American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC)
Auggie Tantillo, Executive Director
AMTAC is a trade association representing more than 150 companies in the textile and apparel sector. The following is excerpted from an October 7, 2011, letter from AMTAC to members of Congress. AMTAC strongly opposes KORUS for three main reasons: • the agreement is flawed in concept; • the terms of the agreement are unfavorable to key industries such as textiles; and • the textile and apparel provisions in the agreement are unlikely to be adequately enforced. These problems are why as many as an estimated 40,000 U.S. jobs are expected to be lost in the first seven years after…
