8 June 2016 — Position Papers
Joint declaration by CEC and AAFA on promoting EU-US trade relations
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA), the European Confederation of the Footwear Industry (CEC), and Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America (FDRA) hereby express our support for tariff elimination, regulatory harmonisation and/or mutual recognition, and the removal of other non-tariff barriers to trade in the
footwear sector within the framework of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP).