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Prospects for the Textile and Clothing Sector of the ESCAP Region in the Post-Uruguay Round Context, Studies in Trade and Investment No. 17
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| Author(s):
Trade and Investment Division (TID)
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| Economic Sector(s):
(1) Manufacturing industries |
| ESCAP Reference
No.: ST/ESCAP/1642 |
| Division/Office:
Trade and Investment |
| Published Date:
1996 |
| Country:
{Non-country Specific Publication} |
| Hard Copy Price:
N/A
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| The publication examines key features of the textile and clothing exports from the Asian and the Pacific region, which account for more than half of the world's exports of such commodities. It evaluates the impact of the phasing out of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA). It analyzes the emerging shifts in trade competitiveness which have taken place as a result of the new Agreement on Textiles and Clothing implemented within the Uruguay Round. The study reviews the protection systems operating in these countries, and it examines the adjustments made by the governments in their industrial and trade policy strategies. The impact of quota acceleration as well as the impact of MFA abolition in 2005 under the integration programme of the Agreement, have been modelled. The model used for the exercise is the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model developed by Hertel at Purdue University. |
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