3rd March 2017

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, in a March 3 interview, offered insights into general trade priorities and his priorities for the NAFTA renegotiation. Overall, he said his priorities were: "First emphasis...

1st March 2017

Although in January Donald Trump summarised his objectives as “Buy American, hire American", major policy priority summaries now almost ignore trade programmes. Trump’s Address to Congress Donald Trump’s February 28...

28th February 2017

The speed the sourcing environment's changing, you'd think this is a good time for a new strategy. You'd be wrong. No-one knows yet how Britain's options will develop On February...

14th February 2017

A possibly unscripted February 13 remark by Donald Trump might indicate he wants to break up NAFTA, not merely renegotiate it. At a press conference for the Washington visit of...

9th November 2016

Practically every observer thought Hillary Clinton would win the US Presidential election this morning. Most went on to predict her mild hostility to further trade liberalisation meant the short-term prospects...

12th February 2016

Just about every apparel industry commentator on the planet is constantly going on about rising cost prices. But do any of them look at what buyers are paying? In the year to...

13th February 2015

The Yes International sock factory in Mexico's Jalisco state was preparing to re-open on  February 12 after local authorities admitted no evidence had been found to support allegations against it...

5th February 2015

Chinese apparel exports to the West grew faster in 2014 than other apparel exports and than domestic sales. Measured in US dollars, they fell 2.2% in December over December 2013,...

10th January 2015

Mexico published full details in early January of its restrictions on importing textiles and apparel Importers of textile and apparel products of HS Chapters 50 through 63 will be required...

3rd December 2014

Public perception of government and public-sector corruption has recently worsened in virtually all major garment-making countries, according to the 2014 Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index. The Index scores public perceptions in...

9th October 2014

Though China's apparel exports grew healthily in the first half of 2014, it is no longer market leader in five of the thirty-four apparel categories analysed by Clothesource Tradetrak. In...

15th January 2014

Disturbingly similar, deep rooted, tensions - seldom directly linked to garment industry issues - are at the root of most violence recently disturbing Bangladesh, Cambodia, Haiti, Thailand, Egypt, and Malaysia....