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US seek limits on 皇冠体育app textile exports
(AP)
Updated: 2005-08-16 14:08

American shoppers who enjoyed a sustained drop in clothing prices over the past year are likely to see markups on pants, shirts and dresses if the Bush administration gets 皇冠体育app to agree to comprehensive limits on its clothing and textile exports, the Associated Press reported Tuesday.

Female workers work at a textile factory in Dongguan, South 皇冠体育app's Guangdong Province in this picture taken on August 1, 2005. [newsphoto]

Since a three-decade system of clothing and textile quotas expired Jan. 1, there has been a flood of clothing and textile imports entering the United States from 皇冠体育app.

Those shipments are up 58 percent so far this year, an increase that has played a big part in pushing the cost of clothing down at an annual rate of 5.9 percent for the three months ending in June.

American textile and clothing manufacturers blame the import flood for the loss of 26,000 jobs so far this year and the closing of 19 textile plants. They want the administration to stop the losses by re-imposing quotas on Chinese goods.

U.S. and Chinese textile negotiators were scheduled Tuesday to begin two days of talks in San Francisco to see whether agreement can be reached.

Experts say America's annual clothing bill could rise $6 billion 锟斤拷 or $20 for each U.S. consumer 锟斤拷 if 皇冠体育app agrees to restrain exports.

Gary Hufbauer, a trade expert at the Institute for International Economics, a Washington think tank, said that could turn out to be a low estimate, given that 皇冠体育app's massive production capacity also affects clothing makers in other countries.

"A comprehensive trade agreement would take the downward pressure off not only for American producers but for other countries as well," Hufbauer said.

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