Obama proposes U.S. ban on China-made toys
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CONCORD, New Hampshire  - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would ban all toys made in China after a series of safety scares, and he called for tougher U.S. inspections of Chinese imports.
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Bloomberg - Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, involved in a dispute with China over the safety of its exports, said today he would ban all toys ``with more than a trace amount of lead.''
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China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, a US lawmaker said yesterday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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The Bush administration, sending another signal that it intends to limit imports of clothing from China next year, announced yesterday that it will consider a request by the US textile industry
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China needs to effectively address its product safety problems, a U.S. lawmaker said Tuesday as the country launched a campaign to weed out unqualified manufacturers amid a global recall of Chinese-made toys.
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WASHINGTON Leaders of the US textile industry plan to petition the US government this month to block the flood of Chinese imports that is expected next year after global quotas on textiles and apparel are lifted.
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Beijing, Oct. 31. (PTI): China has asked the US not to &quot;sabotage&quot; booming bilateral trade ties by limiting imports of cotton trousers made by manufacturers of the Communist nation.
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Toy makers are instituting tougher quality controls in China and elsewhere to try to avoid repetition of the recalls that damaged the industry last year.
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc recalled 300,000 baby bead toys and toy cars made in China because they contain excessive levels of lead, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said on Thursday.
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China manufactured every one of the 24 kinds of toys recalled for safety reasons in the United States so far this year.
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The move could defuse a confrontation with the Bush administration, which is considering a limit on clothing imports because of fears that China's textile industry will swamp producers in the United States.
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The Bush administration, under  pressure from Congress to be tougher on trade, will seek to  eliminate Chinese government subsidies for steel, computers,  clothing and many other industries in a case launched on Friday  at the World Trade Organization.
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Fresh off a spat with rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he'd like to see an end to the "tit-for-tat" that dominates politics.
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WASHINGTON, DEC 13: The United States said on Monday it would continue to restrict imports of some textile and clothing products after a decades-old quota system expires in a few weeks, while China, under pressure from Washington, said it would slap a tax
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The Bush administration is being temporarily barred from imposing new limits on imported clothing and textile products flowing into the United States from China.
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The Senate may vote as soon as next week on a bill to reform product safety regulation after months of recalls of shoddy goods, many of them toys made in China, said a key lawmaker and Senate aides on Thursday.
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Fresh off a spat with rival Hillary Clinton, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he'd like to see an end to the "tit-for-tat" that dominates politics