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外文翻译 原文 The ECs Import Policy for Textiles Material Source: /content/f42n1706124048j0/ Author:Hans-Dieter Kuschel, Bonn The trade policy of the European Community in the textile and clothing sector has repeatedly encountered criticism. Industry and unions both were critical of the length of time it took the Community to make up its collective mind-from the Multilateral Textile Agreement concluded in Geneva in December 1973 until the start of the negotiations with the textile-exporting countries about export self-restraint agreements and the long drawn-out nature of these negotiations because in the meantime imports had risen considerably which led, according to the rules of the Multilateral Textile Agreement, to higher base values for the restrictions. The import trade objected in particular to the increase in the degree of restriction vis--vis Hong Kong and Taiwan, the small growth rates conceded in respect of clothing imports and the price increases for imported goods caused by the quotas. The extent of the criticism and the contrary nature of the opinions expressed show how difficult it was to develop a common import policy which would take account of industrys demands for a safeguard against market disruptions and at the same time allow for the interest of the consumer in comprehensive and cheap supplies. Like most of the textile-exporting countries, the EC in implementing the Multilateral Textile Agreement opted for the instrument of export self-restraint agreements. What can be said for such a solution is this: According to the criteria laid down in the Multilateral Textile Agreement export self-restraint agreements are already admissible in cases where a real danger of a market disruption exists. With a number of products it would have been difficult to prove that a market disruption had actually materialized, as is necessary in cases of unilaterally imposed restrictions. Export self-restraint agreements enabled the impor