TEXTILE POLICY
INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATI MIS IN IRLATING TO ADDITIONAL FROTECTION ON SWING OBLIGATIONS
1.
As far as opecific international obligation are cut, sed cimplest to set them out in terms of the use of alternative protective devices in respect of:
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cotton;
non-cottons.
But as our obligatins unler 1 and ALTA are very cl ar cut and cal they can bob be disposed of at the mtset.
TFTA
2. The use of import duties (which includes "any charges with equivalenù effect") is prohibited, an is the use of protective quantintive pertrieti Article 20 allows members to une "he uses which surogate fr The Cosy abi (this would cover tariffs or quantia'ive restrictions) in very tightly defiend circonstances of "unforeseen and serious difficultis in a particuler scio of industry or region." Suchamu '03
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advance by majority vote and may not last for mor than 18 monthaithob special outhority. The EFTA rules apply alike to cotton and non-c tten The ETA countries are in fact sipaiories of the Cotton Textil : arranguent but as far as I know it has rever been considered that the TA es le to inte agring EFTA countries. When it was necessary to provide protection toplot low-cost cott, textiles fra Fortugal this hai to be done by a private i arrangement between the goverments.
AIPM
TA
3. The requirements of the 11 duplicate those of 2014 excel or th Article (XI) covering ever ency action. Al ng other differenc : hig: the action permissible is liite to quentitive restrictions al. condibiɔn is an oppreciable Ase in unemployment in a particular sector of in lustry or region caused by a substantial decrerse in demand which in tum is due to an increase in iports from the other party.
COTTON TEXTIL 'S
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Our obligations to countri s other than me.ber of SPTA and Delṛnir governed either by the LTA or (for GATT members) by GATT. Að fær s to the LTA are concerned (ti, po to wide r
chukia ad the Zaton low-sort murdere a number of others including some non-members of GATT) we bro matitled to impoco and maintain discriminatory quar.titative restrictions in
of "mackob disruption". The definition of "markot disruption" regios Inter alia that the imparted goods are "offered at prices substantially below to one
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