Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)


 
Unveiling Protectionism: Regional Responses to Remaining
Barriers in the Textiles and Clothing Trade (ST/ESCAP/2500)



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PART  ONE

Textile and clothing industry: Adjusting to the post-quota world
Ratnakar Adhikari and Yumiko Yamamoto, UNDP Regional
Centre, Colombo


Economic impacts of the phase-out in 2005 of quantitative
restrictions under the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing

Margit Molnar and Przemyslaw Kowalski, OECD

Status of protection facing exporters of textiles and clothing
from Asia and the Pacific in the North and South markets

William E. James, Centre for Strategic and International
Studies, Jakarta


Does China have a competitive advantage in the low-end
garment industry? A case study approach

Bala Ramasamy and Matthew Yeung, China-Europe
International Business School, Shanghai


Indian textile and apparel sector: An analysis of aspects related
to domestic supply and demand

Badri Narayanan G. Centre for Global Trade Analysis, Purdue
University


Indian textile and clothing sector poised for a leap
J.N. Singh, Textile Commissioner, India

Textiles and clothing trade post-ATC: Can trade facilitation help?
Noordin Azhari, ESCAP

PART  TWO

COUNTRY REPORTS ON COPING WITH RESTRICTIVE
POLICIES AND MAINTAINING COMPETITIVENESS


Bangladesh
Towfique G. K .M. Hassan, Bangladesh Textile Mills Association

China
Hongwei Ma, Ministry of Commerce

Indonesia
Usman Ade Sudradjat, Indonesian Textile Association

Kazakhstan
Tatyana Zhdanova, Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mongolia
Chuluunbat Tsetsegmaa, Textile and Garment Industry Councily

Myanmar
Myint Soe, Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association

Nepal
Kiran P. Saakha, Garment Association Nepal

Thailand
Virat Tandaechanurat, Thailand Textile Institute





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