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TPP ‘would save US families billions in children’s shoes’

18/08/2016

The president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA), Matt Priest, says the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade agreement would save US families billions of dollars, after the FDRA released a report showing a large increase in duties on children’s footwear over the past decade. The report said...

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