Brussels, 25/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - The next World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting is "crucial" for the European textile and clothing industry, says Euratex, calling on the Union to "ensure" that the Round's agenda "contains clear undertakings on the part of all members" to reduce their tariffs and prohibit non-tariff barriers in the sector.
"In the textiles-clothing sector, globalisation does not yet exist", and "today, there is no world market", stresses Jean de Jaegher,...