WILL TEXTILE TRADE BE FREE IN 2005

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WILL TEXTILE TRADE BE FREE IN 2005 ? The
Leftovers from the Uruguay Round _____ FILIEP
LIBEERT PRESIDENT OF EURATEX
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ARTICLE 7 OF ATC HAS NOT BEEN FULLY RESPECTED EU
INDUSTRY PREPARED TO BUY MARKET ACCESS
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FREE TRADE SHOULD WORK BOTH WAYS WHAT IS THE
POSITION TODAY (Low tariffs - no non-tariff
barriers - fair trade)
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Average Textile Clothing bound duties

source WTO unfinished business 2001
Euratex calculation
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Market Access Conditions for Textile and Clothing
Selected markets in 2005
HIGH Protection
India
Avrg
Avrg Bound tariff
Indonesia
Argentina
Mexico
Brazil
Egypt
Australia
Thailand
Philippines
S. AFrica
Chile
Pakistan
Malaysia
South Korea
LOW Protection
Canada
15
Taiwan
PR China
USA
EU
Japan
Number of Non tariff Barriers identified
HIGH Protection
LOW Protection
Source WTO unfinished business and Euratex
calculations
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POST 2004 FREE TRADE UNLIKELY WHY RESPECT
ARTICLE 16 IF NOT RESPECTED ARTICLE 7 ?
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SOLUTION Need for all WTO members to
harmonise divergent tariffs as part of single
undertaking. Need for common ground among those
of good faith.
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NON-TARIFF BARRIERS (1) A
PRACTICAL PROPOSAL ?? Freeze all existing
non-tariff barriers ?? Outlaw in WTO those
NTBs which Sri Lanka, Ukraine, Brazil have
already accepted
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NON-TARIFF BARRIERS (2) Proportionality test
for public health or environmental barriers
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FREE TRADE FAIR TRADE Need for fair
but effective trade policy instruments ___
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WILL TEXTILE TRADE BE FREE IN 2005 ? The
Leftovers from the Uruguay Round _____ FILIEP
LIBEERT PRESIDENT OF EURATEX