By Kristi Ellis
“He understands how the process works, unlike some of the folks on the team who have never been in government,” said Julia Hughes, president at the U.S. Fashion Industry Association. “He does bring to it an understanding of what USTR can do and cannot do. From that perspective, we are not dealing with an unknown entity.”
Hughes said there are still questions and concerns “as we look at the rhetoric from a lot of the team that has been pretty totally negative on what our relationship with China is, what our relationship with NAFTA is and the tweet today [about GM]. All of that obviously raises concern, but we are still waiting for the opportunity to talk with the team and share some of our views.”