Textile and Apparel Trade Issues (CRS Report for Congress)
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| Release Date |
Revised Jan. 5, 2007 |
| Report Number |
RL31723 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Bernard A. Gelb, Resources, Science, and Industry Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Because of their importance to the U.S. economy and to many U.S. tradepartners, textile and apparel trade has been a major issue in trade relations with anumber of countries and regions. Other industrialized countries have faced similarissues, and international and domestic measures were undertaken to try to resolveconflicts between the interests of exporters and importers. A major recent event wasthe completion on January 1, 2005, of the phaseout of quotas on imports of textilesand apparel that were established decades ago as compromises between exportingdeveloping countries and importing developed countries.
