National Textile Association Urges Congress to Reject
the New Partnership for Development Act of 2007

On October 21, 2007, at the 153rd Annual Meeting of the National Textile Association in Greensboro, North Carolina, the officers and directors of the National Textile Association, by unanimous vote, stated the Association’s opposition to the New Partnership for Development Act of 2007 and urged Congress to reject this flawed legislation by adopting the following resolution:

Whereas legislation has been introduced in the United States House of Representatives entitled the New Partnership for Development Act of 2007;

Whereas this legislation will grant nearly $1 billion in annual U.S. duty relief to exporters of textile and apparel products to the United States;

Whereas some of the current largest exporters of textiles and apparel products to the U.S. will be granted duty relief under this legislation;

Whereas the duty relief granted under this legislation will come at the expense of producers of textile and apparel products in the U.S. and their nearly 600,000 workers still employed in these industries in the U.S.; and

Whereas producers of textile and apparel products in the Caribbean region who purchase the majority of U.S. textile exports will also be negatively impacted;

Therefore be it resolved:

The Board of Government of the National Textile Association opposes the New Partnership for Development Act of 2007 and encourages Congress to reject this flawed legislation.