美国商务部十八日宣布,决定对来自中国的乳罩、长袍、针织品三大类纺织品设立新的配额限制,理由是中国这几种纺织品对美出口激增。 对中国纺织品设限是美国纺织产业界今年中提出的,美国纺织品协议执行委员会十七日通过投票作出上述决定。此间分析人士认为,在中国派出采购团来美采购,显示缩小对美贸易顺差意愿的时候,美方突然启动对中国纺织品的临时保障措施,多少有些出人意料。 The U.S. Department of Commerce announced on the 18th that it has decided to impose new quotas on the three major categories of bras, robes and knitwear from China on the grounds that the exports of these kinds of textiles to China have soared to the United States. The restrictions on Chinese textiles are proposed by the U.S. textile industry this year. The Executive Committee of the United States Textile Agreement voted on the 17th to make the above decision. Analysts here believe that it is somewhat surprising that the United States suddenly started the temporary safeguard measures against Chinese textile products when it sent purchasing delegations to the United States for procurement and showed its willingness to narrow the trade surplus with the United States.