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Contact:  Cass Johnson, 202-822-8025/Missy Branson, 202-822-8026                                                     May 17, 2006

 

 

NCTO Board Adopts New Resolutions on Trade Agreements

at Annual Meeting

 

Urges Immediate Action on CAFTA Fixes

 

Announces “Hill to the Mill” Campaign for Summer 2006

 

 

 

Washington, DC) At its third annual meeting in Washington, DC, from May 14-17, the NCTO Board took the following actions:

 

1)      Trade Agreements:  Adopted a new position regarding support for free trade agreements which takes into account the impact that current WTO DOHA Round negotiations and Vietnam’s final WTO accession agreement will have on the viability of current and upcoming free trade agreements.  The Board advised that it would not support, and could actively oppose, upcoming FTAs and other trade legislation, if the WTO negotiations cited above compromise the integrity and intended trade benefits of current and future agreements.  As a result of the Board decision, NCTO delayed a decision on the Peru and Colombia trade agreements.

 

2)      CAFTA Fixes:  Noting the closure of several U.S. pocketing plants and sharply reduced pocketing orders (down an average of 65% from pre-CAFTA levels) for remaining U.S. producers, NCTO strongly urged the U.S. government to immediately convene the CAFTA Working Group and implement the rule change for pocketing and linings agreed to during CAFTA ratification.  The Board also urged the U.S. Congress to move quickly on legislation implementing these fixes as well as tariff issues associated with “rolling implementation”.

 

3)      Announced that NCTO had initiated a “Bring the Hill to Mill” campaign with the objective of bringing every member of Congress with textile facilities into a textile mill for a briefing on textile trade issues over the next three months.

 

4)      NCTO elected the following officers to serve during the 2006-2007 year:

 

a.       NCTO Chairman:  Smyth McKissick, President, Alice Manufacturing Company

b.      NCTO Vice Chairman:  D. Harding Stowe, President and CEO, R.L. Stowe Mills

c.       NCTO 2nc Vice Chairman:  Wally Darnielle, President and CEO, Plains Cotton Cooperative Association

 

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National Council of Textile Organizations
 

National Council of Textile Organizations
 
    
NCTO Washington Office NCTO North Carolina Office
910 17th Street, NW, Suite 1020 P.O. Box 99
Washington, DC 20006 Gastonia, NC 28053
Phone: (202) 822-8028 Phone: (704) 824-3522
Fax: (202) 822-8029 Fax: (704) 824-0630

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