Publication
Feb 2011
The combination of relatively high American barriers to trade in textiles and apparel and the importance of the sector to the Pakistani economy make increased market access a potentially powerful tool of US policy. Unfortunately, recent proposals to extend duty-free market access for Pakistani exports restrict the product and geographic coverage so severely that they would be meaningless in practice. Moreover, the analysis in this paper suggests that the concerns about job loss in the US textile industry from broader coverage are exaggerated.
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Author | Kimberly Ann Elliott, Caroline Decker |
Series | CGD Working Papers |
Issue | 241 |
Publisher | Center for Global Development (CGD) |
Copyright | © 2011 Center for Global Development (CGD) |