China's experience under the Multifiber Arrangement (MFA) and the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC)
By: Irene Brambilla, Amit Khandelwal, Peter Schott.
Contributors: Khandelwal,  Amit.; Schott, Peter K.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- no. 13346.; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research) -- working paper no. 13346.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 47
Subjects: Manufacturing industries -- China -- Mathematical models; International trade -- Mathematical models; Textile industry -- China; China -- Foreign economic relations -- United States; United States -- Foreign economic relations -- China
Description: This paper analyzes China's experience under U.S. apparel and textile quotas. It makes use of a unique new database that tracks U.S. trading partners' performance under the quota regimes established by the global Multifiber Arrangement (1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (1995 to 2005). We find that China was relatively more constrained under these regimes than other countries and that, as quotas were lifted, China's exports grew disproportionately.
Notes: "August 2007"

Includes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).

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