ost duties were eliminated by 2003. The duty rates imposed by the United States prior to NAFTA were about 9% (Infomat, 2005).
Under NAFTA, an annex was developed and it contains the following dispositions (NAFTA, 2005):
Restrictions and Consultation Levels;
Bilateral Emergency Actions (Tariffs and Quantitative Restrictions);
Review and Revision of Rules of Origin;
Trade in Worn Clothing and Other Worn Articles.
In January 2005, the Multi-Fiber Agreement (MFA), of which Mexico was a party, expired, eliminating protected textile quotas (Barday, 2005). Beginning in January 2005, the textile industry will become subject to the provisions of GATT. In addition, international industrial textile trade is also regulated by the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC). The Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) was enacted in 1995 soon after the World Trade Organization (WTO) was established. A
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