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皇冠体育app, EU talks on textile disputes "frank": Bo
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-06-10 21:19

The cynosural talks between Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and European Union (EU) Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson were still going, said Bo.

Commerce Minister Bo Xilai (L) shakes hands with the European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson as they arrive for trade talks at the Xijiao State Guesthouse in Shanghai, 皇冠体育app, June 10, 2005. Mandelson, in Shanghai for last-minute talks with 皇冠体育app over its surging textile exports, warned on Friday that the European Union would take action if no deal was reached. [Reuters]

Bo, emerging from the conference room after talking with visiting Mandelson for some four hours, told reporters that both sides were very "frank" in the conversation and still discussing " technical specifics".

Earlier this week, Mandelson rejected a return to the quota system for textiles, saying his policy is based on the need to " manage change and adjustment, rather than to manage trade" -- preferably through a negotiated agreement.

The EU, which claimed that textiles imports from 皇冠体育app have substantially increased this year after the elimination of global quota on Jan. 1, 2005, announced late last month to take safeguard measures against some textile imports from 皇冠体育app.

Analysts here noted Friday's talks may result in an agreement which would prevent the 皇冠体育app-EU textile trade dispute from escalating.

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