| 43 countries textile manufacturers began to extend | | | | a number of less developed countries in Asia and |
| the quota deadline for the final sprint to do. Tuesday, | | | | Latin America's textile products have a certain degree |
| they and dozens of countries, industry leaders | | | | of market protection. But in 1994, the WTO textile |
| convened in Brussels on a three-day conference, | | | | and clothing agreement to make decisions, using 10 |
| including Bangladesh and Turkey's textile sector | | | | years to phase out all quota. |
| leadership, goal is to extend the quota system to | | | | In fact, India has some WTO members had rejected |
| launch a campaign deadline. | | | | the trade protectionism. Permanent Representative |
| According to the American Textile Manufacturers | | | | of India WTO said in a letter, "Obviously, most of |
| Association, said that so far, from 43 countries of | | | | the quotas will expire on the last day the agreement |
| the 81 trade union has been in Turkey's so-called | | | | was canceled. This point, the process of phasing out |
| "Istanbul Declaration" signed the. Last week, the U.S. | | | | of quotas and the agreement runs counter to |
| textile industry successfully persuaded 130 members, | | | | expected results." The letter said The European Union |
| including Democratic presidential candidate Johnke | | | | in 1994, more than 303 kinds of quota categories, to |
| force, wrote to President Bush, asking him to urge | | | | date only 91 cancellations. There are 212 kinds of |
| the WTO to convene an emergency meeting to | | | | rest, or 70%, still in use quotas. Similarly, in Canada a |
| reconsider the termination of the quota period. | | | | total of 368 kinds of quota categories, canceled only |
| The lawmakers asked the U.S. government to put | | | | 76, the remaining 292, or 79%, still in use quotas. |
| pressure on the WTO, the textile and apparel quota | | | | Recently, 80 members of the International Textile |
| deadline extended until the end of the end of 2007, | | | | and Apparel Council, Mr Chandrasekhar has been held |
| they said, otherwise, India and China's exports would | | | | in New Delhi in the 39th annual meeting of industry |
| flood the world market, resulting in about 30 million | | | | warned that the WTO, "Trade protectionism will find |
| workers unemployed. So far, Washington is still | | | | or invent other ways to stop the abolition of quotas." |
| opposed to extending the quota period. U.S. Trade | | | | Less than 3% of total global trade of textile industry |
| Representative's office spokesman said the United | | | | in India directly employs 35 million workers, the |
| States is prepared to comply with its commitments | | | | contribution of GDP to 4%, accounting for 25% of |
| to the international community. However, this | | | | India's export earnings. Recognizing that the textile |
| problem may be in the November presidential election | | | | industry in the next 5 years a bright future, the |
| to become a hot spot. | | | | Government of India for the development of textile |
| Start from the 60's textile import quotas will end with | | | | and apparel goal is to export in 2010 reached 50 billion |
| the textile and apparel agreement to cancel, and now | | | | U.S. dollars every year, Indian textile and garment |
| this problem is the WTO one of the fiercest fighting. | | | | exports to the scale of the current 120 million. |
| As the quota system, import quotas set each year, | | | | |