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US footwear association claims ‘historic win’

26/06/2015

US Senators have passed the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which footwear companies have described as “a historic win”.

Agreed by a vote of 60 to 38, the bill now heads to President Obama for his signature.

 It will mean the 12 nations negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) can move quickly if and when they finalise remaining issues.

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