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ABSTRACT
What's the world going to be like after 2005?

December 2004 doesn't just mark the end of most apparel and textile quotas. It marks the end of the current world system of import duty, and special exemptions. A number of new Free Trade Areas are due to come into existence on January 1 2005 Ð including the biggest and most ambitious textile free trading zone ever, the PanEuroMed area. It comes shortly after the European Union's biggest-ever expansion Ð and after the scheduled expiry of some crucial elements of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA)

Yet many industry professionals, still deeply misunderstand what is happening right now, what is definitely going to happen, and what is still in the area of speculation.

So Life after 2004: The Clothesource Guide to a Quota-free World is the essential report to life after quota has been lifted. This definitive guide covers:

- a summary of the international agreements behind today's rules and their likely replacements
- details of which countries impose trade barriers today that must come down by 2005.
- details of the products and countries now affected by these barriers.
- details of the products and countries that are not currently affected by all this.
- a short summary of what is now clear post-2004 , what's not - and what's simply industry myth.
- details of the proposals from the major governments about post-2004 systems.
- views on what governments might be predicted to do Ð and warnings about unpredictable behaviour
- summary of the effects of previous occasions when quota has been lifted.

Life after 2004: The Clothesource Guide to a Quota-free World is taken from The Clothesource Handbook of Apparel Sourcing 2004. Purchasers of The Clothesource Guide to the World after 2004 will receive a discount of £165 to The Clothesource Handbook of Apparel Sourcing 2004.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summary
Introduction
1. Background to Quota Elimination.
2. Countries Affected by Quota
3. Products and Businesses Affected by Quota
4. Developments in Trading Rules: EU
5. Developments in Trading Rules: US
6 So can rich country governments protect their domestic industries
7 Other Regulatory Influences post-2004
8. Implications: What Rich countries will do
9. Trading Issues: Winners and Losers
10. Risks to Buyers
11. So who will win
12. What can traders do?
APPENDICES
Appendix 1: Countries constrained by quota, 2003
Appendix 2: US Category Utilisation
Appendix 3: EU Quota Utilisation
Appendix 4: Top 100 Apparel Exporters: Special Relationships

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$270 USD

Published: August 2005
Market: mens Womens childrens
Region: USA
Industry: Apparel
Format: PDF
Frequency: 1 volume
Delivery: 2-4 Days
SKU: infpu0001808