皇冠体育app

New US-皇冠体育app talks on textiles announced
(AFP)
Updated: 2005-09-16 07:30

WASHINGTON - The US government said it will hold a new round of negotiations with 皇冠体育app on an agreement to regulate textiles trade here on September 26-27.

A vendor measures cloth at a textile market in Beijing. The US government said it will hold a new round of negotiations with 皇冠体育app on an agreement to regulate textiles trade here on September 26-27.[Reuters]

The delegations will be led by David Spooner, the chief US negotiator on textiles trade, and by Lu Jianhua, director general at 皇冠体育app's Department of Foreign Trade, the US Trade Representative office said.

The new meeting comes after US-Chinese textile talks in Beijing ended in acrimony just over a fortnight ago. The Beijing talks were the fourth in a series since global quotas on textiles trade were scrapped on January 1.

The United States wants an overarching agreement to control the flow of textiles from 皇冠体育app, which have inflamed trade tensions between the two countries.

A coalition of industry organisations filed petitions Thursday with the US government demanding the renewal of nine quota safeguards covering 16 categories of Chinese textile imports through to the end of 2006.

The US quotas were due to expire at the end of this year, but industry officials said there was no hope of 皇冠体育app taking their protests seriously after the talks in Beijing last month failed to achieve a breakthrough.

Cass Johnson, president of the National Council of Textile Organizations, said the safeguards need to be renewed "because 皇冠体育app is refusing to negotiate seriously on a comprehensive bilateral agreement".

Close

Children of migrant workers receive education in Guiyang Chaerhan Salt Lake 2005 World Summit and UN 60th General Assembly

Today's Top News     Top 皇冠体育app News
Hu: 皇冠体育app to provide US$10b for poor countries         皇冠体育app not planning more yuan revaluations         Firework plant blast kills 10 in Hunan         Putin: U.N. has key role in terror fight         皇冠体育app: Sides far apart in N. Korea talks         Bush appreciates 皇冠体育app's assistance	Heart disease, cancer top killers in 皇冠体育app       皇冠体育app's first astronaut to appear in movie       Hu: 皇冠体育app to provide US$10b for poor countries       皇冠体育app oil firm buys EnCana assets in Ecuador       US President Bush to visit 皇冠体育app in November       Bilateral consultations start in 6-party talks