The California Retailers Association, the American Apparel and Footwear Association, and the National Retail Federation launched the Textile Renewal Alliance to implement an extended producer responsibility (EPR) program under California’s Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (SB 707).

Visit the TRA website here: https://textilerenewalalliance.org/

Here are the details on Washington State’s revised PFAS regulation, which includes reporting beginning on January 1, 2026.:

https://ecology.wa.gov/waste-toxics/reducing-toxic-chemicals/washingtons-toxics-in-products-laws/safer-products

The US announced the framework of a trade agreement with Switzerland and Liechtenstein:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/11/joint-statement-on-a-framework-for-a-united-states-switzerland-liechtenstein-agreement-on-fair-balanced-and-reciprocal-trade

Here are details on Maine’s PFAS regulations:

https://www.maine.gov/dep/spills/topics/pfas/PFAS-products

Here is the legislative text of Colorado’s PFAS regulation:

https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/sb24-081

Read more about Oregon’s EPR regulation:

https://circularactionalliance.org/oregon

https://www.cga.ct.gov/2024/ba/pdf/2024SB-00292-R01-BA.pdf

https://members.snowsports.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/PFAS-Update-081825.pdf

On October 25, 2025, the US and Vietnam agreed on a new trade agreement, with the United States maintaining at 20 percent the reciprocal tariffs on originating goods of Viet Nam.

Here is the official announcement:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2025/10/joint-statement-on-united-states-vietnam-framework-for-an-agreement-on-reciprocal-fair-and-balanced-trade

On October 26, 2025, the United States and Malaysia agreed on a new tariff structure.

Here is the official announcement:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MALAYSIA-ANNEX_APPENDIX.pdf