This paper estimates the impact of market access liberalization in high-income countries on sub-Saharan African exports. The methodology exploits the large reduction in trade barriers that was induced by three unilateral trade liberalization initiatives: (1) the dismantling of the Multi-Fiber...

Traditionally, the textiles and clothing industry has been considered as one of the relatively more labour-intensive manufacturing industries in which developing countries have had comparative advantage mainly on account of cheap labour. Through econometric explorations the present paper...

This study focuses on the adjustment challenges facing the textile and clothing industries across the globe. The analytical work was initially suggested during informal consultations between the OECD Trade Committee and Civil Society Organisations. It took two years of extensive discussions in...

Textiles and clothing are among the sectors where developing and least developing countries have the most to expand from multilateral trade liberalization. The Textile Monitoring Board (TMB), one of the adjudicator forums for disputes resolution under the accord, faces a significant challenge in...

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...

The study focusses on the determinants to the use of trade agreements by Indian textile and clothing companies. A primary sample survey of 310 export companies was conducted in major clusters. Subsequently a conceptual framework model was developed to understand the various determinants...