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Footwear bosses say TPP would strengthen US manufacturing

10/03/2016

Leaders of Wolverine Worldwide, Brown Shoe Company, LaCrosse Footwear and Elan-Polo have written a letter to US trade representative Michael Froman in support of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The companies operate factories in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Oregon and say the TPP would "strengthen our domestic manufacturing facilities while adding new jobs for Americans in trucking, warehousing, retail and port logistics”.

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