The dismantling of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement by 2005 and China's forthcoming membership of the WTO, as the world's largest exporter of clothing, will alter profoundly international competition in textiles and clothing. A simulation of these two components of trade liberalization makes it...

Silk has a long history and profound cultures. The modern science and technology has injected new vitality into the traditional silk. Meanwhile, the economic globalization has promoted the academic communication and collaborative development of the international textiles and silk industry. The...

1. Introduction -- 2. The Multi Fibre Arrangement -- 3. The political economy of trade liberalization in textiles and clothing -- 4. The "winners" and "losers" of trade liberalization in textiles and clothing -- 5. The EU, China and textiles diplomacy under the WTO -- 6. The WTO Agreement on...

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...

The problem of textile industry started with the economic recession of the 1980s and was aggravated by globalization coupled with poor infrastructure and Nigerians perception of made in Nigeria goods. This helped the foreign multi-national textile manufacturing giants to dominate Nigeria textile...