedge from China
12/09/2009 Commerce Finalizes Expected Non-Market Economy Wage Rates
12/07/2009 CPSC Considers Delay of Lead Testing for Certain Apparel Items
11/12/2009 NCTO Presses Senators for Super 301 Bill as Way to Attack Alleged Chinese Subsidies
11/12/2009 Dooney & Bourke Co-Founder Sentenced, Fined under Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
11/12/2009 Report Any Concerns About the Cotton Fee Referendum
11/10/2009 CPSC Hints It May Extend Enforcement Stay for Some Products, Issues Draft Guidance on Testing
11/10/2009 Baucus Predicts ATPA, GSP Extension by End of 2009
11/10/2009 Brazil Targets U.S. Cotton, Textile Goods in Preliminary Retaliation List
10/21/2009 UPDATE: Referendum On the Proposed Amendment to the Cotton Order
10/20/2009 Trade Benefits Urged at Senate Finance Hearing on Customs Reauthorization Bill
10/19/2009 Obama Certifies Haiti Eligible for HOPE II Benefits
10/16/2009 TREASURY DEPARTMENT REPORT FINDS CHINA DOES NOT MANUPILATE ITS CURRENCY; SCHEDULES JCCT MEETING FOR END OCTOBER
10/16/2009 COAC MEETING SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 4
10/14/2009 Senate Finance to Hold Hearing on Customs Reauthorization Bill October 20
10/14/2009 CPSC to Announce Rule on Lead Testing for Apparel Components in Matter of Weeks
10/14/2009 Bourke Denied Re-Trial in FCPA Conviction
10/14/2009 USITC To Issue First Sale Report in December
10/13/2009 Cotton Referendum Ballots Now Available
10/05/2009 Cotton Referendum Scheduled to Expand Number of Cotton Board Producer Seats
10/05/2009 Senate Finance Committee Begins Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Process
10/02/2009 NCTO Reiterates Subsidies Claims, Requests Import Monitoring in USTR Hearing
10/02/2009 ITC Report Says Ending Textile and Apparel Import Restraints
09/29/2009 USA-ITA, Textile Groups Press Administration for Solution to Unrest in Honduras
09/29/2009 NCTO Alleges Chinese Apparel Surge, R
09/29/2009 USA-ITA Urges Immediate Renewal of Generalized System of Preferences
09/29/2009 USA-ITA, Other Groups Reject Proposal to Change Federal Trucking Rules
09/23/2009 Obama Nominates Alan Bersin to Lead Customs and Border Protection
09/23/2009 Labor Continues To Press for Rejection of FTAs
09/23/2009 Textile Groups Seek Stricter Implementation of Buy American Rules
09/23/2009 CITA Publishes New Cap on Duty- and Quota Free Apparel from Sub-Saharan Africa
09/22/2009 Court Orders Commerce Department To Ensure No Double-Counting
09/22/2009 USTR Requests Comments on AGOA Eligibility
09/21/2009 CITA Sets Tariff Rate Quota for Apparel Under ATPA
09/21/2009 CBP Announces Trade Symposium
09/21/2009 USA-ITA Opposes Proposed Revocation of Pullover Ruling under Singapore FTA
09/21/2009 CITA Finds Three Fabrics in Short Supply in CAFTA-DR Region
09/17/2009 U.S., Others Continue To Push Textile-Specific Labeling Proposal in WTO Talks
09/15/2009 Gail Strickler Named Assistant USTR for Textiles
09/15/2009 USA-ITA Files Comments on Colombia, Korea Free Trade Agreements
09/14/2009 Tires Safeguard Decision Raises Prospects for More Union-Based Petitions
09/10/2009 CPSC’s Tenenbaum Says It’s ‘Premature’ to Support Changes to CPSIA, but Says Amendments ‘May Be Required’
09/10/2009 Labor Report Targets 122 Products it Believes Made by Child or Forced Labor
09/09/2009 CPSC’s Tenenbaum to Testify at House Panel Tomorrow
09/09/2009 CPSC Settles Cases against Children’s Drawstring Sweatshirts
09/09/2009 CITA Approves Short Supply Request for Woven Modal-Polyester Apparel Fabric
09/04/2009 U.S. Textiles Producers Assert They Are Considering China Safeguard Cases
09/04/2009 Brazil Wins Right to Retaliate in Cotton Dispute, Potential Impact Unknown
09/04/2009 Obama Nominates Michael Punke as Deputy USTR in Geneva
09/04/2009 CPSC to Hold Third China Product Safety Summit October 21-26 in China
09/04/2009 U.S., Indonesia, Malaysia, Others Launch Illegal Logging Talks
09/01/2009 Commerce Seeks TRQ Applications for Worsted Wool Fabrics
09/01/2009 APHIS Revises Lacey Act Implementation Schedule
10/08/2008 CPSC to Finalize Product Hazard Rule on Children’s Drawstring Clothing by Early 2010
10/08/2008 Plan to Ban “Lobbyists” From Advisory Committees Creating Consternation
10/08/2008 U.S. Asks for Textile Machinery Contributions to Haiti
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