1. The Historical and Legal Framework for International Trade -- 2. The Birth of a Special System for Textiles -- 3. The Aims and Objectives of GATT and the MFA -- 4. The Legal Principles which Underlie Both Treaties -- 5. General Rules Directed towards Achieving the Liberalization of Trade -- 6. Exceptions to Liberalization in Both Systems -- 7. GATT's Answer to the Crises of the 1970s and 1980s -- 8. The Multifibre Arrangements as Alternative Solutions to Deficiencies within the GATT System -- 9. A New Order for International Trade as a Necessary Guarantee for a Real Integration of Textiles -- 10. The Final Agreement in the Textile Sector: Prospects for the Future
Notes
Edited version of the author's thesis (doctoral--Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 1995)