The Commerce Department extended for a second time its decision on whether to initiate a Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) safeguard on socks from Honduras, from Dec. 19 to Jan. 18, 2008, a Commerce spokesman said. The decision was announced in the Federal Register on Dec. 17. Commerce previously extended the deadline from Nov. 19 to Dec. 19, apparently for the purpose of including third-quarter domestic sock production data in its deliberations. Also this week, seven congressmen sent a...
