CPD Working Paper 70A
Global Trade in T&C after the MFA Phase-out
Emerging Trends and Challenges for Low Income
The paper examines the first-out impact of the MFA phase-out, the most important agenda in the global trade of textiles and clothing. It attempts to capture the impact of quota derestriction by reviewing the changes in market share of global trade in T&C products, looking at the dynamics of changes in market share in the post-MFA period, for different regions as well as major T&C supplying developing countries. It identifies a number of emerging issues that are likely to have important implications for future global trade in T&C, and some policy consideration at the national and international levels.
Contributors: Mustafizur Rahman, Asif Anwar, Fida-e-Tashfia and Zebulun Kreiter
Publication Period: October 2008
