US Consumers Will Benefit From The Abolition Of Textile And Clothing Quotas.

Anderson Warlick (Anderson Warlick) is one of the largest manufacturing companies in the world, so the company does not intend to do other business.

But competition with Chinese products makes them feel that they are competing with a foreign government.

Chief executive officer of Gastonia Parkdale textile mill is worried that competition from China is already very intense. Competition will be more intense after the US special safeguard restrictions on some Chinese exports are expired in December 31st.

He said that this is a very serious problem that could destroy the textile industry in the United States. His factory has about 2000 workers in the Charlotte area, and there are about 4000 people in all factories.

He said that this problem will affect the entire textile chain.

Some of China's products are subject to export restrictions, including cotton trousers, golf shirts, baby socks and more than 30 kinds of Chinese exports of textile products.

According to the WTO agreement, the US government can no longer impose restrictions on Chinese textile products when the quota expires at the end of the year.

The textile industry is worried that the situation in 2005 will happen again in 2009, when the United States temporarily cancelled special safeguard restrictions on Chinese textile products.

China's cotton trousers only increased by more than 1500% to the US market, while those products exported to the US plummeted. In 2005, the US textile company lost about 55000 jobs, accounting for more than 8% of the total industrial workers.

Auggie Tantillo, executive director of the American manufacturing trade association, said that if we lose 50000 jobs on the first quota cancellation, then we are very worried that this situation will be equally bad.

Remember, setting quotas can reduce unemployment, but the quota is about to expire, and we don't know how many jobs will be lost.

In the face of Global trade, employment opportunities in the American textile industry have evaporated.

Only some remaining factories, such as the Parkdale textile mill and the Miami line factory located at Drexel, are still producing yarn and sewing thread. Most of the American clothing and other textiles are produced by these countries.

A large number of Chinese products enter the US market, while Chinese products do not use American fibers, which will further damage the remaining industry in the United States.

American enterprises say they learn to reduce wages in China, but they can not compete with Chinese government subsidies. Chinese government subsidies have effectively increased the competitiveness of Chinese products, and the selling price of finished products in China is lower than that in the US.

In order to alleviate the possibility of dumping Chinese textiles, some members called on the International Trade Commission to closely monitor China's textile products because the quota is coming to an end.

This month, US trade representative Susan Schwab supported the view of the textile industry. She said that China approved a series of subsidies, such as cash incentives and exporters' preferential loans, which provided export advantages for some industries, including the textile industry.

She initially submitted the case to the WTO and asked China to stop the so-called unfair trade practices, but it might not be until the Obama administration came to power to decide whether to formally prosecute China.

If China refuses to stop these violations of trade rules, China will face sanctions, such as punitive tariffs.

R. Matthew Priest, assistant secretary of the textiles and clothing department of the US international trade administration, said some industry insiders' concerns had taken place in 2005.

But he said that even during the period of quota restriction, the number of Chinese exports did not reach the maximum limit.

Besides, Chinese products do not enjoy zero tariffs.

In 2008, the average tariff of textile and clothing imports under special quota control was 17%.

Americans benefit from trade relations between the United States and China.

He said that people did not realize that China is an expanding export market for us products.

Some may laugh at this, but more and more Chinese consumers need American products.

After the cancellation of the special protection restriction, the money paid by consumers for trousers, shirts and other garments may be reduced.

But Amy Daugherty, the boss of the Drexel plant, argues that consumers will not benefit. She has about 20 workers producing industrial sewing thread.

She said that if people lose their jobs, they will not buy anything, no matter how cheap they are.

Yang Jing: editor in charge