• Issues related to removing the statutory prohibition on apparel and footwear in the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences (GSP), (S. 1260, H.R. 4037, H.R. 3975). Issues related to Western Hemisphere trade.

Duration: January 1, 2019 to July 1, 2021

General Issues: Trade (Domestic & Foreign)

Spending: about $190,000 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2019: U.S. Senate, House of Representatives, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), State - Dept of (DOS), Natl Economic Council (NEC), White House Office

Affiliated organizations: The Gap, Inc.; Footwear Distributors & Retailers of America; NIKE, Inc.; Jockey International, Inc.; J.C. Penny Corporation, Inc.; Levi Strauss & Company