OUTLOOK 05: Fiber Pact&#39;s End May Mean China-US Trade War
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(This is the first in a feature series about the regional impact of the Dec. 31 expiry of the Multifiber Agreement.) By Phelim Kyne OF DOW JONES NEWSWIRES.
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BEIJING (Dow Jones)--China&#39;s likely emergence as the world&#39;s textile and garment superpower after 30 years of global quotas end Dec. 31 has spooked rival producers across
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The United States lost nearly 1.5  million jobs between 1989 and 2003 because of increased trade  with China, according to a report released on Tuesday by a  government watchdog committee.
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SANTIAGO: A new global free trade deal is possible by 2005/2006 with help from the major Asia-Pacific trading powers, US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick has said.
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China&#39;s promise to impose new taxes on some textile exports will do little to sway the administration as it debates whether to limit the expected flood of Chinese
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China should no longer focus on the size of trade growth on its way to becoming a strong trading power. The international balance of payments, rather than blind pursuit of a trade surplus, should become the primary goal.
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China&#39;s Commerce Minister Bo Xilai ( èçä¾ ) urged the US and other countries to live up to World Trade Organization agreements and refrain from seeking limits on Chinese textile exports when global quotas expire next year.
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Verizon Communications Inc. said on Monday it and five Asian partners will build a $500 million high-speed optical cable linking the United States and China in a bid to benefit from burgeoning Internet activity in China.
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China&#39;s tax on its textile exports is a backward step last week&#39;s twist in textiles is depressing proof, if any were needed, of how hard it is to straighten out world trade.
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China on Tuesday lashed out a US decision to limit imports of socks made in China, saying China will &quot;retain the right to take further actions&quot; within the World Trade Organization
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TALKS on a free trade agreement with China will begin in March, opening a porthole to the world&#39;s biggest market. An Asia-Pacific regional trade agreement, potentially worth more than $190 billion, also looks more likely than ever before.
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U.S. paper mills are a test case for a possible confrontation with China over tariffs on imports of Chinese-made paper.
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A new 500-million-dollar fiber optic cable between China and the United States will be vital in helping to meet booming Internet traffic between the two nations, state press has reported.
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China will make more efforts to boost its trade volume with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), one of China&#39;s most important trading partners to date and together have promising economic cooperation in the future, a Chinese
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China is likely to become the world&#39;s third largest trading power by the end of 2004, said the Ministry of Commerce. According to a report jointly published on Friday by the ministry
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HONG KONG The Commerce Ministry in China plans to impose tariffs on some textile exports, a step that could avert a trade war with the United States and the European Union over a new influx of low-cost Chinese garments that had appeared likely to flood
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The United States and China have both taken steps to control an expected flood of cheap Chinese textiles and clothing into the world market after a decades-old quota system expires on January 1.