The fashion industry has been targeted in a government list of $200 billion worth of Chinese imports set for 10 percent levies.

Fifteen nations have launched a pilot electronic certificate of origin program to speed and simplify cross-border trade.

According to WIPO, one-third of the value of manufactured goods sold globally, or $5.9 trillion, comes from “intangible capital,” the third-largest being textiles and apparel.

WTO: World trade to rebound in 2017 and grow by 2.4 percent, but outlook clouded by downside risks and policy uncertainty.

The agreement seeks to expedite the movement, release and clearance of goods across borders.

The pro-economic globalization remarks by Xi mark a turning point in multilateral diplomacy.

While citing some positive developments, the overall picture currently presented by China’s WTO membership remains complex, USTR said.

A number of top WTO envoys used the session to voice their apprehensions about growing antitrade sentiment.

Earlier this year PVH signed the U.N. Women’s Empowerment Principles to reinforce its commitment to gender equality in the workplace.

Some trade experts viewed the 11th hour move by China in the closing stage of the two-day ministerial talks “as a political miscalculation.”

The number of countries ratifying the TFA reached 100 on Nov. 29 when Dominica and Mongolia finalized their approval.

The move by the WTO advances a case the U.S. filed against China in July.

The U.S. filed a case against China at the WTO in July charging that it is using unfair trade practices that put U.S. companies at a competitive disadvantage.

Russia is the world’s 10th largest apparel import market with shipments valued at more than $5.6 billion last year.

WTO trade economists also cut the trade growth forecast for 2017 to between 1.8 and 3.1 percent, down from 3.6 percent previously.