SLASHING OF KNITWEAR DUTIES WORLDWIDE LIKELY AS WTO ROUND APPROACHES ENDGAME
April 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
KNITWEAR exporters could see decisions slashing tariffs on their goods worldwide this year, as the World Trade Organisation's (WTO) Doha Development Round approaches its conclusion. WTO director general Pascal Lamy this month directed senior trade officials to start debating swapping liberalisation concessions for trading industrial goods (with includes knitted clothes, accessories, wool, dyes and other inputs), with those for food, drink and services. This should start the final stage of the round, which was launched in 2001, and key decisions ...
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