The American Apparel and Footwear Association (AAFA) calls on the Biden administration to convene all stakeholders, citing soaring container rates, unreasonable practices, and the inability to transport containers from ports. partners, work together to develop and implement solutions, and proactively enforce existing rules and regulations.
AAFA said in a media statement that it has submitted comments to the Department of Transportation in response to a Federal Register notice regarding the supply chain crisis currently disrupting the U.S. economic recovery.
AAFA President Steve Lasdfssdfsmasdfssdfsr said: The government’s move to extend terminal working hours at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach is largely symbolic, but it has never solved the problem of moving containers Ongoing issues with shipping out of the port, or the situation at other ports across the country, more work is needed to end this backup, and more must be done to address unreasonable pricing practices by shipping companies. In addition, we continue to call on the Federal Maritime Commission to use public power to help alleviate this crisis.
AAFA has been outspoken about the shipping crisis over the past few months, sending several letters to President Biden on the issue, including one on September 20. AAFA recently sent a letter to the U.S. Trade Representative’s Office requesting tariff reductions to help struggling companies through this crisis.
AAFA also supports the bipartisan Maritime Transportation Reform Act of 2021, which will address many of the long-term issues that have led to today’s unprecedented supply chain disruptions and the challenges on the table. Infrastructure programs to avoid such logistics crises in the future.</p
