U.S. Limits Sock Imports From China
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The Bush administration decided Friday that it will impose a quota on sock imports from China &#151; the latest round of an increasingly bitter trade dispute with Beijing &#151; showing a willingness to protect American workers ahead of the election.
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An association of US textile importers and retailers says it has filed a lawsuit to stop the US Commerce Department from considering import quotas on Chinese products sought by textile manufacturers.
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The Bush administration yesterday agreed to consider new quotas on five categories of Chinese-made clothing, a step toward protecting domestic manufacturers from cheaper imports.
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China said it strongly opposes the United States&#39; decision to consider imposing quotas on Chinese textile and clothing imports, warning it goes against the World Trade
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Conspicuous by their silence, US retailers and apparel makers are waiting on the sidelines while domestic textile companies take what may be their last stabs at preserving limits on imports of garments made in China.
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Retailers in the United States on Wednesday protested a request by the countryÂ¡Â¯s textile producers for protection from a potential flood of Chinese products when quotas are lifted at the end of this year.
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China was &quot;shocked by, and strongly opposes&quot; the Turkish restriction on imports of 42 kinds of Chinese textile products, said Chong Quan, spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce here on Sunday.
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The United States has been ordered to withdraw some of its support for producers of cotton and other commodities, according to a World Trade Organization report made public Wednesday.
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Turning the tables on the United States amid growing worries over dangerous Chinese products, Beijing said Friday some health supplements and raisins imported from the U.S. failed to meet China's safety standards and have been returned or destroyed.
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A top U.S. commerce official said he told China to expect American textile makers to seek new limits on Chinese imports as soon as next week, as he also urged Beijing to do more to stop piracy and lower trade barriers.
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BEIJING -- China said today that it will slap a tax on some of its textile exports in a nod to trading partners who fear that less expensive Chinese goods will flood their markets when global quotas on textiles expire next month. China will impose an export duty on certain, unspecified textile products, the English-language China Daily newspaper said, citing ...
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Textile importers and retailers have sued the US Government to block a proposed limit on imports from China. Producers have asked for textile quotas because they say Chinese imports will damage the domestic industry.
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The humble cotton sock has become the center of an international trade dispute.
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China on Friday protested against US actions to impose quotas on textiles, saying the move violated World Trade Organization principles and would harm bilateral trade.
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China will impose tariffs on some  textile exports in a move that may ease frictions with the  United States and others over an expected flood of Chinese  products on world markets after a global quota system expires  at year's end.
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A group representing 200 US retailers filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block any effort by the Bush administration to curb an expected flood of Chinese clothing imports.
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The World Trade Organization imposed penalties Friday on US exports ranging from apples to textiles, escalating a trade dispute the Bush administration has struggled to defuse by unsuccessfully