SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1987
MEETING OF INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES
AND CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB) CONCLUDED
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF PROTECTIONIST LEGISLATION NOW PENDING IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL THE UNITED STATES WOULD CAUSE GREAT HARM TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRY EXPORTERS.
MR
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS OF MACAU, WHILE SUMMING UP THE GALHARDO SIMOES, ANTONIO ALBERTO
AND DELIBERATIONS OF A FOUR-DAY MEETING OF THE INTERNATIONAL TEXTILES
THE ITCB CLOTHING BUREAU (ITCB). MR GALHARDO SIMOES WAS PRESIDENT OF
BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 1 AND 4. MEETING WHICH TOOK PLACE IN MACAU
LEGISLATION WOULD UNDERMINE HOPES FOR PROGRESS IN
HE NOTED THAT SUCH PROTECTIONIST THE MULTILATERAL TRADING SYSTEM AND DIMINISH THE GATT URUGUAY ROUND OF MULTILATERAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS.
IMPORTANCE OF THE URUGUAY OF MODALITIES THAT WOULD CLOTHING SECTOR INTO DISCIPLINES. IN
"THESE DEVELOPMENTS UNDERLINE THE ROUND NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE FORMULATION PERMIT EVENTUAL INTEGRATION OF THE TEXTILE AND THE GATT ON THE BASIS OF STRENGTHENED GATT RULES AND THIS REGARD, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTHY SAFEGUARD SYSTEM BASED THE MOST-FAVOURED-NATION PRINCIPLE IS ESSENTIAL.
"
ON
INVOCATIONS OF THE MORE HE SOUNDED A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON THE
THE NEW MFA AGREEMENT WHEN THE RESTRICTIVE MEASURES CONTAINED IN
WERE AGREEMENTS
AND BILATERAL
NEGOTIATED
IMPLEMENTED. SUBSEQUENT
SUPPOSED THERE WAS ALSO A DANGER THAT THE HARMONISED SYSTEM, WHICH IS
TARIFF INCREASES AND ADVERSE TO BE NEUTRAL MAY LEAD TO SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION AND COVERAGE.
RUCTIVE. HE SAID THE TALKS HAD BEEN MOST CONSTRUCTIVE.
TRADE IN TEXTILES CRUCIAL ISSUES AFFECTING THE INTERNATIONAL
THE UNDERSTANDINGS HAD BEEN CONSIDERED, VIEWS HAD BEEN EXCHANGED AND
BE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION REACHED AMONG PARTICIPANTS WOULD EFFORTS TO REVERSE PROTECTIONISM IN THE TEXTILES FIELD.
REPRESENTATIVES OF 15
TEXTILE
EXPORTING
COUNTRIES
TERRITORIES ATTENDED THE MEETING. HONG KONG'S DELEGATION THE DIRECTOR OF TRADE, MR MICHAEL SZE.
TO
AND
WAS LED BY
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