After TPP Rift, New Balance Seeks Legislation To Force DOD On Shoes

After publicly breaking with the Obama administration on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, New Balance and its congressional supporters are seeking to force the administration's hand in a related fight over their demands that the Department of Defense (DOD) outfit military recruits with U.S.-made athletic shoes. Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-MA), who is a key New Balance supporter and sits on the House Armed Services Committee, has signaled she may try this week to offer an amendment to that effect to the defense...