U.S., Mexico, Peru Team Up On Apparel ROO; 'Gimped Yarn' Exception Erased

TAMUNING, Guam -- Textile and apparel negotiators for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) here have been reviewing a new unified proposal by the United States, Mexico and Peru that covers hundreds of product-specific rules and pulls back on a previous U.S. proposal to allow third-country sourcing for some products using so-called "gimped yarn." This yarn is used primarily in the production of hosiery and socks. The U.S., Mexico and Peru tabled their unified proposal for textile and apparel rules of origin...