China threatens shoe retaliation
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China says the EU's decision to apply a two-year tariff on shoe exports was flawed and warns it may respond in kind.
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Exports from China are shifting from basic goods like textiles, toys and shoes to higher-value industrial goods that compete more directly with products from advanced industrialized countries.
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China is to face greater competition from foreign banks as a WTO deadline to open its markets looms.
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US textile-trade groups said yesterday that they would pursue safeguards that target the threat of Chinese imports flooding the US market once quotas expire Jan. 1. The groups - the American
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Beijing this weekend urged Washington, DC, not to limit imports of Chinese cotton slacks. The Ministry of Commerce said such a restriction would violate World Trade Organization principles and hurt trade relations.
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BEIJING - China yesterday slammed Taiwanese Premier Yu Shyi-kun for threatening to fire missiles at Shanghai in the event of an attack by the mainland.
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US import limits on China-made trousers will violate WTO principles once effected, said textile producers and exporters that are greatly concerned.
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Trade Representative Susan Schwab on Tuesday warned of a growing threat to U.S.-China trade relations because of protectionist impulses in both countries.
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BEIJING -- Red-faced organizers of the Beijing Olympics threatened Monday to cancel the contracts of companies using child labor and violating minimum-wage rules to make Olympic-licensed products.
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This is just the beginning, activist  warns, as China tries to limit damage over Olympic row
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Selling shoes in the sweaty afternoon air of a West African market, Ousman Ka owes his job to China &#151; or, more precisely, to Lu Hui, the wrinkle-faced Chinese man in the blue sweater vest sitting behind him.
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China will consider adopting measures  to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once  global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a  government spokesman said on Friday.
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China will consider adopting measures to protect its interests and those of its trading partners once global textile quotas are scrapped at the end of this month, a government spokesman said on Friday.
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US import limits on cotton trousers made in China would violate free trade principles, Chinese textile exporters told state media Monday.
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China's regulatory standards chief pledged Wednesday to update and boost enforcement of food safety rules as the country faces intense international pressure for exporting unsafe products from toothpaste to pet food ingredients.
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The China market is finally for real. To the country's new consumers, Western products mean one thing: status. They can't get enough of those Air Jordans
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Beijing (dpa) - China is certain to be one of the major beneficiaries of the end of the international quota system for textiles and clothing next year, but it hopes to limit the impact of the change on global markets.