`Cotton-Pickin' Uncle Sam

The US textile industry has asked its government for protection. Indonesia's textile industry and textile products, together yielding US$2.1 billion from the US market, are hence also under threat.

August 14, 2001

Beset by a never-ending raft of problems. That's apparently the fate of the Indonesian textile and textile products industry. Even before the industry has got to grips with recent increases in fuel oil prices and electricity rates, a new problem has now reared its head, adding to its headaches: the looming threat from the US of an accusation of dumping.

The US textile industry center last June 6 asked Congress and the government of George W. Bu

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