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Apparel, Accessories Sales Soar in January
Inspired by warm weather and armed with gift cards, consumers spent heavily at retail last month, the…
End of Presidential Trade Authority Looms Over Agenda
The U.S. is driving its domestic and global trade agenda this year with a single engine -- the expiration of…
Retail Takes Snow in Stride
Retailers in the Northeast were still digging out Monday as they assessed the sales lost from store closures…
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The overall trade deficit jumped almost 18 percent last year.
Bill on China’s Trade Status Meant to Promote Reforms
The Graham-Dorgan bill is widely seen as a symbolic political statement and its passage in the Senate and…
Dems Seek Trade Cop
Senior House Ways and Means Democrats introduced a bill Wednesday to create a so-called Congressional Trade…
Customs Filling Import Inspector Jobs
In May, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, who had been appointed just two months earlier, pledged…
Retailers’ Suit Targets Health Legislation
The Retail Industry Leaders Association filed separate lawsuits Tuesday against government labor officials…
Bush Budget: Give and Take on Programs
President Bush sent a $2.7 trillion 2007 federal budget proposal to Congress that adjusts the belt on a…
Textiles Gains Jobs for 5th Straight Month
The textile and apparel manufacturing sector showed some stability last month and increased payrolls by 2,900…
Bush Lauds Benefits of Global Trade
President Bush's warning against protectionism and effort to spotlight the benefits of global trade in the…
Baucus Plans Legislation
The ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, Sen. Max Baucus, said Wednesday that he would introduce…
Abramoff’s Links to the Industry
Disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff wove his tangled web into the fashion industry.
Retail Prices Fall for Eighth Straight Year
Apparel retail prices, impacted by retail competition and cheap imports, fell for the eighth consecutive year…
CAFTA Not Quite Ready to Roll
Implementation of the Central American Free Trade Agreement by all seven signatory countries is up in the…