USA-ITA West Coast Seminar: The 2012 Outlook (and Beyond!) for Apparel Importers

Our agenda for the day includes:

• Trade Policy in 2012: An Overview, featuring Jon Fee, Partner at Alston & Bird LLP, Julia K. Hughes, President of USA-ITA, and David Spooner, USA-ITA Washington Counsel with Squire Sanders & Dempsey

• Customs Keynote, featuring Richard DiNucci, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, U.S. Customs & Border Protection

• A Conversation on Customs, featuring John Pellegrini, USA-ITA Customs Counsel with McGuireWoods LLP and Julie Engelbertson, Supervisory Import Specialist, Port of San Francisco

• A Conversation with the Obama Administration, featuring Gail Strickler, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Textiles 

• The Korea FTA: What Now? featuring Jon Fee, Partner at Alston & Bird LLP, and Won Sok Yun, Director General & Chief Trade Commissioner at the Korea Trade Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) Los Angeles

• A Conversation with Cotton, featuring Elizabeth King, Vice President of Importer Relations at The Cotton Board, and Mark Messura, Senior Vice President of Global Supply Chain Marketing at Cotton Incorporated

• Business Case for Sustainability: Differentiate by Implementing Sustainable Design, featuring Brian Whitters, DVP Sustainability at SGS

• A Conversation on TPP: The Importer's Perspective, featuring Helga Ying, Senior Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy, Levi Strauss & Co.

• Wrap Up: How Retailers & Brands Can Affect Policy, featuring Julia K. Hughes, President of USA-ITA; John Pellegrini, USA-ITA Customs Counsel; and David Spooner, USA-ITA Washington Counsel

This event is approved for 6 CCS credits via NCBFAA. To be eligible for the credits, please give us your NCBFAA number when you register for the event.