Study Of The Textile Trade Integration Process And Legal Issues

Textile industry is a pillar industry for China's economy. China textile industry plays an important role in the earning of foreign exchanges and contributes greatly to the development of China's economy. As textile quota is lifted starting 1.1.2005, yet trade protectionism is getting more deteriorated, China textile industry finds itself undergoing more difficulties and challenges than ever. It is significant to make a study on how to protect the interest and enjoy the benefit after China's entering into WTO and textile integration.Chapter I Firstly reviews the history of international textile trade going through departure and return to GATT, the integration process through the systematically study and evaluation on the legal documents governing textile trade, also special promise on China's textile product made by Chinese government when China's access into WTO.Chapter II secondly describes Chinese textile products export faces various kinds of trade protection measures and some countries set limits on China's textile product on the grounds of Report of the Working Party on the Accession of China (hereinafter referred to work report section 242), and some developed countries has entered into an alliance with developing countries to hinder Chinese textile products export. Owing to safeguard China the interest due after integrating the sector fully into GATT rules, it is necessary and imminent to make legal analysis on work report section 242.Chapter III clarifies the substantive and procedure criteria of work report section 242 on the basis of the legislation history, the principle of international law and WTO cases, which includes product coverage, market disrupt, orderly development of trade and believe set forth in section 242(a), also make clear the understanding of the investigation and consultation procedure, the legal explanation of reapplication and measures could not be applied to the same product at the same time under work report section 242 and the provisions of Section 16 of the Protocol.Chapter IV suggests the possible legal measures and makes respective evaluation on these measures by means of legal analysis on work report section 242 in order to curb abuse of work report section 242. Also, countermeasures and suggestions have been stated for Chinese government, China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles and textile enterprises.