T SHIRTS – CHINA
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson has started formal legal proceedings that could lead the European Commission to restricting the amount of China-manufactured T shirts being imported into the European Union (EU). Investigations into Chinese clothing and textile exports to the EU since January 1's lifting of global trade quotas have revealed a 187% increase in Chinese T shirt consignments, compared with the first quarter of 2004. This is easily enough to trigger European Commission protection of the European market under World Trade ...
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