By Kristi Ellis
Julia Hughes, president at the U.S. Fashion Industry Association, said, “In other sections of the platform they talk about our leadership in the world, global policies, American values, labor values and antitrafficking values. Those are areas where trade supports the positive policy that is in the platform and yet there is no reference to any kind of positive impact from trade. That is very disappointing, but probably not surprising given how trade has been polarized in both conventions.”