WASHINGTON – United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai will travel to North Carolina and South Carolina on Thursday, September 23.
At 1:15pm ET, Ambassador Tai will visit the Milliken & Company Magnolia Finishing Plant in Blacksburg, South Carolina. She will tour the plant and participate in a roundtable on Women in Textiles. The opening remarks of the roundtable discussion are open press.
At 3:30pm ET, Ambassador Tai will visit an American & Efird sewing thread plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina. She will tour the plant and participate in a roundtable with textile industry executives. The opening remarks of the roundtable discussion are open press.
At 5:00pm ET, Ambassador Tai will visit Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina and participate in a roundtable discussion with students. The opening remarks of the roundtable discussion are open press.
Ambassador Tai will return to Washington, D.C. on Friday, September 24.
ROUNDTABLE AT MILLIKEN & COMPANY MAGNOLIA FINISHING PLANT
WHO: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, women textile leaders
WHERE: Milliken & Company Magnolia Finishing Plant, 157 New Milliken Road, Blacksburg, SC 29702
WHEN: Thursday, September 23 1:15pm ET
ROUNDTABLE AT AMERICAN & EFIRD MOUNT HOLLY PLANT
WHO: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, textile executives
WHERE: American & Efird, 24 American St, Mount Holly, NC 28120
WHEN: Thursday, September 23 3:30pm ET
ROUNDTABLE AT JOHNSON C. SMITH UNIVERSITY
WHO: United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai, Johnson C. Smith University students
WHERE: Johnson C. Smith University 100 Beatties Ford Road, Charlotte, NC 28216
WHEN: Thursday, September 23 5:00pm ET
Press interested in covering any of these events must RSVP to media@ustr.eop.gov by Wednesday, September 22 at 8:00 PM ET.
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