In 1994, Uruguay Round of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (namely World Trade Organization's predecessor ) negotiated and reached" the fabrics and clothing protocol", every member agrees on and abolishes the fabrics for 43 years and clothing quota system completely before January 1 , 2005, carry on the free trade in the fields of fabrics and clothing. By the last year, the fabrics and clothing trade should step into the right path like other trades in goods , the actual conditions are not like this.

To the file referred of World Trade Organization according to international fabrics clothing May of 2004 of office, on these three main fabrics and clothing market in U.S.A. , European Union , Canada, 89% , 70% and 80% fabrics and clothing quota have not unlocked yet separately. And when European Union expands on May 1 this year, though the date that the distance cancels the fabrics and clothing quota only has 8 months left, but European Union expands the restriction on fabrics and clothing trade from 15 original countries to 25 countries .

U.S.A. , European Union and Canada have already expressed clearly that will abolish the fabrics and clothing quota system on schedule , but this kind is it reopen after a cessation of business method of field protect without competitiveness country and developed importer lose textile industry of competitiveness already to put all until at the last moment, suppressed the country that really has productivity , make it unable to produce and meet demands of consumer normally, make the international fabrics and clothing trade in the state of twisting for a long time.

Except that the quota makes, the developed country also limits the fabrics and clothing trade with the high tariff . World Trade Organization statistics show , the average tariffs of U.S.A. , European Union and Canadian imported goods were 5.2% to 6.9% in 2003, the average tariff importing the fabrics and clothing is 7% to 10% ; In U.S.A., the supreme tariffs of the fabrics and clothing exceed 30%, is nearly that the tariffs are the highest in all goods. And the tariffs of the fabrics and clothing are upgraded, namely the tariff raised as process the deepening of the degree, higher than other goods besides food , beverage and wine too. The data analysis that clothing office of the international fabrics statistics show, 42% of the import duty income of the goods came from fabrics and clothing in 2001 in U.S.A..

In addition, U.S.A. , European Union and Canada also offer Africa and favourable trade treatment of country and the leaset developed countries of Caribbean Sea through the bilateral agreement, including avoid tariffs , avoid the quota. On one hand such favourable trade treatment has twisted the production and trade pattern of international fabrics and clothing artificially, have supported the country of productivity of having; It is even that developed country expands its surface fabric export , replenishes a kind of means of the national textile industry in a disguised form on the other hand.

In the countries and regions of the fabrics and clothing at exit, China has not not merely enjoyed any favour in the importer , receive the developed importer's strictest quota to limit instead. China can only start with in improve product quality , deliver , perfect the service in timing etc. , strengthen one's own competitiveness . After China joined WTO in 2001, the fabrics and clothing export quantum increased by a fairly big margin. Therefore, after some countries are afraid that will cancel the fabrics and clothing quota next year, China may know and " crowd " other supply countries , occupy the international fabrics and clothing market . The trade expert thinks , this kind of worry totally exaggerates its diction . First of all, it belongs to it in accordance with expectation that Chinese fabrics and clothing export increase, because there are many China's workforces , the labour intensive profession such as the textile industry has advantages . Quota of developed country is it restrain to China from tightest to make, so after the quota cancels, the potentiality of export of China is given play to, it is natural too to increase by a fairly big margin at the beginning when trade is unlocked, but difficult to estimate whether could maintain the growth of the very fast speed . Secondly, various kinds of present prediction data depend on the model , parameter and assumption used, and quota cancel can and clothing which kind of influence trade produce to international fabrics on earth, still not definite now. Because influence not merely this factor of the fabrics and clothing trade, quality, customer's colony, play an important role from buyer and distance , and trade policy (for instance, between environmental protection and anti-terrorism policy of U.S.A. ) of importer , consumer of geographical position ,etc..