The other principal restrictive provision would greatly ease through appeal to the Tariff Commission, the path that addi tional industries could pursue in seeking import relief.
The House Ways and Means Committee is considering a bill that would set quotas on imports of textiles and shoes into the United States and would also make it easier for other industries to seek import re lief.
When seeking import approval from Chinese censors, says Yutaka Ito of Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS), whose drama "Beautiful Life" has soared up the ratings in several Asian countries this year, TBS does not bother with the expense of a translation.
The bill would toughen both the nation's laws on unfair trade and the so-called Escape Clause, under which industries inundated by foreign products, whether fairly traded or not, may seek import curbs.
But critics claim that it now tilts heavily in favor of the archaeological lobby, even in cases when the foreign countries seeking import restrictions have not met the criteria set down by the law.
Apple has used patents to seek import bans on competitor products, sometimes successfully, and Google paid $12.5 billion for Motorola Mobility last year to secure patents todefend itself and partners against such actions.
In the United States, solar panel trade cases have divided the industry in much the same way that automotive trade disputes in the 1980s split the American auto industry, when Detroit automakers seeking import restrictions were opposed by American car dealers who were making large profits from selling and servicing cars imported from Japan.
Solar panel trade cases have divided the solar industry in the United States in much the same way that automotive trade disputes in the 1980s split the U.S. auto industry, when Detroit automakers seeking import restrictions were opposed by American car dealers who were making large profits by selling and servicing cars imported from Japan.
Apple will now seek import bans on several of its rival's products.
Though the Cupertino-based company has not divulged all the details, it's clear that Apple will try to seek import bans in countries other than Australia.
