Legislative Trade Package Should Include Tariff Reduction for Outerwear, Apparel Group Says
The American Apparel and Footwear Association offered support for the Optimal Use of Trade to Develop Outerwear and Outdoor Recreation (OUTDOOR) Act, in a Jan. 2 letter to Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash. "With the likelihood that…
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Congress will consider a trade package this year, we are excited about the possibility of the U.S. OUTDOOR Act being passed and signed into law," AAFA CEO Rick Helfenbein said in the letter. Blunt and Cantwell introduced the legislation over the summer (see 1708140031). "The bill has been thoroughly vetted with the domestic textile and apparel industry to ensure that none of the products covered by the bill are made in the U.S.," Helfenbein said. "We support the U.S. OUTDOOR Act because it eliminates the unnecessary and excessively high tariffs on recreational performance apparel that no longer serve their intended purpose. The U.S. OUTDOOR Act will help make these products more affordable for companies to produce, encourage more Americans to get outdoors, and fuel innovation ... helping the U.S. apparel industry and its millions of American workers."