Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

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The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing was a World Trade Organization accord that phased out the longstanding quota system on textile and clothing imports, integrating the sector into normal GATT trade rules.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World Trade Organization agreement
international trade agreement
administeredBy World Trade Organization
alsoKnownAs Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
surface form: Textiles and Clothing Agreement
appliesTo trade in clothing
trade in textiles
cameIntoEffectWith establishment of the World Trade Organization
category international economic law
trade liberalization agreement
coreProvision integration of products into GATT 1994
progressive elimination of quantitative restrictions
special treatment for developing countries
transitional safeguard mechanism
duration 10 years
endedRegime Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system
enteredIntoForce 1995-01-01
feature four-stage integration schedule
growth rates for remaining quotas during transition
product-by-product integration into GATT
finalIntegrationDate 2005-01-01
impact liberalization of global textiles and clothing trade
shift of production towards competitive developing countries
implementedBy WTO member states
language English
French
Spanish
legalBasis Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization
legalStatusAfter2005 expired
linkedInstrument WTO Agreement on Safeguards
surface form: Agreement on Safeguards

General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
surface form: General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994
negotiationContext Uruguay Round (1986–1994)
surface form: Uruguay Round
objective integrate textiles and clothing into GATT rules
phase out quotas on textiles and clothing
partOf WTO agreements
surface form: World Trade Organization legal framework
phasedOut bilateral import quotas on clothing
bilateral import quotas on textiles
predecessor Multi-Fibre Arrangement
relevantTo developed country importers
developing country exporters
replaced Multi-Fibre Arrangement
replacedBy full application of GATT 1994 rules to textiles and clothing
scope trade in textiles and clothing among WTO members
shortName ATC
subjectMatter clothing products
textile products
terminatedOn 2005-01-01
timeFrame 1995–2004

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Uruguay Round (1986–1994) producedAgreement Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Agreement on Textiles and Clothing alsoKnownAs Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
this entity surface form: Textiles and Clothing Agreement
ATC fullName Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
subject surface form: Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Multi-Fibre Arrangement replaced Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
this entity surface form: Arrangement Regarding International Trade in Textiles
Multi-Fibre Arrangement phasedOutUnder Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Multi-Fibre Arrangement replacedBy Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
this entity surface form: WTO Agreement on Textiles and Clothing regime
Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system replacedBy Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system phasedOutBy Agreement on Textiles and Clothing
Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system relatedConcept Agreement on Textiles and Clothing