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United States to Limit Clothing Imports from Vietnam.

By Jeffrey Sparshott, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 28--The United States will limit fast-growing clothing imports from Vietnam under an agreement reached during the weekend, U.S. trade officials said.

Vietnam's apparel and textile sales to the United States have skyrocketed since the two countries normalized trade relations in 2001, making the Southeast Asian nation the sixth-biggest source of those shipments to the United States.

"Vietnam did have unlimited growth. Now they are limited like every other coun

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