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China Talks Collapse and Industry Announces Filing of New Safeguard Petition

 

With Chinese Government Intransigent, Industry Urges Government to Approve on Pending Cases

 

For Immediate Release:                                                              Oct. 13, 2005

 

Beijing, China -- The latest round of China talks ended with the Chinese government hardening its position and the U.S. textile industry urging the U.S. government to unilaterally impose new limits on Chinese imports of textile and apparel products in ten safeguard cases up for decisions over the next several weeks.  The industry also announced it had filed a new safeguard petition asking for restraints on surging imports of towels (Category 363) from China.  The industry thanked the U.S. government for its continuing efforts to construct a fair agreement while noting that China's intransigence makes it increasingly difficult to reach an agreement before the end of the year.

 

Cass Johnson, President of National Council of Textile Organizations (NCTO), commented:  "At this round, China returned to its position of delay and no compromise by insisting on terms for an agreement that were impossible for the U.S. government to accept and that would have been extremely damaging to the U.S. industry and its workers.  As a result, the U.S. textile industry has filed another safeguard petition today and will continue to file petitions as subsidized imports from China cause U.S. textile plants to close and U.S. textile workers to lose their jobs." 

 

Said Auggie Tantillo, Executive Director of the American Manufacturing Trade Action Committee (AMTAC), "China's failure to negotiate reasonably ensures that there will be an atmosphere of uncertainty for anyone seeking to import textile goods into the U.S. from China for sometime to come.  In fact, the only thing that is certain is that the U.S. industry will continue to file and press for adoption of safeguard petitions in order to prevent China from its aggressive disruption of the U.S. market in 2006."

 

NOTE:  Imports of towels from China have increased by 224% during the first eight months of the year.

 

Cass Johnson, NCTO:  +1 240-643-6618 / in US, contact Missy Branson: 202-822-8026

 

Auggie Tantillo, AMTAC:  +1 202-285-9995 / in US, contact Lloyd Wood:  202-452-0866 or lwood@amtacdc.org

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