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                                The Changing Landscape of World Textile Trade
Sourcing Landscape
Where Are We Today?
•China
•Tariffs
•USMCA (United States–Mexico–
Canada Agreement)
•More Enforcement
•New Trade Talks
Trump Administration Trade Agenda
2019 Trade Policy Agenda
•Inheriting a deeply flawed global
trading system
•Making U.S. trade policy work bet-
ter for American workers
•Pursuing new trade deals and stron-
ger enforcement to continue rebal-
ancing
•America’s trade relationships
In 3 years, President Trump has…
•Withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific
Partnership (TPP)
•Renegotiated U.S.-Korea Free Trade
Agreement and signed trade deal
with Japan
•Renegotiated NAFTA (now called
USMCA)
•Imposed new 232 penalty tariffs on
imports of steel and aluminum
•Imposed new 301 penalty tariffs on
imports from China – Targets forced
technology transfers & IPR viola-
tions
•Imposed new 301 penalty tariffs on
imports from the EU
U.S. Section 301 tariff measures on
Chinese productsJulia K. Hughes is President of the
United States Fashion Industry
Association (USFIA), which represents
brands, retailers, importers, and
wholesalers based in the United States
and doing business globally. She
represents the industry in front of the
U.S. government as well as international
governments and stakeholders,
explaining how fashion companies
create high quality jobs in the United
States and economic opportunities
around the world.
An expert on textile and apparel trade
issues, Julie has testified before
Congress and the Executive Branch.
She frequently speaks at international
conferences including the China & Asia
Textile Forum, Fashion Institute of
Julia K. Hughes
Technology (FIT), Harvard University’s
Bangladesh Development Conference, MAGIC, Prime Source Forum,
Vietnam Textile Summit, and others.
Julie served as the first President and is one of the founders of the
Washington Chapter of Women in International Trade (WIIT) and is one of
the founders of the WIIT Charitable Trust. She also was the first President of
the Organization of Women in International Trade (OWIT). In 1992, she
received the Outstanding Woman in International Trade award and in 2008,
the WIIT Lifetime Achievement Award. She also is a member of the
International Women’s Forum.
She has an M.A. in International Studies from the Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies and a B.S. in Foreign Service from
Georgetown University.
List 2List 4
Affected Products: Products principal-
ly identified under China’s “Made in
China 2025” policy (279 tariff lines).
Effective Date: August 23, 2018. Tar-
iff Rate: 25% on $16 billion annual trade
value. Process: Some exclusions ap-
proved.Affected Products: Essentially all
products not already subject to Sec-
tion 301 additional tariffs. Products in-
clude all apparel, footwear, and manu-
factured textile products. (3805 Tariff
lines). Effective Date: List 4A Septem-
ber 1, 2019 and List 4B December 15,
2019. Tariff Rate: Original 15% on List
4A was reduced to 7.5% on February
14, 2020. List 4B tariffs did not go into
effect. Process: Exclusion process
ended January 31, 2020.List 1List 3
Affected Products: Products that gen-
erally fall into the technology sector and
cut across the aerospace, information
and communications technology, robot-
ics, industrial machinery, and automo-
tive industries (818 Tariff lines). Effec-
tive Date: July 6, 2018. Tariff Rate: 25%
on $34 billion annual trade value. Pro-
cess: Some exclusions approved.Affected Products: Many products in-
cluding consumer items such as head-
wear, leather, apparel, handbags, lug-
gage, gloves, and furniture. (6031 Tar-
iff lines). Effective Date: September 24,
2018 Tariff Rate: 10% immediately on
$200 billion annual trade value. In-
creased to 25% on May 10, 2019. Pro-
cess: Some exclusions approved.
NCM-MARCH 2020
35Higher Tariffs
As of February 19th, the U.S. collect-
ed more than $56.6 billion in additional
tariffs
•$1.4 billion in Section 201 tariffs.