
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 18, 1990                   TAG: 9007180190
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-8   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

IMPORT RESTRICTIONS ON TEXTILES APPROVED

The Senate brushed aside veto threats by President Bush and voted Tuesday to restrict the growth of U.S. imports of textiles and apparel to 1 percent a year and freeze imports of shoes at 1989 levels.

By a potentially veto-overriding 68-32 vote, the Senate approved a textile-import bill nearly identical to measures passed by Congress in 1985 and 1988 but successfully vetoed by then-President Reagan.

- Associated Press

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