TEXTILE TRADE CONFERENCE

BY ALAN OSBORNLEADERS of international organisations are lining up to speak at the major textile trade conference being staged by the European Commission in Brussels in May 5-6.Pascal Lamy, European Union trade commissioner, is to speak on the importance of quota elimination for the strengthening of the multilateral system. The director general of the World Trade Organisation, Supachai Panitchpakdi, will speak on investment by developing countries and Rubens Ricupero, secretary-general of UNCTAD, will pose the question of how free the textile trade will be from ...


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