Outlines the global structure of the textiles and clothing industry and reviews trading patterns under the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), highlighting the impact of trade policies in the European Union and the USA. Examines the issue of labour standards as a new non-tariff barrier to trade....

ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of industrial policy in employment and competitiveness adjustments to changing trade relations in France - considers adjustment of industrial structure, and studies policy measures for sectoral assistance, with particular reference to motor...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on computer aided manufacturing, management information systems and specific industry restructuring in Belgium - based on case studies of the introduction of information technology and microelectronics innovations in the iron and steel industry and the textile...

Dresse un panorama du secteur et de ses mutations en Europe depuis une trentaine d'années. Aborde les changements nécessaires au niveau de la qualification des travailleurs, de l'innovation technologique, de la gestion des ressources humaines, des relations et de l'organisation du travail et...

ILO pub-wep pub. WEP conference paper on the role of industrial policy in employment and competitiveness adjustments to changing trade relations in France - considers adjustment of industrial structure, and studies policy measures for sectoral assistance, with particular reference to motor...

ILO pub-WEP pub. Working paper on trade, employment and industrial structure change, comprising a case study of Germany, Federal Republic - discusses sectoral structural adjustments, management attitudes and attitudes of banks and trade union attitudes to the adjustment process, problems of...