Liberalizing Quotas on Textiles and Clothing: Has the ATC Actually Worked?

Joseph Francois and Dean Spinanger

No 331309, Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

Abstract: We explore the evolution of market access conditions in the textile and clothing sectors (T&C). Working with bilateral trade data on textile and clothing trade, underlying tariffs, and the coverage of quotas under the WTO’s Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC) we first develop a non-linear least squares estimation framework for calculating the tax equivalent of ATC quota restrictions on bilateral trade. We also compare these non-tariff barrier estimates to earlier estimates for the years since the inception of the ATC, to gauge the extent to which the ATC has actually led to quota liberalization.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20
Date: 2004
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