CHINA ATC

Keith NuthallCHINA has sought to bury grumbling amongst its fellow World Trade Organisation member countries that it has been slow to implement promises made on joining the institution to liberalise its imports, by fulfilling a promise to publish quotas under its Agreement on Textiles and Clothing commitments.As required, China has announced that it will liberalise import quotas for lines covering 51.45 per cent of China's total volume of imports in 1992, namely 3.09 million tons.These lines included footwear with soles and uppers of wool felt and footwear uppers ...


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