U.S. textile companies call for curbs on China ...7/30/2003
    

 In another sign of how American companies are struggling in the face of China? export powerhouse, a coalition of textile and apparel industry groups is asking the U.S. government for new protection against what it calls unfair competition.
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The coalition is pressing the Bush administration to limit certain imports from China, raising the stakes in the latest of several long-running trade disputes with Beijing. In a petition Thursday, the group also called on the White House to impose safeguards that were agreed upon when China entered the World Trade Organization in late 2001