Article: Carolina Manufacturers Fear Fall of Chinese Trade Barriers.

Dec. 12--WASHINGTON--Some hard-hit Carolina textile and apparel manufacturers are bracing for another blow to their industry when restrictions on Chinese imports expire at the end of the year. The lifting of the trade restrictions in 2005 prompted a surge in imports of cheaper products from China -- like fabric, socks, pants and shirts -- that U.S. manufacturers say caused serious pain until federal trade officials reinstated them until the end of this year. "When the Chinese door opened it really put us in a bind. We really took a beating," said Dennis Martin, president of North Carolina Sock in Hickory. "We don't know what's going to happen this time when they ...

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