[20190305]IF11124_纺织和服装行业对拟议的美国-墨西哥-加拿大（USMCA）协议的某些条款存在分歧.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov March 5, 2019Textile and Apparel Sectors Disagree on Certain Provisions of the Proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) Agreement Introduction The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is the proposed replacement of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which entered into force in 1994 and gradually eliminated tariffs and quotas on regionally made textile and apparel products. The proposed agreement would make several changes in rules affecting textiles and apparel among the three countries. U.S. textile manufacturers and the apparel and retail industries have expressed overall support for the USMCA. Still, certain provisions have been controversial, and textile producers and the apparel sector hold divergent views. If Congress considers the USMCA, its textile and apparel provisions may draw particular scrutiny. U.S. Textile and Apparel Manufacturing Textile and apparel manufacturing covers several different industrial processes (Figure 1). Textiles are made with fibers harvested from natural sources (such as cotton or silk), manufactured from cellulosic materials (such as rayon or acetate), or made of man-made synthetic materials (such as polye