Talks are at present in progress in Geneva among 51 industrialised and developing countries on a renewal of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) which expires at the end of 1981. The preliminaries of the negotiations have already revealed the existence of massive conflicts of interest not only...

In implementing the Multilateral Textile Agreement the European Community opted for the instrument of export self-restraint agreements which - in contrast to unilaterally imposed restrictions - may already be concluded before a threatening market disruption has actually materialized. On the...

The present Multi-Fibre Arrangement expires on July 31st. What are the arguments voiced by the proponents of a further extention? What would be the effects of a reduction in protectionism on the textile and clothing industries?

In the debate about relocation to the developing countries of “structurally weak” industries the clothing industry has attracted the special interest of academic and political economists in the Federal Republic of Germany. The following article constitutes a summary of the most important...