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Textile industry lobbies for separate treatment in trade negotiations
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
12/9/2005
The textile industry is lobbying the U.S. government to push for carving out textiles and apparel from ongoing World Trade Organization discussions of free trade.
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U.S. textile output rises
Inteletex
11/24/2005
China safeguards had helped foster a positive trend in U.S. textile and apparel production over the past four-to-six months, according to the American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition (AMTAC).
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Textile industry touts import restrictions
Charlotte Business Journal
11/21/2005
Textile industry lobbyists in Washington, D.C., say U.S. restrictions on textile imports have helped push domestic production up slightly in the last few months.
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Textile production goes up 2.4% in Oct
Fibre 2 Fashion
11/19/2005
Long suffering Textile and Apparel industry output rises reported by Federal Reserve. The seasonally adjusted data are quite volatile from month-to-month, but the trend for production over the past four-to-six months shows promising growth.
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Industry says greater U.S. textile production a result of import restrictions
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
11/18/2005
Textile industry lobbyists in Washington, D.C., say U.S. restrictions on textile imports have helped push domestic production up slightly in the last few months.
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U.S., China agree to new limis on textile imports
Delta Farm Press
11/17/2005
Spokesmen for U.S. textile manufacturing organizations hailed the agreement and thanked the USTR for refusing to give into Chinese demands for weaker import rules.
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A 'win-win' textile deal - especially for the US
Asia Times
11/11/2005
The broad textile trade deal reached by the United States and China on November 8 is a compromise that will at least allow stable development of the industry through 2008 after Washington complained of surging Chinese imports, officials from both nations said.
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AMTAC welcomes new US-China textiles & clothing pact
Fibre 2 Fashion
11/9/2005
The United States and China announced a comprehensive agreement to limit US imports of Chinese textile and apparel products in all or parts of thirty-four (34) sensitive categories through the end of 2008.
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China exports get new limits
USA TODAY
11/8/2005
The U.S. and China have reached agreement on a multiyear trade deal that would limit surging imports of Chinese textiles. A public announcement was made early today.
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China-US textiles deal in the works - industry groups
Forbes.com
11/7/2005
The US government said it was still working to finalize a broad textiles agreement with China but industry officials in both countries said a tentative deal had been reached.
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Administration reports progress in reaching textile agreement with China
Associated Press
11/2/2005
The Bush administration on Wednesday reported progress in talks this week with China on an agreement to limit the amount of Chinese clothing and textile products coming into the U.S.
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US industry reapplies for nine safeguards against China
ExpressTextile.com
10/14/2005
Citing continuing Chinese govzrnment intransigence on bilateral consultations and an ongoing flood of Chinese textile and apparel imports, US textile industry and labor union officials announced that they have filed to reapply nine current safeguards covering sixteen product categories through the end of 2006 on September 14.
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Sino-US ties hang by a thread
Al Jazeera
10/4/2005
The continuing disagreement over import quotas on Chinese textile and apparel into the US after five rounds of talks has again highlighted the sensitivities involved in handling the complex bilateral relationship.
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Textile groups urge separate talks for textile, apparel at WTO meeting
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
10/4/2005
An international coalition of textile business groups, including several U.S. organizations, called on the World Trade Organization to treat textile and apparel trade issues separately from other industry sectors in an upcoming round of high-level World Trade Organization talks in Hong Kong.
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Investigation of Chinese cotton textiles, knit fabrics imports extended till Nov 30
Fibre 2 Fashion
10/3/2005
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) today announced that it is extending until November 30, 2005, the period for making a determination on whether to request consultations with China regarding imports of cotton and man-made fiber sweaters (category 345/645/646), cotton and man-made fiber dressing gowns and robes (category 350/650), men’s and boys’ wool trousers (category 447), and knit fabric (category 222).
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Trail of thread
St. Petersburg Times, Tampa
9/26/2005
S.N. Yip, 52, director of TAL Apparel Ltd., dreams of retiring and becoming a florist. But as boss of TAL's giant factory here - where workers produce one out of every seven men's shirts sold in the United States - he's too busy dealing with "super-smarty-pants" retailers, under-capitalized fabric mills, an increasingly demanding work force and a brewing global trade war.
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US textile industry presses for China quotas in more areas
Forbes.com
9/22/2005
The US textile industry has asked the government to impose quotas on four types of Chinese imports amid a standoff between Washington and Beijing on apparel and fibre trade.
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Renewed trade limits sought
San Francisco Chronicle
9/17/2005
Reeling under the onslaught of imported textiles and clothing from China, three U.S. textile groups, joined by a labor union, have petitioned the Bush administration to extend restrictions on 16 categories of Chinese goods through the end of 2006.
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Twisted Threads in U.S.-China Trade
Business Week
8/19/2005
After two days of talks in San Francisco on imposing new quotas on Chinese exports of clothing to the U.S., the two sides concluded with an agreement to continue talking. Sound familiar?
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Patching up differences: U.S. textile talks with China moving ahead
San Francisco Chronicle
8/18/2005
Chinese and U.S. trade negotiators made progress toward an agreement to control a surge of low-cost Chinese textiles and apparel into this country, a U.S. trade official said Wednesday.
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U.S.-China textile talks end without agreement, for now
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
8/18/2005
Two days of meetings between U.S. and Chinese trade negotiators over textile imports have ended without an agreement, but both sides apparently plan to meet again this month to try to hammer out a deal.
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Textile & apparel imports surge from China unabated in June - AMTAC
Fibre 2 Fashion
8/13/2005
Import data released by the US government showed that US textile and apparel imports from China continue to surge.
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U.S. trade deficit widens: Flood of Chinese textiles, record surge in purchase of foreign oil to blame
San Francisco Chronicle
8/13/2005
The yawning U.S. trade deficit grew wider in June, hitting $58.8 billion for the month, chiefly due to soaring oil prices and a surge of textiles and apparel from China.
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US-China Textile Talks to Include More Products Than EU Pact - Industry Group
Forbes.com
8/12/2005
Next week's Sino-US talks to broker a deal on textiles will involve more products and be more difficult than those between China and Europe, an industry association said.
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U.S. to seek broad textile deal with China
Charlotte Business Journal
8/12/2005
Trade negotiators from the United States and China will meet in San Francisco next week to discuss the possibility of broad limits on textile imports from China.
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House approves Cafta by two-vote margin
The Business Journal of the Greater Triad Area
7/28/2005
The controversial Central American Free Trade Agreement, or Cafta-DR, was approved by a razor-thin margin in an early morning vote by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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CAFTA-DR Is Job Killer Just Like NAFTA
Apparel Magazine
7/21/2005
For the first time since the passage of NAFTA, the U.S. Congress is just now debating the ramifications of America’s so-called free trade policy in deciding whether to pass the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR).
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U.S. textile groups seek more curbs
China View
7/13/2005
U.S. textile groups asked the U.S. Government on Tuesday to impose additional import restrictions on billions of dollars of clothing from China and vowed to press for curbs until the two countries have negotiated a comprehensive textile trade deal.
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US textile industry calls for more curbs on Chinese imports
Forbes.com
7/11/2005
The US textiles industry demanded extra government intervention to stem a flood of imports of cheap Chinese clothes.
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