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TRADE IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ANDNAFTA RE-NEGOTIATIONS
Steve Lamar, Executive Vice President, AAFA
About AAFA
Clothes, Shoes, and Travel
Goods47%Other Products
53%
Allocation of U.S. Import Duties Collected by U.S. Government - 2016
Source: USITCTotal Duties Collected: $32.4 billion
Clothes, Shoes, and Travel
Goods5%
Other Products95%
Allocation of U.S. Imports by Import Value
Source: USITCTotal Imports: $2.16 trillion
Apparel, Footwear, and Travel Goods - Tariffs
Clothes, Shoes, and Travel Goods Account for 5% of All U.S. Imports Yet Generate 47% of All
U.S. Duties Collected
Trade Policy (1)• Trade Policy Review/Overhaul/Studies
• Trade Remedies• Ex. Steel/Aluminum Section 232
• Enforcement• Ex. China IPR Section 301
• Buy American
• Trade Agreements Review• NAFTA• KORUS
• Focus on • Lowering Trade Deficits, • Increasing Enforcement, & • Growing U.S. Exports
Trade Policy (2)
• Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)
• GSP Footwear
• Miscellaneous Tariff Bill (MTB)
• Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
• African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)
NAFTA: Terminate or Negotiate
NAFTA - TPA Timeline
You AreHere
Negotiation Next Steps?• First Round – Washington, DC (August 14-18)• Second Round – Mexico City (September 1-5)• Third Round – Ottawa (September 23-27)• Fourth Round – Washington, DC (October 18-24)• Fifth Round – Mexico City (November 17-21)• Sixth Round – Washington, DC (December?)
What Does NAFTA 2.0 Look Like?
Modernization TrumpTraditional
• ROO• TPL• Short Supply• Chapter Notes• Other
• Customs
• Safeguards
Issues at Stake
What Should Happen?• Do No Harm
• Keep It Trilateral
• Make It Seamless
• Make NAFTA Work Better
How American Are Your Mexican Jeans?
Labels/PackagingMade In:CA, NC, NJ, VA, PA, OH, FL
ZippersMade In:GA, NC, CA
YarnSpun In:NC, SC, GA
Sewing ThreadSpun In: NC, GA
CottonGrown In: 17 states, stretching from Virginia to California
DenimWoven In:NC, TX, GA
PocketingMade In:NC, SC, MS, GA
Buttons, Rivets, SnapsMade In:KY, GA
U.S. Apparel Import Snapshot
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017*
Index of Apparel Imports (2000 to 2017)2000 = 1
ROW
NAFTA
CAFTA-DR
Source: OTEXA
U.S. Textile Export Snapshot
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
U.S. Textile Exports to NAFTA/CAFTA(billions of U.S. dollars)
Source: OTEXA
Why Seamless Matters
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Effective Duty Rate of U.S. Apparel Imports From Colombia2012 (by month)
Colombia FTA Turns OnATPDEA Turns Off
Source: USITC
Four Scenarios• Withdrawal and Termination
• Withdrawal
• Changes
• Status Quo
Questions?
Steve LamarExecutive Vice PresidentAAFAslamar@aafaglobal.org571.332.6449
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