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Surge of imported Chinese textiles and clothing bring investigation.(front page)(Brief Article)

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The United States will bring trade cases against China to determine whether quotas should be reimposed to protect textile and clothing manufacturers against a surge in Chinese imports, after a global quota system that had limited the amount of textile shipments into the U.S. expired after more than 30 years. This action is available because of the terms under which China was admitted to the World Trade Organization in late 2001, and represents a major victory for U.S. manufacturers, who had been pressing the administration to bring these cases on its own rather than waiting for the industry to petition ...

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