Introduction Of Textile Elasticity Clause Proposed By TPP

< p > the US government has made public the details of its "a" href= "http://www.91se91.com/" target= "_blank" > textile > /a > Product Flexibility clause, which will allow importers to purchase rare garments, textiles and yarn products from the TPP area of the TPP.

"The proposed proposal should relieve the importers of textiles and clothing in the United States of concern about the origin of" Yarn forward "in the draft TPP, Kim Glas, director of the textiles and clothing department of the US Department of Commerce, said yesterday in a conference in New York.

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< p > Glas in this meeting held by the US Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel (USA-ITA), it is pointed out that the United States has proposed the establishment of a list of yarn, cloth and textile supplies which can not be purchased from the member states or in the area.

These list products are still TPP tariff concession products, and it is important that they can be imported freely from other non TPP countries.

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If P TPP is finally signed, the Member States will include the United States, Vietnam, Wunai, Chile, New Zealand, Singapore, Australia, Malaysia, Peru and newly joined Canada and Mexico.

As many textiles and garments can not be obtained from the TPP region, the US government is seeking support from TPP partners. For example, Vietnam's second largest textile and garment producing countries in TPP are mainly importing yarn and cloth products from mainland China and other Asian countries.

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< p > according to the proposal of the United States, the list of supply shortages will be permanent, including textiles purchased and manufactured specially outside the TPP area, such as some kinds of Tweeds produced in the United Kingdom.

There are, of course, a list of tentative supply shortfalls for three years. These products include products that can not be obtained immediately from the TPP region but will be produced in member countries through appropriate technology and investment in the future.

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< p > Glas said that in order to make certain textiles and clothing products listed as preferential tariff preferences and other trade benefits as far as possible, factors such as market and production pfer should be included in the more flexible terms.

For TPP, the last round of consultations in Oakland is the first time the US government has really introduced the concept of supply shortage, including three years' provisional supply shortage list and a permanent list of supply shortages, which has been thoroughly introduced to all the participants. It is indicated that once the TPP is implemented, these items will soon be included in the elastic clause.

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The basic provisions of the original provisions of < p > TPP are based on the concept of "Yarn forward". Basically, it is stated that all the manufacturing materials of garments, from yarn, cloth, suture and final garment products themselves, must be made in the TPP area, and the preferential tariff will be granted.

TPP rules of origin, which means that its Member States will benefit from the agreement, rather than other countries such as mainland China.

Glas pointed out that for the list of supply shortages, there has been a lot of discussion about the Oakland Round negotiations. Many representatives of the participating countries have also discussed the Short Supply Mechanism. We have met with considerable degree. We hope that there will be good progress in March.

Since the TPP negotiations are scheduled to end by the end of 2013, the summary of the supply shortage list should be completed in June of this year. She urged the US "a href=" http://www.91se91.com/news/index_s.asp "> the products recommended by the textile importers" /a "should be included.

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< p > < strong > the prospect is still hard to predict < /strong > < /p >.

< p > however, David Spooner, a consultant to USA-ITA in Washington, has pointed out that the negotiation of TPP will never be smooth.

On the one hand, some people shout loudly that they must work hard to conclude the TPP agreement. On the other hand, they need to authorize the executive departments to carry out TPP's foreign trade negotiations. There is a big gap between the two.

He held that the mandate of trade negotiations was not approved by Congress (allowing the president to submit a complete version of the proposal to the house of Representatives and allow the Congress to vote directly for or against it). It is impossible to complete the TPP negotiations.

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< p > and the problem is also in the "Yarn forward" rule of origin, which has caused the disagreement between the relevant groups, such as the National Council of Textile Organization (NCTO) which supports the clause and the main retailers in the United States.

This reflects US textile manufacturers' support for such terms in other trade agreements (such as FTA:DR-CAFTA in Dominica, Central America and the United States), which guarantees and even expands the export market of American textiles and keeps us textile workers' job opportunities.

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< p > and American retailers certainly take a different view. What they want is to let them freely import products.

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Maureen Gray, chairman and vice chairman of Ralph Lauren international trade at P > USA-ITA, pointed out in the aforementioned meeting that the US importers' group will cooperate with the US negotiators in the next few weeks, hoping that TPP will not be too harsh in the "a" href= "http://www.91se91.com/news/index_f.asp" > the "restriction" clause of the garment part.

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The P fifteenth round of TPP negotiations was held in Oakland, New Zealand last December. The next round of negotiations is scheduled to be held in Singapore in March this year.

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