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About The Webinar

The African Growth & Opportunity Act (AGOA) duty-free preference program was extended by Congress through 2025.  With the Administration’s new approach to trade from China and renegotiation of NAFTA, the AGOA duty-free program is a great alternative, including for hats and bags that were just hit with 10-25% additional duties from China.

Key Topics

Join us to learn how you can minimize duty payments. This webinar will cover:

  • AGOA rules of origin for
    • Knit and woven apparel
    • Sweaters
    • Hats
    • Bags
    • Textile Articles
  • Rules related to findings and trimmings and other components
  • Documents required to support an AGOA duty-free claim

Speaker

Elise Shibles

Partner, Advisory Committee; Textiles & Apparel Practice Leader; Forced Labor Practice Leader
415-490-1403 eshibles@strtrade.com

ELISE SHIBLES is a Partner, Advisory Committee with Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A., resident in the San Francisco office. She leads the firm’s Textiles and Apparel Practice as well as its Forced Labor Practice. She advises and counsels clients on trade agreement and preference program requirements for a variety of different types of goods under U.S. and non-U.S. trade programs including USMCA, QIZ, ASEAN-China and EU-Vietnam, among others. She also has extensive expertise in all aspects of textile and apparel trade and policy including classification, origin, marking, Section 301 tariff mitigation, drafting and reviewing proposed legislation, and strategy for trade negotiations. 

415-490-1403 eshibles@strtrade.com

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