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• "Hey Retail! Uncle Sam's Hand Is In Your Pocket," Sourcing Journal, 11/18/2022
• "There's a lot of opportunity for a Philippine-U.S. free trade agreement, says industry expert," CNBC Asia, 5/9/2022
• "Top 10 Retail & Wholesale Business Contributors of Forbes," NewsBreak, 4/18/2022
• "Rick Helfenbein on Newsy (via Twitter)" Newsy, 2/22/2022
• "Greta Got It Right: Sustainability Reignites in 2022," Sourcing Journal, 1/30/2022
• "US Retail wants more trade with India as PM Modi returns home," Fibre2Fashion.com, 9/28/2021
• "Adidas sells Reebok to Authentic Brands for $2.5 billion," Yahoo! Finance, 8/12/2021
• "GSP Stalled, But India and America Want It Back, Fibre2Fashion.com, 8/5/2021
• "Acquisitions, spending, lockdowns and more -- Great Quarter, Guys," Freightwaves, 7/6/2021​
• "How Trump's Trade War Built Shein, China's First Global Fashion Giant," Bloomberg, 6/24/2021
• ​"Fashion's New Mandate: Tracing & Transparency Will Change The World" (with Andrew Samet), Sourcing Journal, 5/4/2021
• "Nike reacts to Simone Biles' departure as pressure mounts on brand," Yahoo! Finance, 4/23/2021
• "What the Suez blockage means for U.S. consumers," Great Quarter, Guys, Freightwaves, 3/30/2021
• "Fmr. AAFA President: 'Nike shattered everything you could possibly imagine,'" CNBC, 9/23/2020
• "Government policies have not been helping retail: Former AAFA CEO," Yahoo! Finance, 9/2/2020
• "Fmr. AAFA President: Retail bankruptcies have become fashionable," CNBC, 8/12/2020
• "Fashion retail and Maine lobster are in the same boat," Just-style.com, 6/12/2020
• "How the fashion industry is impacted by U.S., China tensions," Yahoo! Finance, 6/1/2020
• "Trump administration lists some of Amazon's foreign websites as 'notorious' counterfeit markets," POLITICO, 4/29/2020
• "Apparel industry in crisis — Why we need to work as a team," Just-Style.com, 3/30/2020
• "A movement afoot?," POLITICO Morning Trade, 3/4/2020
• "Businesses Struggle to Fix Supply Chains Disrupted by Virus," Associated Press, 2/11/2020
• "How companies are responding to the coronavirus," CNBC, 2/4/2020
• "Coronavirus will have 'blowback' to the global economy, more so than SARS," Yahoo! Finance, 2/3/2020
• "What does the coronavirus mean for US apparel and retail," Just-Style.com, 2/3/2020
• "Apparel Industry Was Forgotten In Phase One Trade Deal," Bloomberg Radio, 1/13/2020
• "America's retailers have 'no choice' but to pass on tariff costs: ex-apparel association CEO," Yahoo! Finance, 1/6/2020
• "Millennials exchanging, shopping boosts post-holiday sales numbers: 'Clothing is on fire right now,' apparel CEO says," Fox Business, 12/26/2019
• "Retail Group CEO on Tariffs: 'We are 90 hours away from hitting an iceberg,'" CNBC, 12/11/2019
• "Trump changes rhetoric on trade war," Yahoo! Finance, 12/4/2019
• "Rick Helfenbein: Latest trade deal news more positive," CNBC, 11/29/2019
• "135M will shop this Black Friday: American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO," Fox Business, 11/26/2019
• "Highways on Fire. Semesters Cut Short. A Recession. Can Heal?," The New York Times, 11/14/2019
• "Hong Kong government must end protest crisis and avoid U.S.-China tensions, says U.S. garment trade chief Rick Helfenbein," South China Morning Post, 11/6/2019
• "U.S.-China 'phase one' deal is not a win for apparel industry, trade group says," CNBC.com, 11/4/2019
• "American Apparel and Footwear Association: Tariffs Have to Go Away," Bloomberg, 11/4/2019
• "Onshoring is not going to happen: U.S. retail group exec," CNBC Asia, 11/4/2019
• "We Didn't Get Anything Out of This 'Partial' Deal, Says AAFA's Helfenbein," Bloomberg, 10/13/2019
• "NBA tensions, trade war threaten huge market for Nike, Adidas: Expert," CNBC, 10/10/2019​​
• "Holiday sales expected to hit record $136 billion this year, despite shorter season," Fox Business, 10/2/2019
• "Amazon's Counterfeit Problem Is Worsening, Says AAFA -- Here's How The Group Is Taking Action," Footwear News, 10/1/2019
• "Trade group chief: American consumer will pay for these tariffs one way or another," Yahoo! Finance, 9/5/2019
• "CEOs have 'real concerns' about new tariffs: American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO," Fox Business, 9/4/2019
• "Helfenbein: Christmas has come early this year, but not necessarily in a good way," CNBC, 9/3/2019
• "Trade war: US hits China with new wave of tariffs," BBC News, 9/2/2019
• "'Retail Armageddon' will hit in 5 days says industry CEO," Fox Business, 8/27/2019
• Mention on "Meet The Press," NBC News, 8/25/2019
• "Trump boosting U.S. tariffs on $550 billion in Chinese imports," 8/24/2019, CBSNews.com, 8/24/2019
• "Retailers Dealt Another Blow as Trump Steps Up China Tariffs," Bloomberg, 8/23/2019
• "Retail struggling, has something to do with tariffs: Rick Helfenbein," CNBC, 8/23/2019
• "Apparel trade group chief on Trump: 'The Grinch didn't do us any favors,'" Yahoo! Finance, 8/16/2019
• "Tariffs are coal in Christmas stockings, retail group CEO warns, Fox Business, 8/15/2019
• "Apparel Industry Warns: Higher Prices are Coming Soon (Radio)," Bloomberg, 8/14/2019
• "Expect mass congestion as retail companies try to ship products before tariffs," CNBC, 8/13/2019
• "U.S. blinks in trade fight with China, delaying tariffs on some imports," CBS News.com, 8/13/2019
• ​"U.S. delays tariffs on some apparel and footwear items," Just-Style.com, 8/13/2019
• "Trump Administration Delays Tariffs on Some China Imports, Including Footwear," Footwear News, 8/13/2019
• ​​"More China tariffs mean higher prices for US consumers, warns retail group CEO," Fox Business, 8/5/2019
• "'We're cooked,' short-term fallout from tariffs will be 'retail ugly': Rick Helfenbein," CNBC, 8/1/2019
• "Tariff Man is back, and American consumers will pay for it," CNN Business, 8/1/2019
• "Facing Trump's tariffs, some companies move, change or wait," The Associated Press, 7/18/2019
• "Trump wants us to leave China, but he's blocking the exit: retail trade group CEO," Yahoo! Finance, 7/16/2019
• "Our exit doors are getting blocked: Apparel industry group chief," CNBC, 7/4/2019
• "When It Comes to Tariffs, Many U.S. Companies are on China's Side," The Wall Street Journal, 6/27/2019
• "Dozens of retailers are in Washington to testify about how Trump's next round of China tariffs could hurt them. Here's what they're saying," Business Insider, 6/26/2019
• "American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO on tariffs: We're feeling the impact," Yahoo! Finance/Fox Business, 6/21/2019
• "Footwear trade group CEO: 'Our members are livid' over tariffs," Yahoo! Finance, 6/18/2019
• "China tariffs a disaster in the making: Apparel industry group head," CNBC, 6/17/2019
• "Business Leaders Converge on Office of U.S. Trade Representative Over Tariff Concerns," All Things Considered, NPR, 6/17/2019​"
• "U.S. Firms say China tariffs will raise costs, see few sourcing alternatives," Reuters, 6/17/2019
• "Hundreds of Companies Descend on Washington to Fight Trump's Tariffs," Bloomberg, 6/17/2019
• "Businesses head to DC to make their case against tariffs," Yahoo! Finance, 6/17/2019
• "Shoe Industry Leaders React to Trump's Decision to Suspend Tariffs on Mexico," Footwear News, 6/10/2019
• "Here's who the U.S. tariffs on Mexico would hurt the most," CBSNews.com, 6/7/2019
• "Trump's Mexico Tariffs could hit American men right in the blue jeans," Quartz, 6/4/2019
• "'Dangerous and destabilizing:' Businesses warn about the risks of Mexico tariffs, CNN.com, 6/2/2019
• "Retail association CEO says Trump tariffs are a 'no-win situation,'" AOL.com/Yahoo! Finance, 5/31/2019
• "Denim Could Be a Big Loser in a Trade War with Mexico, Bloomberg, 5/31/2019
• "President Trump's tariff threats on Mexico are 'damaging' to apparel and footwear industry, Yahoo! Finance, 5/31/2019
• "Mexican tariffs would be bad news for denim retailers," CNBC.com, 5/31/2019
• "Art of the no-deal: Trump's Mexico threat makes U.S. world's biggest rogue trader," NBCNews.com, 5/31/2019
• "Automakers and farmers could get walloped by Trump's Mexico tariffs," CBSNews.com, 5/31/2019
• "Retail association CEO says Trump tariffs are a 'no-win situation,'" Yahoo! Sports, 5/31/2019
• "Shoe Industry Leaders Unite Against Trump's Tariffs in an Unprecedented Way," Footwear News, 5/30/2019
• "Experts say these retailers could be the worst hit by the trade war with China," Business Insider, 5/15/2019
• "Trade Dispute Between U.S. and China Deepens as Beijing Retaliates," The New York Times, 5/13/2019
• "President & CEO 'beyond freaked' over China tariff hikes," CNN, 5/13/2019
• ​"U.S. Consumers at the Mall Won't Be Able to Avoid Trade War Hit," Bloomberg, 5/13/2019
• "'Prices go up, sales go down, jobs get lost:' Apparel trade group CEO sounds alarm on tariffs." Yahoo! Sports, 5/12/2019
• "Breaking down U.S.-China trade impact on retail as tariff hike takes effect," Yahoo! Finance, 5/10/2019​​
• "How steeper U.S. tariffs on China could affect consumers and businesses," CBS News, 5/10/2019
• "'As an industry, We Cannot Survive,' -- Fashion Reacts to Trump's New China Tariff Hike," Footwear News, 5/10/2019
• "How Far Will Tariff Expansion Go?" California Apparel News, 5/9/2019
• "Where Republicans get it wrong," The Washington Times, 5/9/2019
• "Trump's new China tariffs will kill retail industry: American Apparel and Footwear Assn. CEO," Fox Business, 5/7/2019
• "'We're freaked': Trump startles US businesses with fresh tariff hike," CNN, 5/7/2019: Video (5/6/2019)
• "NRF, AAFA oppose Trump threat to hike tariffs on PRC goods," Fibre2Fashion.com, 5/7/2019
• "A tariff increase could be 'devastating' for retail: Trade group exec," CNBC, 5/6/2019
• "Stocks tumble as Trump threatens to raise Chinese import tariffs," Financial Times, 5/6/2019
• "Trump Issues Tariff Threat and China Considers Pulling Out of Talks," The Wall Street Journal, 5/5/2019
• "Trump says he will increase tariffs on Chinese goods on Friday as he complains about pace of trade talks," The Washington Post, 5/5/2019
• "Trade Deal Alone Won't Fix Strained U.S.-China Business Relations," The Wall Street Journal, 4/21/2019
• "US brands and importers back Mongolia Trade Bill," Just-Style.com, 4/17/2019
• "Host Brooke Shields and Fashion Honorees Stun at 41st American Image Awards," CelebSecrets.com, 4/17/2019
• "Trumps tariffs may hurt supply chains: American Apparel and Footwear Association CEO," Fox Business, 4/5/2019
• "Reporting from AAFA: Will We Have a Deal with China?," Apparel Magazine, 3/28/2019
• "Who fights for Apparel and Footwear brands everyday on the Hill?," One Question XYZ Podcast, 3/28/2019
• "China and changing consumer top of mind for US apparel execs," Just-Style.com, 3/22/2019
• "Levi Strauss shares soar after company's second IPO - four experts react," CNBC, 3/21/2019
• "Watch retail experts explain what makes Levi Strauss a sector standout," CNBC, 3/21/2019
• "7 memorable quotes from AAFA's Executive Summit," Retail Dive, 3/21/2019
• "China trade - Hoping for a Mir-a-Lago miracle," Just-Style.com, 3/19/2019
• "How Will the Trade War End? Where Will Shoe Brands Go for Sourcing? And More Crucial Questions Answered at the AAFA Summit," Footwear News, 3/15/2019
• "With One Trade War Truce, AAFA Says Prepare for the Next Battle," Sourcing Journal, 3/14/2019
• "When Malmström meets Lighthizer," POLITICO, 3/6/2019
• "Retail stocks set to bypass tariff woes but face aftershock risk," Reuters, 3/5/2019
• "US-China trade war: how Hong Kong workers are getting caught in the crossfire of tariff spat between global superpowers," South China Morning Post, 3/4/2019
• "'Unhinged madman': Former U.S. budget director says Trump is 'conducting 4 wars on the economy,'" Yahoo! Finance, 12/24/2019
• "Apparel prices will go up in March regardless of trade deal, says American Apparel's Helfenbein," CNBC, 2/21/2019
• "Fearing Trump's China tariffs may never end, companies are taking action," The Washington Post, 2/13/2019
• "Xi Jinping reportedly will meet with Mnuchin, Lighthizer on Trade," Yahoo! Finance, 2/13/2019
• "UN Warns of 'massive' impact of US-China tariff hike," Just-Style.com, 2/11/2019
• "MAGIC 2019: Group warns public on real costs of tariffs," Las Vegas Review-Journal, 2/6/2019
• "Amazon Finally Acknowledges Its Counterfeit Problem -- Here's What It Means for Shoe Brands," Footwear News, 2/5/2019
• "Retail Sector Taking a Hit from Trump's Tariffs," Yahoo! Finance, 1/11/2019
• "Helfenbein: Macy's sell-off was an overreaction," CNBC, 1/11/2019
• "Macy's shares sink, drag down peers," Reuters, 1/10/2019
• "2018: Trump, Tariffs & Turmoil," Sourcing Journal, 1/4/2019
• "Retail is going to turn 'pretty ugly,' says trade group exec," CNBC Asia, 1/3/2019
• "Retailers Hoping for Strong End to Holiday Season," Bloomberg, 12/24/2018
• "'Made in America' can fade in America: Clothing manufacturers worry about trade tariffs," The Washington Times, 12/16/2018
• "How Trump's 'Tariff Man' tweet roiled the markets," Just-Style.com, 12/14/2018
• "Trump poised to make NAFTA ultimatum to congressional Democrats," CNN, 12/5/2018
• "Impact of tariffs will hit retail by end of Q1 2019: Trade group exec," CNBC Asia, 12/3/2018
• "Industry Reacts Favorably to US-China Trade War Truce," Yahoo!/Footwear News, 12/2/2018
• "Trade war ceasefire 'does not change anything', US retail boss Rick Helfenbein says as he predicts ugly time ahead for workers and consumers," South China Morning Post, 12/3/2018
• "I want to go to war with China on intellectual property, says Kevin O'Leary," CNBC, 11/30/2018
• "AAFA Announces American Image Awards honourees," Fibre2Fashion.com, 11/30/2018
• "American Eagle, Isaac Ash Among Honorees For Next Year's AAFA American Image Awards," MR Magazine, 11/27/2018
• "WWD Among the Honorees at AAFA American Image Awards," WWD, 11/26/2018
• "Black Friday shopping could change if Trump's trade war goes on," CNN.com, 11/22/2018
• "Five issues that could tank Trump's NAFTA replacement in Congress," CNN.com, 11/18/2018
• "China tariffs: The impact on your 2018 holiday shopping," CBSNews.com, 11/12/2018
• "Tariffs spell marching orders," The Standard, 11/12/2018​
• "IDB Bank Holds U.S.-China Tariff Panel for Apparel Industry," WWD, 11/6/2018
• "Election or Not, Tariffs or Not, Apparel Prices Will Still Go Up," Sourcing Journal, 11/6/2018
• "Trump's tariffs have U.S. companies cutting their forecasts," CBSNews.com, 11/2/2018
• "US Shoppers May Pay a High Price for America's China Addiction," Bloomberg, 10/24/2018
• "US makes bold move to stop China clothing fakes," Just-Style.com, 10/23/2018
• "American Apparel and Footwear Association Has 'Big Worries' About Trump Tariffs," Bloomberg Asia, 10/22/2018
• "US and China heading for lose-lose situation in trade war if they do not talk, says US garment trade chief Rick Helfenbein," South China Morning Post, 10/22/2018
• "US-China Trade War: How things stand," CNBC Asia, 10/22/2018
• "A giant fashion trade group wants the US to label several Amazon marketplaces as hubs for fakes," Quartz, 10/4/2018
• "Trump's tariffs aimed at China, may hit fashion industry in St. Louis," St. Louis Public Radio, 10/3/2018
• "Tariffs will be devastating for retail, trade group executive says," CNBC, 9/24/2018
• "Calls for trilateral trade pact to replace NAFTA," Just-Style.com, 8/31/2018
• "Trump to the American retail consumer - 'You're Fired!,'" Just-Style.com, 8/30/2018
• "Could Cheaper Energy Costs Mean Your Clothing Would Be 'Made-in-America?,' Forbes, 8/28/2018
• "US industry leader on tariffs: 'Prices will go up, sales will go down, jobs will be lost,'" CNBC Asia, 8/24/2018 ​
• "Nordstrom Shows A Successful Approach to New Retail," Bloomberg Radio, 8/24/2018 ​
• "Rick Helfenbein discusses how U.S.-China trade war impacts the textile and sportswear industry," CGTN, 8/20/2018 ​
• "Tariffs are harmful to retail industry: Rick Helfenbein," Fox Business, 8/17/2018
• "Tariffs are the elephant in the room, says retail expert," CNBC, 8/17/2018
• "President Trump, farmers and the anti-gravity tariff machine," Just-Style.com, 7/26/2018
• "Buy Your Clothes Now, Tariffs Will Push Prices Up 20%," Bloomberg, 7/20/18
• "Trump targets 200B more in Chinese goods for tariffs," POLITICO, 7/11/18
• "The pain of Trump's tariffs is coming home to American shoppers," Quartz, 7/11/18
• "This Time Around, Chinese Consumer Products Would Face Tariffs," The Wall Street Journal, 7/11/18
• "Textiles subject to new US tariffs on Chinese imports," Just-Style.com, 7/11/18 ​
• "Trade War: Trump administration threatens China with $200 billion in additional tariffs," USA Today, 7/10/18
• "Will China go after US clothing footwear industries with tariffs?, Fox Business, 7/2/18
• "Trump escalates China trade war, threatens tariffs on $20 billion in products," The Washington Post, 6/19/18
• "Go deeper: The U.S. industries hit hardest by a China trade war," Axios, 6/18/18
• "From car giants to food firms, American companies calculate cost of China-US trade war," South China Morning Post, 6/17/18
• "Boeing, others assessing impact of US-China tariffs," The Business Times, 6/16/18 ​
• ​​"Trump's NAFTA Policy: breaking Up Is Hard to Do," Sourcing Journal, 6/15/18
• "China to impose tariffs on 50 ban US goods," Reuters, 6/15/18 ​
• "Trump Spares Made-in-USA Apparel With Most Machinery Tariff-Free," Bloomberg, 6/15/18
• "Helfenbein on Tariffs," Bloomberg, 6/8/18
• "Trump Trade Policy: Epic Success or Epic Failure?," Morning Consult, 6/8/18
• "Clothing caught as EU and US tariff spat escalates," Just-Style.com, 6/1/18
• "Trump's Tariffs Anger U.S. Manufacturers, Business Groups," BloombergQuint, 6/1/18
• "Tariff War Heats Up and Expands to U.S.-Made Clothing," California Apparel News, 5/31/18
• "Trump tariff to cost US families a minimum of $500 a year: AAFA," Fox Business, 5/17/18
• "Trump's Tariffs Will Pinch U.S. Consumers, Retailers Warn," Bloomberg, 5/16/18
• "AAFA formalises relationship with Haiti apparel sector," Just-Style.com, 4/25/18 ​
• "Tariff Critics Say Retailers Are Reworking Orders to Deal with Threat," Bloomberg, 4/17/18
• "How Trade Tensions Will Test Companies and Investors," Barron's, 4/14/18
• "Americans are already paying tariffs on clothing and shoes, and have been for almost 90 years," CNBC, 4/6/18
• "Farmers to Trump: No trade war, please," POLITICO, 4/6/18
• "Tariff Showdown Shifts to Intense Negotiation Period," The Wall Street Journal, 4/5/18
• "China tariffs hit Americans where it hurts: right in the sneakers," The Hill, 3/27/18
• "A Trade War is a 'war you just can't win': US industries hit out at Trump's tariffs," CNBC, 3/23/18
• "Consumers may be hurt by Trump's China tariffs: Rick Helfenbein," Fox Business, 3/22/18
• "Trump Trade - The tariffs are coming, the tariffs are coming!," Just-Style.com, 3/20/18​​
• "US businesses express concern about tariffs on Chinese imports," The Hill, 3/19/18
• "Costco among retailers asking President Trump not to implement sweeping tariffs," BizJournals.com, 3/19/18
• "Trump Trade Train-Headed to a War Zone?," Sourcing Journal, 3/9/18
• "Meet Rick Helfenbein, President + CEO of AAFA," StyleSage, 1/31/18​​​ ​
• "How millennial shoppers affect the golf fashion industry," Golf Channel, 1/28/18
• "US apparel group queries child labour list methods," Just-Style.com, 1/17/18
• "Fed's rosy economic scenario leaves inflation puzzle for Powell," ​Reuters, 12/15/17
• "Is The U.S. Getting Left Behind on Trade?," Sourcing Journal, 12/12/17 ​
• "Trump's 'Home Alone' trade strategy harmful to U.S. Interests," The Hill, 11/23/17
• ​​"Association Newsmakers: Bringing a member's perspective to association leadership," CEO Update, 11/14/17
• ​​"Businesses brace for the unexpected on Trump's Asia tour," The Washington Post/AP, 11/07/17​​
• "President Trump's First Asia Visit: What's at Stake for America's Trade?," Forbes, 10/26/17
• "Many companies are worried about what happens if NAFTA falls...," CNBC, 10/23/2017
• "NAFTA Negotiators may get tough in Round 3," CNNMoney, 9/23/17
• "Fashion Industry's Dependence on Imports: Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy?," Forbes, 8/31/17
• "The White House's Impact on the Corporate Community," Bloomberg Radio, 8/18/17​​​​
• "Street Saw 'Severe Overreaction' to Retail Earnings, says Trade Group CEO," CNBC, 8/14/17 ​
• "How the Tricky Politics of Trade in the U.S. is Driving Donald Trump's NAFTA Strategy," Financial Post, 8/11/17
• "Border Tax Critics Turn Attention to Supporting Overhaul," Roll Call, 7/28/17
• U.S. Retailers and Apparel Groups Cheer Death of Border Tax," Just-queries, 7/28/17
• "The Sound of Silence on Tax Reform is Ending Soon -- Hopefully," The Hill, 7/28/17 ​
• "The Border Adjustment Tax is Officially Dead, says the Administration," Sourcing Journal, 7/27/17
• "BAT tax will be a disaster: AAFA CEO," CNBC, 4/17/17