Challenges Rising for China's Textile Exports in Post-Quota Era

The explosive growth of Chinese textile exports following the end of the global textile trade quota system has set off protectionist alarms in the West, and two of the biggest western industrialized countries or utilities, the United States and the European Union, coincidentally, both triggered processes to limit textiles imports from China, sparking an angry response from the rising Asian giant who swore it would not be pushed around on the issue. The cases covered such products as knit shirts, sweaters, brassieres, dressing gowns and trousers made with man-made fibers.