ATC PHASE OUT ATTACK
May 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLAN ATTACK has been made on the United States, European Union (EU), and other textile importing jurisdictions for waiting until the last minute to abolish most restrictive quotas under the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Agreement on Textile and Clothing. A note from International Textiles and Clothing Bureau (ITCB) exporting countries said: "It may be noted that the large bulk of quotas have been kept to be abolished only on the last day of the agreement (January 1, 2005). So much about the progressivity of the process, contrary to what was ...
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