The Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is actively supporting the renewal of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), which was passed by the U.S. Senate last month and is nearing a vote in the House of Representatives that is predicted to be tight. TPA would clear the way for faster negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty (TPP), a proposed trade agreement between 12 American and Asian countries (not including China or Indonesia), and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) between the U.S. and the EU. The OIA has been engaged as a stakeholder in the TPP from the start to ensure benefits such as the elimination of U.S. tariffs on certain outdoor products not made in the country, expanding access to global markets for U.S. manufacturers and protecting innovation on products designed in the country. The OIA further supports the interest of outdoor companies in TPA legislation that contains tough negotiating objectives on labor and the environment. A trade preference package approved by the Senate just before TPA contains other provisions that are among the priorities of the OIA and the U.S. Outdoor Act. This bi-partisan piece of legislation that has been pushed by the OIA for several years and was introduced in the Senate by two senators earlier this year.

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