ATC

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The ATC (Agreement on Textiles and Clothing) was a World Trade Organization accord that governed the gradual integration of the textiles and clothing sector into normal WTO rules, phasing out quotas on textile and apparel trade.

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instanceOf World Trade Organization agreement ⓘ
international trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation ATC ⓘ
administeredBy World Trade Organization ⓘ
appliesTo WTO members ⓘ
apparel trade ⓘ
clothing sector ⓘ
textiles sector ⓘ
basedOn principles of non-discrimination in WTO ⓘ
endOfTransitionPeriod 1 January 2005 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1995 ⓘ
enteredIntoForceWith establishment of the World Trade Organization ⓘ
establishedBody Textiles Monitoring Body ⓘ
field international trade law ⓘ
trade policy ⓘ
fullName Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ⓘ
hasEffect elimination of most textile and clothing quotas ⓘ
liberalization of global textile and clothing trade ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
legalBasis Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization ⓘ
legalStatus multilateral agreement ⓘ
mechanism phasing out of existing quotas ⓘ
progressive integration of products into GATT 1994 ⓘ
monitoredBy Textiles Monitoring Body ⓘ
objective elimination of quantitative restrictions on textiles and clothing ⓘ
integration of textiles and clothing into GATT 1994 rules ⓘ
progressive liberalization of textile and clothing trade ⓘ
partOf Uruguay Round agreements ⓘ
policyInstrument quota phase-out ⓘ
tariff bindings ⓘ
predecessorRegime Multi-Fibre Arrangement quota system ⓘ
regulates quantitative restrictions on textile and clothing imports ⓘ
relatedTo General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
World Trade Organization Agreement ⓘ
linked to: WTO agreements
replaced Multi-Fibre Arrangement ⓘ
replacedBy GATT 1994 disciplines ⓘ
normal WTO rules on goods ⓘ
scope trade in clothing ⓘ
trade in textile and apparel products ⓘ
trade in textiles ⓘ
startOfTransitionPeriod 1 January 1995 ⓘ
subjectOf textiles and clothing trade ⓘ
terminatedOn 1 January 2005 ⓘ
timeFrame 10-year transition period ⓘ

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Agreement on Textiles and Clothing → abbreviation → ATC ⓘ
subject linked to: ATC