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Evidence of woven textile from 5,000 years ago has been found for only the second time in Scotland. The piece of Neolithic fabric has not survived, but archaeologists did find the impression it left on the wet clay of a pot millennia ago. The discovery was made by archaeologists examining markings on pottery from Ness of Brodgar in Orkney. Evidence of Neolithic woven textile in Scotland was first found at Flint Howe, near Stranraer, in 1966. An impression of the fabric had also been spotted on a piece of clay... Organic material from prehistory only survives under certain conditions, and...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will cut import tariffs on textile products and metals, including steel products, to 8.4 percent from 11.5 percent, effective Nov. 1, the finance ministry said on Sunday.

Today I was fired because "I wasn't a team player" and "didn't fit in". I worked for an eccentric "Christian" man in his 70's, I myself am Christian also. I will call the owner "Old Mac" for simplicity. The place I worked as an mechanic was in a fabric mill (no more detail is needed, you know how hard the textile industry has been hit lately). The majority of the mill is illegals and some legals (from Mexico and Guatemala), with about a 30% other population of mostly white fixers and managers. I worked a second shift and had only...

New Vocational School and Textile Mill Boost Economy School offers training in masonry, carpentry and auto repair. By U.S. Army Sgt. Waine D. Haley 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment TIKRIT, Iraq, July 18, 2006 -- The seeds of trade and industry are taking root and springing to life as Coalition Forces and Iraqi leaders dig in and try to bring new life to Iraq’s economy. Capt. Daniel Cederman, projects officer for the 402nd Civil Affairs Detachment, and Kadhin Nori Abid, Ph.D., expert in vocational education representing the government of Salah Ah Din province, are working together to build a...

Some China Textile Import Quotas Re-ImposedBy MARTIN CRUTSINGER, AP Economics Writer Thu Sep 1, 9:18 AM ET The Bush administration announced Thursday that it was re-imposing quotas on two categories of Chinese clothing and textile imports after negotiators in Beijing failed to make progress toward an agreement to limit a surge of imports from China. The administration said that it would limit imports of fabric made with synthetic filament threads and also bras and other body-supporting undergarments, in response to shipments that have battered the U.S. industry. "Today's announcement demonstrates this administration's commitment to leveling the playing field for U.S....

http://www.chosun.com/economy/news/200506/200506190265.html/begin my translation'Cheap Made-in-India Products' Strangle ChinaWal-Mart considering the relocation of its supply base from China to IndiaLabor cost 30% cheaper, production cost 10% cheaper than ChinaWal-Mart to buy 1 billion dollars worth of Indian products.The beginning of multinational corporations' march out of China?Choi Yu-shik finder@chosun.com posted: 2005.06.19 21:02 17'  last modified: 2005.06.20 00:48 19' Multinationals' march out of China into India is starting? The world's largest chain store, Wal-Mart in America, is considering to switch from China to India its (main) supply base for textile and clothing,  which is a major blow to Chinese business community.  Andrew Tsuei, a Vice President in charge of Global...

Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi criticized the U.S. on Monday for unilaterally slapping a restriction on textile imports from China, saying that America should have tried to resolve the trade dispute with trade talks. Wu said during her keynote lunch speech to the biggest Asia-Pacific business organization that it was natural for countries to have some friction as global trade ties economies closer together. "The key is how to handle this friction," she told the Pacific Basin Economic Council. Wu said that the United States caused serious damage to Chinese businesses by recently imposing a 7.5 percent cap on the...

EU steps up pressure on China over textiles By Stefania Bianchi BRUSSELS - The European Union (EU) has stepped up pressure on China to curb what it calls a "ruinous" surge in textile exports, urging it to take action or face possible sanctions to protect the bloc's clothing industry. On April 24, Peter Mandelson, EU commissioner for trade, called on China to consider stricter measures to curb the rise in its textile exports following the end of an international quota system earlier this year. During an informal meeting of European trade ministers in Luxembourg, Mandelson confirmed that Brussels would launch...

Posted: 02 May 2005 0751 hrs Angry US acts to clip China's trade wings WASHINGTON : The United States put China on notice this past week that its patience is running out on a host of trade complaints. With the European Union also growing more exasperated with Asia's second-biggest economy, the scene would appear set for a showdown over trade unless Beijing has a change of heart. The West has long complained that China's yuan currency is under-valued, giving an artificial boost to Chinese exports and fuelling a massive surplus in China's trade position. But while the United States and...

Beijing may raise textile tariffs to curb exports By Alexandra Harney in Hong Kong, Geoff Dyer in Shanghai, and,Alan Beattie in London Published: April 15 2005 03:00 | Last updated: April 15 2005 03:00China is considering raising export tariffs on certain categories of textiles in the hope of slowing a rapid growth in shipments to the US and Europe since the beginning of the year. Gao Yong, deputy director of the China Textile Industry Association, said the idea was to raise the tariff on products that had sharply increased in export volume over the past two months, while maintaining or...

Contact: Ann Marie Menting or Cory Hatch amenting@bu.edu 617-358-1240 Boston University Boston University chemists probe secrets in ancient textile dyes from China, PeruChemists journey to Gobi region for samples, discover novel dye in textiles from Peru (Boston) -- Although searching for 3,000-year-old mummy textiles in tombs under the blazing sun of a western Chinese desert may seem more Indiana Jones than analytical chemist, two Boston University researchers recently did just that. Traveling along the ancient Silk Road in Xinjiang Province on their quest, they found the ancient fabrics – and hit upon a research adventure that combined chemistry, archaeology, anthropology,...

Asia's tallest man promotes textile exhibition Updated: 2005-03-10 09:06 Huang Changqiu, 240cm tall and said to be the tallest in Asia, promotes a textile exhibition in Shanghai March 9, 2005. Taller than the NBA superstar Yao Ming who is 226cm tall, Huang is a favorite of some companies when choosing a promoter. [newsphoto]

At 12:01 a.m. on Jan. 1, ships laden with cotton underwear, khaki slacks and cashmere sweaters will leave the port of Hong Kong. Their destination will be the Gap, Printemps, Wal-Mart and a slew of other retail stores, and eventually closets, from Paris to Peoria. These textile and apparel exports will be the first in a new post-quota world, envisioned some 10 years ago when the World Trade Organization ordered that clothing import quotas be abolished by 2005. . The end of textile quotas presents a textbook example of the benefits of free trade. If companies like the Limited and...

The Bush Administration has rewarded the South for its loyalty. Having successfully continued the Executive usurpation of Congressional authority to negotiate trade contracts, thanks to NAFTA and "Fast-Track", as well as Congressional authority to declare war, Bush now enjoys unchallenged power. His latest exercise in imperial Executive authority came last week when he awarded the Socialist Republic of Vietnamincreases in its textile export quotas to the US from $49 million to $1.5 billion. This is good news for the Vietnamese, but more grim news for Southern textile workers. The Southern textile industry has closed more than 150 mills and slashed...