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U.S. Textile Groups Ask for Revisions in Korean Free-Trade Agreement

by Deborah Belgum, Senior Editor August 13, 2010
The free-trade agreement between South Korea and the United States still isn’t a done deal, but already the textile provisions are mired in controversy. Various U.S. textile and apparel manufacturing groups fear Korean yarns and fabrics will more»

Guatemala Reacts to Allegations of Labor Violations

by Deborah Belgum, Senior Editor August 13, 2010
Confusion but not cancellations so far as Guatemala leaders make plans to meet with U.S. labor officials After the Obama administration notified authorities it would file a complaint alleging labor violations in Guatemala, that country’s government has been doing damage control to alleviate more»

A Touch of Brazil in Los Angeles

August 06, 2010
There’s a bit of Brazil tucked into a corner of the Westfield Fashion Square in Sherman Oaks, Calif., where Brazilian footwear and accessories brand Carmen Steffens houses its U.S. flagship store. When Mark Willingham, president of U.S. operations, opened the California store in 2006, the idea was more»
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