Quotas on textile and clothing exports, used by the US and European Union for four decades to protect domestic producers, will be abolished next year under a WTO agreement dating from 1994. Following which, China and EU agreed to establish a “double-check system” in bilateral textile trade on September 28. And the arrangement covers eight sensitive product categories: T-shirts, pullovers, trousers, bras, blouses, dresses, bed linen and flax yarn.