China Bristles at Textile Trade Backlash
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Calls for Limits on Exports Seen as Unfair Restriction in Global Market
By Peter S. Goodman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Thursday, May 5, 2005; A01
WUHAN, China -- Over the past decade, Li Suiming has steadily improved
the garment factory in which he once operated a manual loom. He brought
in Japanese sewing machines. He scrapped the old product -- ill-fitting
long underwear -- for fresh designs. He turned what had been a
loss-making state-owned factory into his own profitable enterprise,
Dolucky Knitwear.
This year came an enormous opportunity: An old system that for three
decades limited China's textile exports to the United States and Europe
finally expired. Li geared up to put his clothes on store shelves from
Fairfax to Frankfurt. In March, he shipped his first direct order to
the United States, 18,000 polo shirts for New York-based Omega Apparel.
It was part of a deluge of Chinese-made textiles reaching the American
market. Imports of cotton shirts and pants alone increased tenfold over
the first three months of the year, according to U.S. government data.
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