US, China to hold textile talks
11 August 2005
US and mainland officials will hold textile trade talks next week in San Francisco, but the Bush administration has not decided whether to formally seek a comprehensive textile trade deal with Beijing, the Standard of Hong Kong reported, citing the US Trade Representative's office. The talks are the latest in a series of ''consultations'' required under world trade rules after the US in May imposed emergency import curbs on billions of dollars of clothing from China, John Stubbs, a spokesman for the office, reportedly said. They are also the first face-to-face meetings between US and mainland textile trade officials since Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said last week Washington could seek a comprehensive textile trade agreement with Beijing.
