Beyond trading insults in Seoul and Washington

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Strained US-South Korea trade relations would turn for the better if US negotiators shed their condescending attitude and Korean negotiators begin to understand that protectionism is bad for their economy. For a change, Korea could also begin to take the offensive in trade issues, instead of reacting always to US' demands and accusations. These changes could come along with the election of a successor to Korean President Kim Young Sam in December 1997.

Trade Relations, United States, Analysis, South Korea, Column, International economic relations, United States foreign relations, South Korean foreign relations, Protectionism

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U.S. stirs up crawfish case vs. China

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The US Commerce Department and the Louisiana state government's allegations of crawfish dumping by China is suspected of being an effort to protect Louisiana crawfish suppliers from their Asian competitors. Louisiana dealers claim that Chinese crawfish imports are being sold at below-market prices. Chinese crawfish products account for an estimated 80% of all the crawfish in the US following the 1996 harvest, compared to less than 25% in 1993.

Commercial Fishing, Fishing, Import Investigations, China, Investigations, Fishes, Seafood industry, Dumping (International trade), Louisiana, Imports, Crayfish, Crayfishes, International investigations

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U.S. officials caught with pants sewn in Kowloon; trade policy seems threaded with hypocrisy

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Top trade officials in the US have been strongly denounced for implementing stringent import policies which themselves can not comply with. Reports revealed that some US federal officials, specifically Commerce Sec William Dale and textile regulator Donald Johnson, have been ordering shorts, suits and other related apparels without even bothering to pay quotas corresponding import quotas.

APPAREL AND OTHER TEXTILE PRODUCTS, Apparel & Related Products, Apparel Manufacturing, TEXTILE MILL PRODUCTS, All Other Textile Product Mills, Quotas & Import Controls, Apparel Textiles, Evaluation, Taxation, Clothing and dress, Clothing, Textile industry, Textiles, Commercial policy, Import quotas

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