The U.S. has stepped up trade pressure on China, announcing a new range of restrictions on Chinese-made clothing and textile imports -- the second such move within a week. The limits come a day after the U.S. Treasury pointedly called for Beijing to allow a revaluing upwards of its currency, the yuan, which the U.S. says is giving an unfair advantage to Chinese manufacturers. Chinese clothing imports, including man-made fiber shirts and blouses, will now be subject to quota limits, according to a U.S. Commerce Department release. Last Friday the department put quotas on cotton trousers and knit-shirts and a range of underwear. The latest restrictions demonstrated "the administration's continued commitment to America's textile manufacturers and their employees," Commerce Department Secretary Carlos Gutierrez said in a statement released Wednesday. "We will enforce our trade agreements to ensure that U.S. companies get a fair deal as they compete in the global marketplace," he was quoted as saying by The Associated Press.
