David Spooner
David Spooner
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We have just ended the fourth round of negotiations with the Chinese aimed at reaching a broad agreement.
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Our overall goal, as we've said all along, is to reach a longer-term solution that will permit greater stability in textile and apparel trade. The US has been using its right under China's WTO accession agreement to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption, and we will continue to do so as appropriate.
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We have not come to an agreement that meets the needs of our domestic manufacturers and retailers.
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Despite our best efforts we were not able to reach a broader agreement. The US remains optimistic that we can continue to make progress on the remaining issues.
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Despite our best efforts, we were not able to reach a broader agreement.
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We were able to make progress, particularly with product coverage and quota levels, but we did not reach an agreement with the Chinese.
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In our numerous consultations with our domestic textile and apparel industries and members of Congress, we heard unambiguous calls for a more comprehensive approach to textile trade with China, ... As a result, we will commence negotiations on a broad agreement with the Chinese.
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Our preference is to seek a longer-term solution that will permit the orderly development of textile and apparel trade. But the United States will have no hesitation in walking away from a bad deal.
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We have made good progress in our discussions over the past couple of days. Although we still have differences, we feel that additional time to work on the issues would be beneficial.
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We have had extremely productive discussions over the last two days and I am hopeful that we can wrap up, if not today, then at another meeting,
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We have had extremely productive discussions over the last two days,
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The U.S. has been using its right under China's WTO accession to invoke safeguards in cases of market disruption or the threat of market disruption. However, our preference is to seek a longer-term solution that will permit the orderly development of textile and apparel trade.
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It seems if we can get them here, they enjoy it and want to come back.
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We will be meeting with the Chinese again next month and will be consulting with them soon on the location and exact date of the next round of negotiations.