The Chinese threat is real. We will continue to file and re-file textile-safeguard petitions until China is willing to come to the table and negotiate. |
The developing world must insist that China's growth continues to be restrained. |
The two sides remain far apart. Before now, an agreement was a definite possibility, but China showed no flexibility. |
There was no agreement. The two sides were too far apart on all the major issues. |
There's still some outstanding issues, but I think they'll be cleared up. |
This does not solve the problem; it only pushes the danger from China further off. |
To come to an agreement, the Chinese government will have to be willing to move considerably, |
Unless something is done about China in the Doha round, the developing world will lose tens of billions of dollars in exports. |
We are disappointed that the Chinese government is not yet willing to negotiate seriously to resolve the dispute over textiles. |