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The article reports on the issue that involves Chinese television (TV) set manufacturers. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission ordered that starting on March 1, 2007, all TV sets exported to the U.S. must be digital and that TV sets with screen size exceeding 13 inches must measure up to the technological standard enacted by the U.S. Advanced Television Systems Committee. Since TV sets exported to the U.S. must measure up to the standard backed by patents, manufacturers must pay patent fees.

The article focuses on the trade negotiations of Chinese Commerce Minister Bo Xilai and U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman over the issue of textile industry on November 8, 2005. The negotiation covers several categories of clothing and textiles that will be imported from China in 2006. According to Sun Huaibin, spokesman of China National Textile Industry Association, that the negotiation brings stability of the country's textile export.