When: Thu, Mar 27th 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Where: New World Hotel Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City

Event Background

Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Priest and Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) Director Heinzen will visit HCM City to meet with industry and government officials to discuss U.S.-Vietnam apparel trade.

U.S. imports of apparel from Vietnam in 2007 were $ 4.4 billion, accounting for 43% of total U.S. imports from Vietnam, so this is a critical industry sector for Vietnam’s economic and social development. Key issues are the U.S. “import monitoring program” and Vietnam’s “export monitoring program.”

Click on this link for additional background information on U.S.-Vietnam apparel trade.

About Matt Priest, Deputy Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Commerce Import Administration

R. Matthew Priest

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and Apparel

Matt Priest, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Textiles and Apparel, oversees programs and strategies to improve the domestic and international competitiveness of the U.S. fiber, textiles, and apparel industries. Mr. Priest also serves as Chairman of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), which determines when market-disrupting factors exist in the domestic fiber, textiles and apparel marketplace.

Previously, Priest served as Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration at the Department of Commerce, where he advised the assistant secretary on textile and trade issues.

Prior to joining the Department of Commerce, Priest served as Legislative Director for Representative Sue Myrick of North Carolina in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was an advisor in the areas of textiles, trade and economic development.

Mr. Priest earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.

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Additional Background – About the U.S. Commerce Department Textiles and Apparel

Unfair foreign pricing and government subsidies distort the free flow of goods and adversely affect American business in the global marketplace. When that happens, the International Trade Administration can take enforcement actions. ITA’s Import Administration is the agency’s lead unit on enforcing trade laws and agreements to prevent unfairly traded imports and to safeguard jobs and the competitive strength of American industry. From working to resolve disputes to implementing measures when violations are found, we are there to protect U.S. companies from unfair trade practices.

The primary role of Import Administration is to enforce effectively the U.S. unfair trade laws (i.e., the anti-dumping and countervailing duty laws) and to develop and implement other policies and programs aimed at countering foreign unfair trade practices. Import Administration also administers the Foreign Trade Zones program, the Statutory Import Program and certain sector-specific agreements and programs, such as the Textiles and Apparel Program and the Steel Import Monitoring and Analysis licensing system

U.S. Commerce Department – Textiles & Apparel