IMPORT & EXPORT
Import Scares, Supply-Chain Snares—How to Navigate Tariff Uncertainty
By Dorothy Crouch, Contributing Writer | September 19, 2025
California Apparel News asked experts in fiber, yarn and fabric: How have you navigated through proposed and implemented tariffs that impact your business from raw materials to finished goods?
Congressional Vote of Trans-Pacific Partnership Moves Farther Down the Road
Congress may not vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal until sometime after the November presidential election.
Indian Garment Company Fined for Stealing Software
California’s attorney general has won a settlement from a clothing factory in India accused of stealing intellectual property from U.S. software companies.
2015 RETROSPECTIVE: China Stays on Top as U.S. Clothing Factory
China’s exports of textiles and apparel to the United States saw a 1.5 percent increase over last year, meaning that the nation of 1.35 billion people and nearly 20,000 apparel and textile factories sent $43 billion worth of goods to the United States for the 12 months ending Oct. 31.
Super-Sized Mega-Ship Making Its Way to California Ports
The largest container ship ever to call in the United States will be arriving at three California ports to test the waters on how the facilities handle a megaship of this size.
Newsmakers 2015: Mammoth Free-Trade Agreement Talks Concluded
After seven years of negotiations, trade representatives from 12 countries hammered out a final agreement this year on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which could change free-trade as we know it between the United States and Asia.
Newsmakers 2015: Lengthy Negotiations End in New Longshore Workers Contract
The beginning of the year was a challenging time for shippers, who found their merchandise delayed for weeks at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach.
Store Inventory Levels Remain Stubbornly High
The total number of cargo containers coming into the nation’s major ports will increase approximately 5.5 percent this year compared with last year, according to the National Retail Federation.
U.S. Trade Representative Visits Port of Long Beach
With 40 percent of the nation’s cargo-container traffic arriving at Los Angeles–area ports, trade has become a very important economic engine for the area.
Cargo Container Imports Grow Except in Southern California
Import volumes at most of the nation’s ports are on the upswing as retailers bring the last of their goods in for the holiday season.
Final Text Released for the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
After years of negotiating a trade agreement between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries, the U.S. government released the final text outlining the deal.
Port Clerks Get Early Start on Contract Negotiations
It seems like only yesterday that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were clogged with container ships after contract negotiations with the workers of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union dragged on for nine months.
Negotiators Reach Agreement Over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Deal
After eight years of negotiations that took place in various cities around the world, trade negotiators from 11 Pacific Rim countries and the United States finally have agreed to a trade accord that will affect 40 percent of the world’s economy.
Cargo Container Volumes Show Healthy Increases at the Ports
Southern California’s two major ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach have seen a revival of activity this summer as shippers return to the West Coast after a major port congestion problem earlier this year.
