United States media calls for release of Chinese textiles

Domestic experts say that this will lead to a win-win negotiations

China textile import and export Chamber of Commerce Vice President Caoxin Yu said yesterday, in the third round of negotiations on textiles, United States opinion calls for release of Chinese textiles helps bring "win-win" outcome of the negotiations.

United States yesterday, the Wall Street Journal called, if the United States to China textile fully restricted, United States consumers each year for the fashion of expenditure will increase at least 60 billion.

Caoxin Yu believes that this shows that the voice of the United States mainstream concern its domestic economic development trends and pounding decision makers of neural, United States, China textile greater market opening, is more likely to "win-win" situation.

However, in the negotiations, the United States industrial and retail sectors, consumers increasingly sharp to stand at attention. Favor of cheap imports of United States retailer has recourse to legislation to prevent imports of Chinese textiles again setting quotas. They are based on the EU's "too much". The latest from the EU, China shipping to Europe's pullover due to Central European textiles agreements, European trading retailers in autumn and winter season it is possible to lose 8 billion euros turnover.

Caoxin Woo on this commented that the United States there are 80 million live below the poverty line, containing the Chinese textile imports will reduce their real quality of life, but if the United States and with so many expenses costs supporting its domestic textile industry, was more than adequate.

Currently, the United States employment situation in the best level of employment is higher than the "9 · 11" period 100 million, the United States low wage employment is providing services in the areas of shifted, industrial adjustment is carried out smoothly. Caoxin Yu believes that if the restrictions on Chinese textiles and not conducive to the long-term development of the United States economy.

It is understood that the negotiations before the United States textile industry demands for their respective shows, China textile industry hoped that export growth to 15 per cent, but the United States textile industry requires will increase control in 7.5%. Outside it is expected that the parties may accept a compromise solution.

In the third round of consultations of experts called the textiles in the United States is a sunset industry

Local time, Tuesday, concern in the third round of consultations in the United States textiles quietly held in San Francisco. By China international trade negotiators, Vice Minister Gao Hucheng take command of the negotiating groups, is expected to expand with United States officials for two days of intense negotiations. Period 3 months-us textile trade confrontation in this round of negotiations in the tible, can look forward to China textile enterprises make themselves take a fair and reasonable agreement, become the focus of attention of the industry at home and abroad.

Reporter yesterday from people close to the Department of Commerce, Department of Commerce was informed by one line has departed for the United States on Monday, and Gao Hucheng Daphna negotiations Office, Foreign Trade Division and the American and Oceanian Affairs officials. The participants pointed out that, with the first two rounds of consultations at the technical level, compared to a higher specification talks and more formally, the two sides prepare to negotiate more fully. In the negotiations on the United States, due to the timing of the House of representatives last month just "release" the result of textile articles and controversial Central American free trade area agreement, to a certain extent for Sino-US Open on textiles "clearing the obstacles". In addition, the United States specifically in the negotiations for the industry and members of Congress, in the perimeter had done also on "homework".

Gao Hucheng led a team of "cohesion" in the Chinese textile enterprises make themselves take strong expectations.

US Chief negotiator Spurr na last week said the US will have a wider variety of products with the Chinese authorities to start negotiations, seeking with the Chinese in the textile trade long-term agreement reached. Allegedly, the United States Government has drafted a report on the 2008 Sino-US bilateral agreement on textile products, plans at this time of Sino-US negotiations to China.

Although the United States Government to create a certain atmosphere for negotiations, but the industry has always been outclassed is not reduced. United States manufacturing trade Action Coalition (AMTAC) recently issued a statement calling on the Government of China "effective package agreement", it is recommended that the cover is currently the industry on the "safeguard" blacklist of Chinese products, as well as future on the United States market constitutes a "disturbing" all products and request in 2008 will be the product of the year, imports increase set 7.5 per cent.

"At present only be put on the ' safeguard ' list of Chinese products have 19, and the WTO agreement provides that ' special protection ' of years 7.5% growth. "One of the industry told reporters that" If the recommendations to succeed, AMTAC China 1/3 of us-products 2008 will take place in the United States ' special protection ' shall turn over the big stick. ”

Since last autumn, the beauty industry for 19 products lift "special protection". 1 ~ April this year, the Chinese in the above products exports to the United States amounted to $ 25.11 million, representing over US-China textile 39.66%.

US experts pointed out that if the US industry's "package" recommended practice, United States consumers each year for the fashion of expenditure may increase by more than 60 billion dollars.

Department of Commerce's Institute of Mei Xinyu told reporters that the textile trade in the United States is only an increasingly fading sunset industry, employment and also fairly limited; Moreover, even if the restriction of imports of Chinese textiles, there are other countries imported textile products fill the blank. For this reason, the United States policy cannot but worry about in this issue into too many resources have uneven parts, "but in the final results of the negotiations, we also shouldn't be too optimistic. ”