Trade tensions extend to textiles

ANALYSIS: New safeguard concerns hit US apparel sector

The decision by President Barack Obama to impose tariffs on imported tyres from China has raised fears that clothing and…

US: ITC continues anti-dumping case on Chinese ribbon

The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) has ruled to continue countervailing and anti-dumping duty investigations on imports of woven…

ANALYSIS: New US trade bills unlikely to help apparel firms

Two new textile trade bills currently making their way through the US legislature claim to promote economic and political stability…

US: End of apparel duties seen as key to economic recovery

The end of safeguard restrictions on textile and apparel shipments from China at the beginning of this year has prompted…

US: Government to monitor apparel imports from China

Less than a month after an American lawmaker asked the US government to collect data on clothing shipments from China,…

US: Trade officials confirm end of China textile safeguards

US safeguard quotas on Chinese textile and apparel imports will finish as scheduled at the end of this year two…