Textile groups at odds over preserving NAFTA rule of origin flexibilities

Textile groups are split over whether the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement should preserve flexibilities to rules of origin that allow products to receive NAFTA benefits even if they do not have the minimum levels of North American content. At a June 27 public hearing held by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, the National Council of Textile Organizations and the National Cotton Council called for the U.S. to eliminate what they called “loopholes” in NAFTA’s...