This paper estimates the costs of EU restraints on trade in textiles and clothing. After explaining the methods used, we examine the impact of an opening up of EU trade in textiles and clothing, inter alia to those economies where the textile and clothing (T&C) industries command sizeable shares...

According to the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), all quantitative restrictions on textile and apparel commodities are to be removed on January 1, 2005. This paper examines the economic impacts of the 2005 liberalization at the U.S. state level. The methodology utilizes a regional model...