Jun 13, 2025
On Tuesday, June 10, The Capitol Forum’s Neil Tracey hosts a timely conversation with Davis Warlick, COO of Parkdale Mills, and Beth Baltzan, Capitol Forum Senior Advisor and former Counselor for Trade and Investment at USTR, to explore the critical role of the U.S. textile industry in national security. The discussion covers how Parkdale helped rebuild the domestic PPE supply chain during COVID, the impact of trade rules and fraud in cotton sourcing, and ongoing concerns about forced labor. The conversation also highlights how rules of origin and sectoral trade policy can reshape domestic manufacturing, with a focus on the strategic importance of textile ecosystems in the Carolinas and Central America.
