This paper provides estimates of both national and global welfare costs of bilateral quotas on textiles and apparel … using an applied general equilibrium model which covers bilateral quotas on exports of textiles and apparel negotiated …

for textiles trade. The benefits from freer trade in textiles and clothing shed light on other sectors that are still …

The MFA (Multi-fiber Arrangement) quotas on US imports of textiles created a favorable environment for low value …

(1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (1995 to 2005). We find that China was relatively more …

Quota restrictions on United States imports of apparel and textiles under the multifibre arrangement (MFA) ended …

(MFA) which up to the end of 2004 applied to exports of clothing and textiles in key OECD markets has had on Asian … impacts on aggregate US and EU imports of clothing and textiles, and equally only small impacts on aggregate Chinese exports … of clothing and textiles. There are, however, large changes in the country pattern of trade, and also within more …

International trade in apparel and textiles is regulated by a system of bilateral tariffs and quotas known as the …