AAFA Supports TPP Deal, Pushes Clarifications On Vietnam Labor Plan

The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) this week publicly announced its support for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), but the group is seeking clarifications from the administration on several aspects of the associated U.S.-Vietnam labor consistency plan before the agreement comes to a vote in Congress. The group's problems relate to a provision in the consistency plan that allows the U.S. to unilaterally suspend future tariff phaseouts after year five of implementation if it determines that Vietnam has failed to...