DOHA SUMMIT
November 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALL
CLOTHING importers should witness an acceleration in the scrapping of quotas restricting cargoes they can purchase abroad, because of an agreement struck at the recent summit of the World Trade Organisation, in Qatar. Ministers agreed that the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, (which will scrap most quotas by 2005), should be speeded up, especially for small suppliers.
CLOTHING importers should witness an acceleration in the scrapping of quotas restricting cargoes they can purchase abroad, because of an agreement struck at the recent summit of the World Trade Organisation, in Qatar. Ministers agreed that the implementation of the WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, (which will scrap most quotas by 2005), should be speeded up, especially for small suppliers.
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