July 31, 2020 7:50AM ET

USMCA Is Here, But Is the Footwear Sector Ready to Adapt?

With USMCA now in effect for about a month, the footwear industry is digging its heels into what it means to fully implement it, FDRA says. — "Zapatik" is a industry dedicated to manufacturing hand-made shoes with fabrics from the region of Zunil in Guatemala, and their shoes are to distribute at Guatemala, Belize, Colombia, but the low production due the lockdown of coronavirus they have changed the manufacture of shoes to produce protective masks.

CREDIT: Iliana Suarez/Eyepix/Abaca/Sipa USA. (Sipa via AP Images)

Now that the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) has been in effect for nearly a month, the footwear industry is digging its heels into what it means to fully implement the pact. Anne Woelke, product manager for free trade agreements at Thomson Reuters, and Matt Priest, president and CEO of the Footwear Distributors & Retailers Association…

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