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Archive News Releases 2009
NCTO Press Release 12/15/09
NCTO Notes Vietnam's Use of "China Model" in Expressing Concerns Over Obama Decision to Move Ahead with Free Trade Negotiations
NCTO Press Release 11/17/09
Textile Industry Opposes New Benefits for Bangladesh and Cambodia Joint Press Release 11/17/09 Joint Press Release: 29 Preference and FTA Countries Urge Congress Not to Extend New Textile Benefits to Bangladesh and Cambodia
CNN News Story — Mount Vernon Mills From farm field to cotton mill: The making of America's denim
NCTO Press Release 10/28/09 Trade Associations Cite Increasing Damage to U.S. & Honduran Textile and Apparel
NCTO Press Release 10/27/09
NCTO & Other Groups Urge Congress to Extend Andean Trade Preferences for Two Years
NCTO Press Release 10/14/09
NCTO Urges Key Committee to Expand Export Financing for Manufacturers
10/02/09 – REVISED NCTO, Citing Leading Authorities, Ties Economic Recovery to Action against China
NCTO Press Release 09/25/09
Trade Associations Cite Damage Done to US, Honduras, CAFTA Industry and Workers Because of Honduras Crisis
NCTO Press Release 09/24/09
Obama Administration Decision Disenfranchises Textile Worker Input, Gives More Access to Big Business
NCTO Press Release 07/15/09
Industry Urges Treasury Support For CIT Group NCTO Statement on Obama Administration Decision Not to Help CIT
NCTO Statement 06/27/09
NCTO Statement on Passage of Climate Bill
NCTO Press Release 06/18/09
Textile Execs Demand Action on CAFTA Textile Enforcement
CNN/Time — Patrick Yarns Spinning A New Strategy
NCTO Press Release 03/16/09
Imports of Chinese Apparel Soar after Safeguards Removed – NCTO Urges Obama Administration to Begin Monitoring Program
NCTO Press Release 03/04/09
NCTO Opposes Vietnam Inclusion in Free Trade Talks
NCTO Press Release 02/13/09
>TEXTILE INDUSTRY HAILS PASSAGE OF KISSELL AMENDMENT IN STIMULUS PACKAGE – EMBARGOED UNTIL SENATE PASSAGE
NCTO Press Release 02/06/09
Textile Sector Loses 10,000 Jobs in December Among Worst Job Losses in History – North Carolina Hardest Hit
NCTO Press Release 01/29/09
House Passes Amendment to Require U.S. Transportation Security Administration to Buy Uniforms and Textile Products Made With 100% U.S. Content
Archive News Releases 2004
Press Release, 12/15/04
NCTO Analysis Shows Chinese Apparel Prices 76% Below U.S. Prices and 58% Below Rest of World’s Prices
GAFTT News Release, 11/30/04
Chinese Efforts to Silence Developing Countries on Textile and Clothing Quota Crisis Thwarted
Joint News Release, 11/3/04
U.S. Government Accepts Five More Special Textile China Safeguard Petitions for Consideration
Press Release, 11/3/04
NCTO Congratulates President Bush, New and Returning Members of Congress
– Click HERE to see statement by James C. Leonard, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Textiles and Apparel, and Chair of the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA), and a CITA Fact Sheet on this issue.
Press Release, 10/29/04
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGREES TO ACCEPT INDUSTRY’S SAFEGUARD PETITION ON COTTON TROUSERS IMPORTS FROM CHINA — DECISION ON MERITS OF CASE EXPECTED EARLY IN 2005
Press Release, 10/12/04
Press release on China safeguard petitions being filed this week (PDF)
Press Release, 10/12/04
GAFTT Urges United States to Approve Textile and Clothing Safeguard Petitions Filed by U.S. Industry (PDF)
Coalition Press Release, 10/1/04
Dozens of Developing World Countries Demand WTO Action on the Impact of Quota Phase-out
Coalition Press Release, 9/28/04
U.S. Textile Industry Urges WTO to Address Textile Crisis at Its October 1 Council on Goods Meeting
Statement, 9/22/04
Statement of G. Stephen Felker Avondale Mills, Inc. on Trade Preferences for Haiti (PDF)
Press Release, 9/9/04
NCTO Calls on Administration to Accept 301 Petition on Chinese Currency Manipulation
Press Release, 9/1/04
Updated Study Shows China Now Grabbing 72% of U.S. Apparel Market in Quota-Free Categories (PDF)
- Textile Industry Announces Intention to File Threat-Based China Safeguard Petitions in September (9/1/04)
Press Release, 7/27/04
Euratex and GAFTT Call for Immediate WTO Action (PDF)
Press Release, 7/21/04
Textile CEOs Demand Action on China at Washington Unity Event
- Textile Coalition Agrees to Launch Major Media and Grassroots Campaigns in the Carolinas
- International Groups Back Industry Efforts to Counter Looming Chinese Takeover of World Textile Trade
Press Release, 6/23/04
NCTO Announces Support for U.S. – Australia Free Trade Agreement, Opposition to FTAs with Bahrain and Morocco
Press Release, 6/17/04
Textile and Clothing Trade Associations from 47 Countries Call for Emergency WTO Meeting to Address Crisis Associated with Expiration of Textile and Apparel Quotas (PDF)
Press Release, 6/16/04
New Data Show China Approaching Monopoly in Quota-Free Apparel Categories (PDF)
Press Release, 6/9/04
117 Members of Congress Urge President to Support Emergency Meeting on Textile and Apparel Quotas (PDF)
- House Letter to Bush (PDF) (signatories included)
- List of Signatories Only (PDF) (by state)
- Senate Letter to Bush (PDF) (signatories included)
- List of Signatories Only (PDF)
Press Release, 6/4/04
South Carolina Congressional Candidates Surveyed on Textile Issues (PDF)
- Candidate Responses”(PDF)
NCTO Comments, 5/19/04
NCTO Comments on China Non-Market Economy Status
Press Release, 5/13/04
NCTO Dismayed by Customs Results on Vietnam
NCTO Comments, 5/11/04
U.S. – Thailand – Submission to U.S. International Trade Commission
Press Release, 5/10/04
NCTO Cites Huge Chinese Price Gap from Currency Manipulation
NCTO Comments, 4/30/04
US – Morocco – Submission to U.S. International Trade Commission
Press Release, 4/27/04
Statement by NCTO – ITC Hearing on CAFTA (PDF)
CAFTA follow up letter from NCTO (5/10/04)
