Trade in textiles was long regulated outside the rules of multilateral trade leading to advantages for some and disadvantages for others. The Uruguay Round (UR) recognized the need for coverage of the textiles sector by the rules of multilateral trade and the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) was negotiated for this purpose. This article will focus on the laws used to exclude the textiles sector from multilateral trade before the WTO and the regulation of this sector after the UR as well as the experience of India with the ATC.