Number: RL31723
Title: Textile and Apparel Trade Issues
Authors: Bernard A. Gelb, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Because of their importance to the U.S. economy and to many U.S. trade partners, textile and apparel trade has been a major issue in trade relations with a number of countries and regions. Other industrialized countries have faced similar issues, and international and domestic measures were undertaken to try to resolve conflicts between the interests of exporters and importers. A major recent event was the completion on January 1, 2005, of the phaseout of quotas on imports of textiles and apparel that were established decades ago as compromises between exporting developing countries and importing developed countries.
Pages: 27
Date: January 5, 2007