Home>News Center>China
       
 

EU not to impose quota on Chinese textiles
By Dai Yan (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-02-07 02:00

The European Union has assured China's textile firms that it will not follow Turkey's lead by imposing quotas on textile imports from the nation.

EU Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson's spokeswoman Claude Veron-Reville said such safeguards would only be used as a last resort.

Such "measures would have to be fully justified," Veron-Reville told China Daily.

Turkey decided in December to impose quotas on 42 categories of Chinese textile imports, just ahead of the lifting of global quotas on January 1.

China's textile industry grew increasingly concerned that the EU may take such measures in the light of the call from Euratex - Europe's largest textile-industry lobby group - for action against China.

Reports have also indicated that, at a closed-door meeting last month, EU trade officials and politicians discussed whether Turkey's action against China should lead the EU to do likewise.

The spokeswoman said the EU is currently working on guidelines for safeguards.

"We want to get them right, not rushed."

However, she stated "the EU strategy for the textile and clothing sector is not a protectionist one but it is a forward-looking one and focuses on our strength."

She added the European industry has adapted over the 10-year transition period for quota removal and specialized in what it does best: high-tech fabrics. By exporting such products, Europe has moved up the value chain.

The World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), which established a 10-year period for the elimination of the quotas, expired on 31 December 2004. From January 1, 2005, trade in textile and clothing products cannot be subject to any quantitative restrictions.

Just ahead of the removal of the quotas, the European Commission proposed seven measures to enhance the competitiveness of the European textiles industry.

These are boosting research and innovation, ensuring lifelong education and vocational training, structural funds to cover unforeseen crises, strengthening the fight against counterfeiting and piracy, improving access to other markets, rapidly completing the Euro-Mediterranean zone and strengthening co-operation with China.

Co-operation with China includes the recently established EU-China textiles dialogue and the monitoring of Chinese imports.

There is no going back on the removal of the quotas. The EU will respect its commitment and the quota's removal is the price for China's accession to the WTO, Veron-Reville said.

"But we want to ensure a smooth transition to a quota-free regime, in particular for vulnerable countries whose economies are highly dependent on exports," she said.

The spokeswoman pointed to Bangladesh, whose textiles and cloth represent 85 per cent of its exports, as an example.

In fact, China has also agreed to take measures to ensure a smooth transition.

China announced eight measures last month, including imposing an export tax on textiles and cloth.

Mandelson has said that by accepting dialogue rather than confrontation, the commission has a greater chance of ensuring China does not become a threat to the European industry.

China and EU held two meetings of the Textiles Trade Dialogue in May and November last year.

Before the quota removal, EU textiles imports subject to quotas represented only 20 per cent of total EU textile and clothing products. And just 12 per cent of Chinese textile product exports to the EU were affected by the abolished quotas.

China is the European Union's leading textile supplier, accounting for 17.5 per cent of all textile imports in 2003.



 
  Today's Top News     Top China News
 

New bird flu vaccine capable of prevention

 

   
 

EU not to impose quota on Chinese textiles

 

   
 

Bush's 05 budget to tighten Americans' belt

 

   
 

Top banker: China on track to renminbi reform

 

   
 

China to stop use of non-donated blood

 

   
 

Rice: US disagrees with EU on arms embargo

 

   
  Wanted gambler captured on train
   
  China to stop use of non-donated blood
   
  New bird flu vaccine capable of prevention
   
  Half of all fireworks do not meet standards
   
  Charter flights carry 698 passengers
   
  Half of all fireworks do not meet standards
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  It is time to prepare for Beijing - 2008  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 国产成人综合久久精品红| 精品国产一二三区在线影院| 国外性xxxnxxxf视频| 亚洲AV成人片色在线观看高潮| 爱情岛永久入口网址首页| 午夜老司机永久免费看片| 青娱乐国产在线视频| 国产无遮挡又黄又爽免费网站 | chinese帅哥18kt| 日韩精品极品视频在线观看免费| 免费看男女做好爽好硬视频| 色综合色综合久久综合频道| 国产成人污污网站在线观看| 香蕉污视频在线观看| 国产香蕉尹人综合在线观看| avtt天堂网久久精品| 日本一区二区三区久久| 伊人久久国产精品| 精字窝全球最大华人| 国产精品9999久久久久仙踪林 | 又粗又紧又湿又爽a视频| 香蕉在线精品一区二区| 夜夜操免费视频| 一本无码中文字幕在线观| 搡女人真爽免费视频大全| 亚洲人成伊人成综合网久久| 精品无码一区二区三区爱欲| 国产精品午夜电影| 91香蕉在线看私人影院| 大学生一级毛片高清版| chinese乱子伦xxxx视频播放| 好硬好大好爽18漫画| 久久无码精品一区二区三区| 极品丰满美女国模冰莲大尺度| 亚洲国产精品自产在线播放| 精品久久久久久无码专区不卡 | 国产在线看片网站| 黄色毛片免费看| 国产高清在线视频伊甸园| 中文字幕亚洲不卡在线亚瑟| 日本一区二区三|