BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhuanet) -- China is firmly opposed to and strongly dissatisfied with the US decision to limit the imports of Chinese woolen trousers, a spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce said here Friday.

    The US Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements announced Friday that it has decided to impose special safeguard measures against Chinese woolen trousers, the latest move in US-China clothing trade row after it imposed similar restrictions on seven category of Chinese clothing earlier this year.

    Spokesman Chong Quan said in a statement that the US decision lacks of sufficient facts and goes against the principle and orientation of the agreement on textile and garments of the World Trade Organization as well as the spirit of free trade that the WTO advocates.

    In addition, the US decision does not conform to the precondition to launch restriction as ruled in the documents concerning China's accession to the WTO, the spokesman said.

    China and the United States held their latest talks on textile and garment trade row early this month at the 16th Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade in Beijing, but failed to reach an agreement.

    The spokesman said China reserves the right to take further actions within the framework of the WTO.

    "Once again the US imposed restrictions against Chinese clothing, and this has made the dialogue more difficult," Chong said. "The Chinese government reserves the right to take further actions within the framework of the WTO."

    The spokesman said China hopes to find out a solution acceptable to both sides concerning the textile and garment row.

    "China has reiterated that it is ready to have dialogue with the US in an active and open attitude concerning the textile issue, and work together to find out a solution acceptable to both sides," he said.   Enditem