The US government said on Thursday that it will hold a new round
of textile negotiations with China in Washington from September 26
to 27.
The US Trade Representative office announced that the US
delegations will be led by David Spooner, the chief US negotiator
on textiles trade.
The new meeting comes after US-Chinese textile talks in Beijing
ended late last month without an agreement.
Meanwhile, the US textile industry on Thursday asked the US
government for new safeguards against Chinese exports. A coalition
of industry organizations filed petitions with the US government
demanding the renewal of nine quota safeguards covering sixteen
categories of textile imports from China through to the end of
2006.
(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2005)