1.   Chinese and U.S. trade officials reached a bilateral textile and apparel agreement after six days of talks.

2.   Chinese and American officials negotiating a bilateral textile agreement have moved into their sixth day of talks, with a resolution expected Sunday.

3.   Chinese and U.S. trade officials negotiating a bilateral textile agreement have entered a sixth day of talks, with a resolution expected tomorrow.

4.   China and the United States will finalize negotiations later in December on bilateral textile agreements which expire at year-end, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing announced Friday.

5.   Meanwhile, last ditch talks on extending a bilateral textile treaty that would stave off mutual trade sanctions continued with no word of progress.

6.   Hong Kong welcomed Monday the new four-year bilateral textile agreement reached between China and the United States that was widely seen as beneficial to the territory.

7.   Hong Kong argues that assembly is far more complex to define than cutting and that it would needlessly complicate bilateral textile trade.

8.   Both sides are hoping to thrash out a fresh bilateral textile accord and avert a threatened sanctions battle.

9.   China and the United States signed a new bilateral textile agreement Sunday, averting a damaging sanctions war.

10.   China and the United States signed documents Sunday ending marathon talks on a bilateral textile accord aimed at averting a sanctions war.