TMB MEETING

KEITH NUTHALLJAPAN has been criticised by the Textile Monitoring Body of the World Trade Organisation for failing to establish new liberalised quotas for imports of Chinese silk yarn and fabric by the start of this financial year. In a paper issued at a recent meeting, the TMB said that it was "particularly concerned" at the omission, and said that in future it expected to be "informed by Japan as soon as possible on the timing of the annual consultations between Japan and China, as well as on the trade levels to be determined for both silk yarn and silk fabric ...


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