Problems of the Domestic Textile Industry1961 - 577 pages |
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ad valorem American Cotton American industry American market Angora Rabbit Hair Association of Wool broadwoven Bureau cashmere Census CHEATHAM chief value committee competition concessions consumption cost cotton manufactures cotton textiles Daily News Record domestic industry economic equipment escape clause exports factor foreign GATT Geneva Reservation Government hearings Hong Kong imports of wool increase industry's Italy Japan Japanese knit labor looms machine manmade fiber manu MASAOKA ment million square yards operation percent peril point plants President problem raw cotton recommendations Rhode Island Senator COTTON Senator PASTORE Senator THURMOND silk Source spinning statement subcommittee suppliers TABLE Tariff Commission tariff-rate quota textile imports textile machinery textile manufacturers textile products tion Trade Agreements U.S. Department United Kingdom Uruguay value of wool wages West Germany wool fabrics Wool Manufacturers wool textile industry woolen and worsted workers World War II Woven Fabrics yarn
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Page 458 - ... responsibility which only the President can adequately discharge. I can assure you that the next Democratic Administration will regard this as a high priority objective. Additionally, we shall make vigorous use of the procedures provided by Congress such as Section 22 of the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the Escape Clause in accordance with the intention of Congress in enacting these laws. La.stly, I assure you that should further authority 'be necessary to enable the President to carry out...
Page 302 - Any area in which a substantial part of the employment is or most recently was in an industry adversely affected by the reduction of trade barriers under the Trade Agreements Extension Act of 1951, as amended...
Page 6 - ... government at some time in the distant future or on the ground that it is ideologically subservient to some foreign country. In my judgment, neither of these factors justifies an invasion of rights protected by the First Amendment. Talk about the desirability of revolution has a long and honorable history, not only in other parts of the world, but in our own country. This kind of talk, like any other, can be used at the wrong time and for the wrong purpose. But, under our system of government,...
Page 165 - Government would take all feasible steps to solve the problem of discriminatory state textile legislation and to prevent further restrictive action with regard to the importation of Japanese textiles into the United States.
Page 145 - ... article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security...
Page 114 - In the course of any investigation under the preceding paragraph, the Tariff Commission shall hold public hearings, giving reasonable public notice thereof, and shall afford reasonable opportunity for parties interested to be present, to produce evidence, and to be heard at such hearings.
Page 9 - ... Mr. BRANDIS. I am accompanied by Mr. Robert B. Anderson, economist in our Washington office, who is the editor of our publication, Textile Hi-Lights, to which we will refer in our testimony. Mr. OLSEN. We welcome Mr. Anderson as well. Thank you. Proceed as you will. Mr. BRANDIS. All right, sir. The institute is the central trade association for manufacturers of textiles made from cotton, manmade fibers, and silk. The institute membership represents approximately 85 percent of the textile spinning...
Page 374 - ... serious injury to the domestic industry producing like or directly competitive articles.
Page 169 - In time of war, quotas on imports are the counterpart of necessary domestic controlled allocation. But, carried over to normal times, quotas are designed for a purpose similar to tariffs. They are worse because they may be insensitive to changes in the volume of demand, and to changes in costs of production and prices, and are almost always discriminatory in assigning shares of the market. A quota has the purpose of boosting the market price just as does the tariff. If consumer demand grows, except...
Page 354 - There is serious concern that sharp increases in imports in a narrow range of commodities could have adverse economic, political and social repercussions in some importing countries. As a result, quantitative restrictions on trade, particularly against manufactured exports coming from Japan and the less developed countries of Asia, continue to be widespread. "To meet these two related problems the Contracting Parties laid out a broad work program with the view to finding practical ways to facilitate...