AAFA in Long Beach: AAFA's team is in Long Beach, California this week for the Spring Environmental Committee and Social Responsibility Committee meetings on February 6 and the Product Safety & Compliance Seminar on February 7. Don't miss this opportunity to get your product safety questions answered!

Tariff update: On January 30, AAFA signed onto both a multi-association letter and multi-organization letter to Members of Congress expressing support for new legislation to reform the Section 232 tariff statute. This was followed by a January 31 joint letter to the nation's governors explaining the damage tariffs inflict on individual states.

Incentivizing the use of U.S. content in imports: On January 31, AAFA sent a joint association letter to the leadership of the Senate Finance Committee and House Ways and Means Committee supporting an update to 9802, which would allow importers to assess duties on just the foreign value added abroad, and not on U.S. origin materials used to manufacture the final product. For more on this initiative, see this op-ed co-authored by AAFA's Steve Lamar.

AAFA submits comments on EU trade agreement: AAFA submitted post-hearing comments to the U.S. International Trade Commission regarding a potential U.S.-EU trade agreement. These comments were submitted following AAFA's in-person testimony in December.

AAFA’s NEW international minimum wage matrix: The AAFA International Apparel & Footwear Minimum Wage Matrix was created to help members navigate international minimum wage requirements. Information ranges from the official minimum wage in local currency (as of January 2019) and maximum working hours, to the expected timeline for next minimum wage increase. Download here (member login required).

See all of AAFA’s latest letters, comments, and testimony here.