The Trade Partnership examined the top exports to Vietnam for all 50 states. These reports emphasize how current barriers to trade for major U.S. exports will fall upon Vietnam’s accession to the WTO. Produced for the Business Roundtable, copies may be obtained from the BRT’s website, or an example may be downloaded here.
Imports from China have been blamed for unemployment and many other economic woes in the United States. However, a recent study by Trade Partnership Worldwide, LLC shows that imports from China support thousands of U.S. jobs. Prepared for the National Retail Federation.
Trade Partnership President Laura Baughman pulls back the curtain to reveal three very different sub-sectors of the textile and apparel industry. Baughman examines whether the textile and apparel industry is truly on life support, as the “Wizard” wants policy makers to believe, or just in need of a little medicine.
The Trade Partnership examined the benefits of trade and investment under the proposed U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement for 83 individual congressional districts throughout the United States. The Trade Partnership also examined how the DR-CAFTA will benefit the various sectors and industries of the U.S. economy. Produced for the Business Roundtable, copies may be obtained from the BRT’s website, or an example may be downloaded here.
This study by The Trade Partnership estimates that proposed antidumping duties on shrimp imports could raise the price of shrimp by as much as 44 percent. Copies of the study may be downloaded here.
In a speech to the 39th Session of the Council of Representatives of the International Clothing and Textile Bureau, Trade Partnership President Laura Baughman discussed the textile and apparel industry in a post-quota world.
Download a copy of Ms. Baughman’s speech.
January 1, 2004 marked the 10th anniversary of the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. This study examines the trade and investment flowing between the United States and its NAFTA partners and the benefits NAFTA has had on the US economy. Produced for the Business Roundtable, copies may be downloaded from the BRT’s website, or from here.
This study quantifies the impact of protectionism on consumer spending on a wide variety of goods — apparel, food, bicycles — and calculates what the national sales tax would be if consumers were told what they were paying to protect these industries from imports. Prepared for Consumers for World Trade, copies may be downloaded here.
This study analyzes two-way trade and investment trends between the United States and Australia. In preparation for negotiations for a free trade agreement between the two nations, the study examines the successes in U.S.-Australian trade and investment and the prospects under the future free trade agreement. This report was prepared for the American-Australian Free Trade Agreement Coalition; copies may be obtained from the American-Australian Free Trade Agreement Coalition or downloaded here in PDF format.
“Ambassador Zoellick read this report this morning and he said, ‘We need more reports just like this one.'”
— Chris Padilla, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Liaison
This study measures the impact on jobs in the steel-consuming sectors of higher steel prices during 2002 caused by steel tariffs, the imposition of trade remedy penalties on imports, domestic steel plant shut downs, and relative international steel costs.
“The key issue now is whether the ITC will look at the impact [of steel tariffs] not just on U.S. steel makers but also on steel users. The ITC might start by consulting a recent study by …Trade Partnership Worldwide.” — Wall Street Journal editorial, Feb. 23, 2003
Prepared for the CITAC Foundation; copies may be obtained from the Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition or downloaded here.
