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INDIA
BUSINESS WORLD -
APRIL 2004
THE MONTH THAT WAS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
TO DISCUSS POST-QUOTA PLANS
As the removal of the global textile trade quotas are just nine
months away, there is a new fervour among developing countries
to devise a cohesive plan for the post-quota era.
The 39th session of the International Textiles and Clothing
Bureau (ITCB), being held in New Delhi from April 5-8, will
discuss the residual issues of the Agreement on Textiles and
Clothing, to find out how a common plank would benefit developing
countries and to the extent to which the approach would be feasible.
ITCB is an exclusive inter-governmental
organisation of developing countries in the area of textiles
and clothing. A senior textile ministry official said: "The
ITCB members are going to use the New Delhi meeting to discuss
the ways and means for guarding against non-tariff and other
forms of disguised protection."
The meeting would also provide the members
a timely occasion for international consultations on the Doha
Round issues concerning textiles."
NK Singh, member, planning commission, will inaugurate the
ITCB session. KM Chandrasekhar, India's ambassador to the
WTO, is the current chairman of the ITCB. ITCB members include
Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, Indonesia, Pakistan and Thailand.
About 80 delegates from various countries will participate
in the Delhi session. In addition to problems associated with
quota restrictions, the ITCB has lately been devoting increasing
attention to non-quota issues.
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