The ultimate irony deal is that in its eagerness to sacrifice U.S. jobs to help Haiti, all the U.S. Congress has accomplished is to make Haiti a transshipment point for apparel from China at the expense of the entire Western Hemisphere. CAFTA trade legislation will mean little for the textile and apparel industries in this region if Haiti becomes law,” Johnson added.
Noting that nearly three million U.S. manufacturing jobs have been lost since 2001, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) Executive Director Auggie Tantillo said, “Congress should reject these proposals because they will cost thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs and drive up the foreign trade deficit.”
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