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Innovation is Hallmark of Hosiery Expo
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- The latest hosiery-producing technology, featuring equipment with higher speeds…
Scrapping Over the Pact’s Crucial Details
WASHINGTON -- While the debate mounts over the broader issues of the GATT Uruguay Round treaty, the nation's…
GATT’s Chances on Capitol Hill: It’s No Sure Bet
WASHINGTON -- As Congress starts zeroing in this week on the GATT Uruguay Round treaty, prospects for the…
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Ecology Goes Mainstream
NEW YORK -- The green movement is continuing to build momentum in the textile and apparel industries, fueled…
A Quarter of the House Asks Clinton to Renew China MFN
WASHINGTON -- With President Clinton's decision on China's trade status expected soon, 106 members of the…
Cotton Expands its R&D
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Cotton Incorporated, the promotional arm of the nearly 35,000 U.S. cotton growers, has…
Execs & Events: Metro’s International Push … NAFTA North
METRO'S INTERNATIONAL PUSH: In an effort to attract apparel makers that already source goods overseas, Metro…
U.S. Working to Ease Mexican Border Tie-Ups
WASHINGTON -- The hours-long traffic backups in moving merchandise at the U.S.-Mexico border aren't about to…
Kuwait in Agreement on Textile, Apparel Quotas
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. and Kuwaiti governments have signed a memorandum of understanding establishing quotas…
Firms in Race with Haitian Embargo Date
WASHINGTON -- The full trade embargo slapped on Haiti last Friday by the United Nations Security Council has…
Hoechst Taps Lehman as Textile Fibers Head
NEW YORK -- Donald R. Lehman has been named president of the textile fibers group of Hoechst Celanese Corp…
U.S. Labor Asks Makers in L.A. for Cooperation
LOS ANGELES -- On the heels of a survey that revealed widespread abuse of labor laws in California's garment…
Couterfeiting Continues to Irk Fashion Firms
NEW YORK -- Plagued with a proliferation of counterfeit designer merchandise, lawyers, trade representatives…
Promised Funds to Fight Transshipping Under Attack
WASHINGTON -- The additional funding promised by President Clinton to beef up the Customs Service's…
Execs & Events: More Duties for Harris … Burlington Names Clippart … a White Spring …
MORE DUTIES FOR HARRIS: William B. Harris, who last week was named head of Hoechst AG's worldwide fibers…