The textiles and clothing (T&C) industry is considered to be an opportunity for the
industrialization of developing countries in low value added goods. The industry is …

Two central issues are dealt with in the volume. The first is the positive question of the effects
of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) on the developing countries. The second is the …

This article provides critical coordinates for considering implications of the termination of the
Multi-Fibre Agreement for employment, wages and working conditions in selected East …

Abstract On January 1, 2005, the controlled trade regime on textiles and clothing which was
based on the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) made in 1974 was abolished. This institutional …

Rather than ease up, the MFA has been getting tougher on most developing country
exporters of textiles and clothing. Trade gains for new exporters (except for marginal …

The Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA) and other earlier agreements through quantitative
restrictions governed the international trade in textiles and clothing for more than three …

OES TRADE in textiles and clothing matter and for whom? Who are the major actors? In
what products do developing countries have most success? How significant is market …

Simulations using a world clothing and textile trade model and a new set of estimates of tariff
equivalents suggest that the global welfare cost of the Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) …

The Multi-Fibre Agreement (MFA), that had governed the extent of textile trade between
nations since 1962, expired on 1 January, 2005. It is expected that, post-MFA, most tariff …

International trade in textile and apparel has been governed by quantitative restrictions
under the Multi-Fiber Arrangement (MFA) and earlier agreements for more than 30 years …