By using its currency as an economic weapon and by pouring billions of dollars of illegal subsidies into its textile sector, the Chinese government has effectively declared war on U.S. textile producers.
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The Chinese threat is real. We will continue to file and re-file textile-safeguard petitions until China is willing to come to the table and negotiate.Cass Johnson
It looks like this is a very good deal for the U.S. textile industry, ... Our objectives were tight limits on our sensitive categories and expanded product coverage. The U.S. government achieved both of those results.
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For the first time, China began to negotiate constructively, but it still has a significant way to go before we can reach a deal that the industry can support.
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People thought there was a good chance of an agreement coming out of these meetings but it's clear the Chinese government was not interested in moving off its position -- and neither was the U. S. government,
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This does not solve the problem it only pushes the danger from China further off.
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At this round, China returned to its position of delay and no compromise by insisting on terms for a 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.
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