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U.S. Launches China Trade Investigation
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will bring trade cases against China to determine whether quotas should be re-imposed to protect textile and clothing manufacturers against a surge in Chinese imports, the Bush administration said Monday.
The decision represents a major victory for U.S. manufacturers, who had been pressing the administration to bring these cases on its own rather than waiting for the industry to petition the government for relief, a process that could take a longer period of time.
``The decision is the first step in a process to determine whether the U.S. market for these products is being disrupted and whether China is playing a role in that disruption,'' Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in a statement announcing the action.
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04/04/2005 15:24 APO
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