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NCTO appreciates deal on USMCA

The National Council of Textile Organisations (NCTO), representing the comprehensive spectrum of U.S. textiles from fiber though finished sewn products, welcomes the deal on the U.S. Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) between the administration and House Democrats and urges the administration and Congress to get the deal across the finish line.

 “The new USMCA makes several improvements that would greatly benefit the U.S. textile industry and bolster our $20 billion in annual trilateral textile and apparel trade,” addedNCTO President and CEO Kim Glas. “U.S. textile exports alone to Canada and Mexicothe industry’s top two export markets totaled $12 billion last year, underscoring the importance of the trade deal to the industry’s Western Hemisphere supply chain as well as its growth and investment in the U.S.”

The USMCA updates and modifies the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and makes significant improvements, including, creation of a separate chapter for textiles and apparel rules of origin with strong customer enforcement language. Stronger rules of origin for sewing thread, pocketing, narrow elastics and certain coated fabrics.  Under the current NAFTA, these items can be sourced from outside the region USMCA fixes this loophole and ensures these secondary components are originating to the region.

The deal also fixes the Kissell Amendment Buy American loophole, ensuring that a significant amount the Department of Homeland Security spends annually on clothing and textiles for the Transportation Security Administration is spent on domestically produced products.

 

 
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