Zusammenfassung Handelsliberalisierung und Globalisierung haben dazu geführt, dass der Welthandel deutlich schneller …Summary Globalization has increased the differential between growth of world trade volumes and growth of world GDP …

recent upsurge in organic cotton products another fashion trend or is there a segment of consumers genuinely interested in … purchasing organic cotton apparel based on the benefits of organic agriculture to the environment? Design … profiles. Findings – It was found that the 38 percent of consumers who found used organic cotton content salient had positive …

conventionally produced cotton apparel, and to explore the role of purchase behaviors, apparel attributes and consumer beliefs about …, participants were willing to pay a 25 percent premium for an organic cotton t‐shirt over the visibly similar t‐shirt made from … conventionally produced cotton. Participants who pay for their own clothing or make purchase decisions alone were not willing to pay …

‐USA cotton dispute. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is conducted using a conceptual framework to show the effects of … US policies on Brazil and the world cotton market. The historical context of the conflict is presented, to explain the … motivations of both countries and the background of the dispute. Findings – US cotton subsidies and related policies have the …

potential and current consumers of organic cotton products in the Hawaii market. Design/methodology/approach – Data were … variables. Findings – Significant associations were found between gender and knowledge about organic cotton, between cotton … preference and ethnicity, and between cotton preference and knowledge of differences among organic and conventional cotton. This …

's cotton supply chain. It is necessary to understand the welfare change of the cotton chain under this shock of financial … the consumers, producers, circulation and farmers in the cotton supply chain under the shock of financial crisis. Design …/methodology/approach – There is no existing mature method to calculate the welfare change of a special supply chain, such as the cotton supply …

Purpose – This paper aims to determine whether domestic cotton support permitted by the current or potential World … Trade Organization (WTO) rules would be sufficient to compensate the cost to China's cotton farmers if the sliding scale … duty (SSD) on cotton imports is removed. Design/methodology/approach – The simulation was conducted using a static spatial …