CHINA ATC IMPLEMENTATION
April 1st, 2002
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 in April under its Agreement on Textiles and Clothing commitments.As required, China has announced that it will simultaneously implement the first three stages of the ATC liberalisation process. In a statement to the global trade institution, the Chinese government said that it would liberalise import quotas for ...
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