[Mb-civic] Weaving a Fair Trade Policy

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Weaving a Fair Trade Policy 
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January 16 2005

The game of global trade became a fairer competition with the new year, as richer nations were forced to lift their 30-year-old quotas on imported textiles and apparel. The United States and European nations should not renege on this commitment by erecting new barriers to trade that amount to phantom quotas that perpetuate inequities. 

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