Anxiety at EU plan to curb import of textiles

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Series Details 4.4.05
Publication Date 04/04/2005
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Sweden's Trade Minister, Thomas Ostros, warned that the European Union's response to higher Chinese textile exports showed 'a growing and worrying protectionist trend' which could eventually undermine the EU's economic competitiveness. The warning came as the European Commission was expected to adopt guidelines on 6 April 2005 on how to apply so-called safeguard measures on Chinese clothing imports.

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