We’d like to congratulate Dr. Sheng Lu, Assistant Professor of Fashion & Apparel Studies at the University of Delaware and author of USFIA’s Fashion Industry Benchmarking Studies, on winning the Paper of Distinction Award at the International Textile & Apparel Association Conference, which was held in Santa Fe, New Mexico in November. He presented his paper, Potential Impact of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) on Related Textile and Apparel Trade Flows. Dr. Lu recently provided an analysis of the TPP tariff phase-out schedule to USFIA members, and we look forward to working with him on the third benchmarking study in the first quarter of next year!