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NEWS 2007

  • NTA's David Trumbull Appointed to High Level Government Trade Advistory Committee (11/26/07)
  • NTA Opposes New Partnership for Development Act (10/21/07)
  • Southern Textile News Q & A with NTA Chairman James Robbins (October 2007)
  • Massive Seizure by Italian Revenue Police Nets 510,000 Fake Textile Articles. Read it in Italian or English (10/5/07)
  • Textile Industry Comments on CAFTA-DR "Short Supply" Deficiencies (9/19/07)
  • NTA Upholstery Fabrics Committee responds to Furniture Today article "U.S. Fabrics Hard To Find" (8/6/07)
  • NTA Announces Plans for Major Textile Meeting in Greensboro, N.C., Oct. 21-23 (7/27/07)
  • U.S. Initiates Countervailing Duty Investigation of Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China (7/25/07)
  • NTA Urges Representatives to Support Border Tax Equity Act (6/21/07)
  • NTA Sees Little Value to U.S. Manufacturers in Korea FTA (4/19/07)
  • NTA Calls on U.S. Trade Representative to Seek End of $300 Billion Annual Trade Tax Disadvantage (4/6/07)
  • CCMI announces massive Japanese recall of Chinese origin products fraudulently labelled "cashmere" (2/13/07)
  • NTA Review and Forecast, Southern Textile News (1/22/07)

    NEWS 2006

  • NTA Welcomes New Wool Suit Labeling Requirements, Says Rules will Aid Consumers and Protect Honest Manufacturers and Retailers (12/21/06)
  • Congress Passes Haiti and AGOA Bills (12/13/06)
  • Eight U.S. Senators Urge Rejection of Job-Destroying Haiti (12/08/06)
  • Textile Industry and Labor Officials Urge House and Senate to Reject Job-Destroying Haiti and AGOA Provisions (12/08/06)
  • Cashmere Institute and National Textile Association reported in Japanese newspaper Nippon Sen-i Shinbun and Nippon Sen-i Shinbun (10/11/06)
  • Cashmere Institute and National Textile Association reported in Japanese newspaper SENKEN SHINBUN (10/11/06)
  • AFL-CIO and National Textile Association File First-Ever Worker Rights Case Under U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (9/21/06)
  • Southern Textile News EFA's Robbins ready to step up to chairman (9/11/06)
  • Southern Textile News Q & A with NTA Chairman Jonathan Stevens (9/11/06)
  • U.S. House of Representatives Calls for USTR to Adhere to Textile Negotiating Objectives in WTO Talks (6/29/06)
  • 44 U.S. Representatives wrote USTR calling for sectoral negotiations for textiles in the ongoing Doha talks (6/13/06)
  • Former NTA Chairman William E. Giblin Awarded Honorary Doctorate by UMass (5/28/06)
  • NTA Supports Bill to Define Superfine Wool, Cashmere (4/21/06)
  • NTA Joined by American Apparel and Footwear Association and Parachute Industry Association in letters to Secretary of the Army and Major General Dunwoody regarding the crisis in our industry which threatens our ability to supply our military needs. (3/29/06)
  • U.S. Customs Seizes Another $6 Million in Textile Products (3/22/06)
  • NTA Applauds Rep. Hayes' Effort to Expand Berry Amendment (3/21/06)
  • NTA and AMTAC Respond to CAFTA-DR Short Supply Procedures (3/9/06)
  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection Seizes Textile and Wearing Apparel in Buffalo (2/28/06)
  • United Textile Industry Calls for Textile Sectoral in WTO (2/27/06)
  • Superfine Wool Council Formed (2/17/06)
  • WCBS-TV New York Reports on Thread Count (2/8/06)
  • Karl Spilhaus to Speak at Techtextil, March 28 (2/6/09)
  • U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement Draft Text Available (2/6/06)
  • NTA is Proud Sponsor of MEGATEX (1/26/06)
  • NTA Praises Defense Authorization Bill Signed into Law (1/10/06)
  • NTA Review and Forecast, January 2006 (Jan. '06)

    NEWS 2005

  • Textile Industry Applauds Tighter Berry Amendment (12/23/05)
  • NTA Reacts to WTO Hong Kong Trade Talks Text (12/22/05)
  • NTA Chairman Jonathan Stevens Interviewed in Southern Textile News (Nov. '05)
  • NTA Joined by Apparel and Footwear Association and Parachute Industry Association in letter to U.S. defense procurement heads (10/7/05)
  • NTA President Karl Spilhaus Interviewed on BBC Regarding China Negotiations (9/30/05)
  • U.S. Dept. of Commerce Seeks Info on Textile IP Violations (9/28/05)
  • Burberry Joins Cashmere and Camel Hair Manufacturers Institute (9/27/05)
  • NTA, others, file four China safeguards (9/22/05)
  • NTA, others, file nine China safeguards (9/15/05)
  • NTA Request Clarifies “Thread Count” Issue at FTC (8/25/05)
  • NTA Reaffirms CAFTA Opposition (7/26/05)
  • NTA Reaffirms CAFTA Opposition (7/25/05)
  • Open Letter to Chairman of Consumer Product Safety Comm. Regarding China (6/6/05)
  • Fabric Makers Say NO to CAFTA (5/25/05)
  • China Safeguard Chronology (5/24/05)
  • What Do the New China Safeguards Mean? (5/16/05)
  • NTA Governmment Textiles Committee Meets with Dept. of Defence (4/28/05)
  • China Safeguards Offer Reprieve (4/7/05)
  • Industry Files Seven China Safeguards (4/6/05)
  • Textile Industry, Citing Damage, Urges Action on Safeguards (3/11/05)
  • NTA Urges Prompt Action on China Safeguards (01/19/05)

    NEWS 2004

  • Citing Import Data Textile Industry Calls for Safeguard (10/12/04)
  • U.S. Must Initiate China Safeguard, Says NTA (9/21/04)
  • NTA Announces Textile Bedding Committee (8/05/04)
  • NTA Testifies on Flammability (7/13/04)
  • Senator Elizabeth Dole Writes with Her Concerns Regarding Expiration of Quotas (6/24/04)
  • Twenty-nine Senators and 88 Representative Endorse Quota Extention (6/9/04)
  • List of Istanbul Declaration Signers (6/9/04)
  • Brussels Meeting June 15-17 Regarding Quotas and Istanbul Declaration (5/27/04)
  • NTA to Celebrate 150 Years (5/25/04)
  • NTA Announces Formation of Upholstery Fabrics Council (4/22/04)
  • Textile Industry Challenges Candidates (1/29/04)
  • Government Regulatory Expert Joins NTA (1/09/04)
  • NTA Review and Forecast, January 2004 (Jan. '04)

    NEWS 2003

  • NTA Denounces CAFTA (12/18/03)
  • NTA CAFTA Positions (12/12/03)
  • NTA Responds to China Safeguard (11/19/03)
  • CITA to Implement China Safeguard (11/18/03)
  • Commerce Secretary Evans Speaks at NTA Meeting (11/12/03)
  • Industry Urges Action on China Safeguard (10/28/03)
  • Senators and Representatives ask President to Act on China (10/29/03)
  • NTA Presents at Standards Roundtable (10/07/03)
  • Upholstery Flammability Standards Get Endorsement (9/24/03)
  • Textile/Fiber Coalition CEOs Announce Grassroots Lobbying Campaign(8/11/03)
  • United Textile Industry Files China Safeguard Petitions (7/24/03)
  • Joint Industry Letter to President Bush (7/7/03)
  • United Textile Industry Calls for Action on China (6/11/03)
  • China Textile Safeguard Procedures (5/22/03)
  • NTA's Karl Spilhaus Tours Textile Industry in Japan and Hong Kong (3/5/03)
  • NTA "White Paper" Global Piracy in Textile industry (2/13/03)
  • NTA Meets Administration and Congress (2/5/03)

    NEWS 2002

  • NTA Response to U.S.-Chile FTA (12/12/02)
  • NTA Re affirms Trade Policy Position (10/29/02)
  • Northern Textile Association and Knitted Textile Association to Merge (8/7/02)
  • NTA Forms Intellectual Property Rights Working Group (8/20/02)
  • NTA remarks on the twentieth anniversary of the American facilities of Jabok Mueller (3/11/02)
  • Administration's Valentine to Pakistan a Slap to American Textile Industry (2/15/02)
  • NTA Urges Administration and Congress to Keep Textile Promises (2/8/02)
  • NTA Review and Forecast, January 2002 (Jan. '02)

    NEWS 2001

  • NTA Statement on Industry Crisis with Regard to non-Reciprocal Trade Concessions (10/2/01)

    NEWS 2000

  • NTA Launches New Group for Textile Finishers (2/1/00)