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Children’s Footwear Duties Increase Dramatically

Duties on children’s shoes are rising drastically. A total of 99.9% of children’s shoes sold in the U.S. are…

Pakistan Removes Duty Exemption On Imported Cotton; Cotton Industry Struggles

Pakistan’s Economic Coordination Committee (ECC), an arm of the country’s Cabinet, decided to lift the…

Mexican Shoemaking Industry Pinched by Chinese Competition

Mexico’s shoe industry is straining under the weight of globalization, yielding ground to aggressive Chinese…

Pakistan Considers Imposing Duties on India Yarn Imports

Contradicting the trend towards thawing commercial ties, the Pakistani government is considering…

Bangladesh To Allow Duty-Free Imports Of Fire and Safety Equipment

In the wake of strong encouragement by U.S. and Canadian trade groups, Bangladesh announced that import…

Cotton Price Instability Creates Internal Rift in India; Free Market Pitted Against Gov’t Regulation

India has been entangled in an internal debate about how to properly regulate its cotton exports, an…

Vietnam Continues to Dominate TPP Debate; Footwear Tariffs Now the Issue

After nineteen arduous rounds of negotiations, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has become a case study in…

How to Sidestep EU’s Increased Duty on Denim

Last April, the EU announced it was tripling the duty on high-end denim, to 38 percent from 12 percent. The…

India Slashes Textile Tariffs On Pakistan

In what many are calling a watershed historical moment, India has announced plans to dramatically....