2005年11月8日,中国商务部部长薄熙来和美国贸易代表波特曼在英国伦敦签署了《中华人民共和国政府与美利坚合众国政府关于纺织品和服装贸易的谅解备忘录》。至此,中美双方历时五个多月经过七轮磋商最终就纺织品问题达成协议。在谈判中双方正确处理了矛盾,以平等、互惠、相互谦 On November 8, 2005, Chinese Minister of Commerce Bo Xilai and U.S. Trade Representative Portman signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Trade in Textiles and Garments between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America in London, England. At this point, both China and the United States reached an agreement on the issue of textiles through seven rounds of consultations in more than five months. In the negotiation, both sides correctly handled the contradictions and treated each other with equality, reciprocity and mutual humility