The United States should ban apparel imports from the country, an industry that will provide the junta with $340 million this year.

Essentially this type of trade quota system has been functioning effectively for years to regulate apparel imports.

A14 Textile and apparel imports would be curbed under legislation passed by the Senate.

Still, China already accounts for about 16 percent of all apparel imports into the United States.

On a trade-weighted basis, the dollar has in fact increased in value in the case of apparel imports.

These 28 countries represented 94 percent of all apparel imports in 1987.

Similar employment issues have delayed a final compromise on American apparel imports from Canada.

These data show that apparel imports declined slightly in the first seven months of this year.

Moreover, the administration did agree last year to put limits on some Chinese textile and apparel imports in advance of any market disruption.

It started as a concept about four years ago, an attempt to stem the flow of apparel imports.