With TPP Talks In End Game, USTR Shakes Up Textiles Negotiating Team

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has reshuffled the U.S. team leading the textile and apparel negotiations in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) -- one of the most sensitive areas of the talks -- amid what officials have described as the home stretch of the initiative, according to informed sources. Earlier this year, Gail Strickler, assistant U.S. trade representative for textiles and apparel, stopped serving as the lead negotiator for the area in TPP. In addition, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative...