The Commission has warned the US that it will seek redress from the World Trade Organisation unless the US Government places new legislation before Congress on labels of origin for European textiles by 20 August. In July 1996 the US introduced rules forcing EU textile manufacturers to label finished goods with the name of the country producing the raw cloth rather than that of where the cloth was dyed and processed, as had been the case previously. EU exporters claimed this affected the value of their products and lost them hundreds of millions of dollars as a result. Under EU pressure the US has now agreed to reverse the ruling but EU officials are worried that Washington may procrastinate on this sensitive matter.
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