But U.S. Fashion Industry Association Washington Trade Counsel David Spooner said TPLs were written into NAFTA to balance out the general North American sourcing requirement, with provisions allowing for tariff preferences for fabrics especially rare or expensive in the North American region. “We, frankly, would not view the TPLs as a loophole, or their elimination as solving a technical glitch or problem in the agreement,” Spooner said. “In our view, if the TPLs were taken away, those 80 million square meters would not go to U.S. yarns and fabrics, they would probably leave the region entirely.”
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