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US Textile Organization Opposes New Trade Preferences For Pakistan

2010/9/6 21:12:00 37

American textile groups and cotton growers strongly opposed the government's new trade preferences for Pakistan last Wednesday. They said the United States should send aid to countries devastated by floods rather than American jobs.

These groups wrote to US Secretary of state Hilary Clinton and

Trade

On behalf of Kirk, they expressed concern in the letter, because last week, a major trade organization in the United States, the chamber of Commerce, urged Hilary and Kirk to put pressure on Congress to substantially reduce US textile tariffs and help Pakistan recover.

"If this proposal is accepted, it will cause irreparable damage to the United States.

textile industry

It will lose a lot of work opportunities, "the National Textile Organization Association, the National Cotton Council and three other industrial organizations said in the letter.

These groups say: "we understand and recognize recently.

Pakistan

Rainstorms and floods cause huge human tragedies.

However, we believe that for the United States and other governments, the right way to deal with this situation is to continue to provide humanitarian assistance to Pakistan. "

These groups, including the U. S. Trade Action Alliance, say they support seriously building a "reconstruction opportunity zone" for Pakistan, where the house has passed a similar bill but is blocked in the Senate.

"These bills offer special tariff concessions to Pakistan, which accounts for 74% of Pakistan's exports to the United States, while products that retain normal tariffs are very critical categories for workers and producers in our entire hemisphere," they said.

These groups said in the letter: "however, if any product range or geographical coverage is covered in the above bill, the United States will lose a lot of textile and clothing employment opportunities, forcing domestic industries to strongly oppose such legislation."