American said it told the Federal Aviation Administration that it was holding its flights, and the FAA instituted a nationwide "ground stop, " holding all American flights at their origin airports until the order was canceled at most airports at about 5 p.m.

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To stop that, Washington has changed the way it will determine the "country of origin" for textile imports.

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