Turkey to submit textiles report to WTO
21/11/2008
At at meeting of the World Trade Organisation's Council for Trade in Goods on 18 November, Turkey said it would prepare a new submission that would give an overview of developments in the textiles sector after the phase-out of quotas.
Turkey said the paper would be based on studies by international institutions, in particular by the OECD, adding that it welcomed participation by other members in the preparation of the paper.
It noted that a few members still maintained systemic concerns about its long-standing proposal for a work programme on textiles involving compilation of studies on the subject by international organizations and discussion of this compilation in a workshop.
El Salvador, Jordan and Tunisia supported Turkey's statement. Pakistan, while maintaining its systemic concern to single out one sector, said it was ready to consult with Turkey for the preparation of the new submission.
The Council approved requests by the European Union to extend by a further six months each the periods for compensation negotiations related to the EU enlargements in 2004 and 2007, respectively.
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