COMMENT: Pressure mounts for new textile trade barriers
With the Western recession likely to get a lot worse, and import quotas on Chinese clothing and textile imports into…
New barriers to textile trade
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US: Lawmaker wants Chinese imports to be monitored
A US lawmaker has asked the government to start monitoring textile and clothing imports from China next year in a…
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EUROPE: Baroness Ashton of Upholland steps into trade post
Baroness Ashton of Upholland today (8 October) takes up the post as European Commissioner for Trade following the departure of…
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US: Industry coalition seeks reform of trade policies
A group of textile, business, labour and agriculture organisations has formed a ‘Coalition to Fix America’s Economy,’ which it hopes…
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US: Textile groups step up China monitoring pressure
The US textile industry is stepping up its pressure on the country’s government to expand the Textile Monitoring Program (TMP)…
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US: Textile groups call for China apparel monitoring
Trade groups from 17 countries are calling on Congressional leaders and the Bush Administration to introduce a system to monitor…