By Deborah Belgum

The United States has free-trade agreements with 20 countries around the world, but only 14 percent of the apparel imported into the United States actually takes advantage of them.

“Clearly, the free-trade agreements aren’t being used,” said Julie Hughes, president of the U.S. Fashion Industry Association, a Washington, D.C.–based apparel trade group that held a Feb. 17 panel discussion on free-trade accords during MAGIC Market Week in Las Vegas.

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