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BusinessWeek
April 18, 2005 |
A Looming Battle Over Textile Trade? Facing surging imports of textiles and apparel from China in the first quarter the U.S. Commerce Dept. said it is launching investigations that could lead to new tariffs on cotton knit shirts and blouses, trousers, and underwear.   |
BusinessWeek
May 9, 2005
Paul Magnusson |
There's No Holding Back China's Textile Tide In the U.S. and in Europe, the rhetoric about trade with China is intensifying. Even if new quotas are imposed, they are unlikely to provide relief for the U.S. and European industries. |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Magnusson et al. |
Where Free Trade Hurts Thirty million jobs worldwide could disappear with the end of strict U.S. and European import quotas on textiles. |
Entrepreneur
September 2005
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Status Quota? Without trade quotas, U.S. textile-makers struggle. And many are terrified. New quotas may provide only a temporary reprieve. |
BusinessWeek
December 20, 2004
Paul Magnusson |
Who'll Survive the Textile Trade Shakeout? With the new year, three decades of quotas on U.S. and European textile and apparel imports will become history -- meaning companies will be free to source from the cheapest suppliers. Some 30 million jobs worldwide could be affected, including an estimated 650,000 in the U.S. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2005
Seth Jayson |
Import Quotas Again The Bush administration is pushing for revised import restrictions on Chinese textiles. Retail investors should be aware of the situation but not overreact to it. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2004
Wherrett & Yelovich |
Changing an Industry The entire textile industry could be reinvented, from manufacturing abroad, to shipment to the U.S., to treatment by Nano-Tex nano products, and finally to the consumer. |
BusinessWeek
May 3, 2004
Manjeet Kripalani |
India: Speed Up The Sewing Machines As global import quotas expire, India's textile makers are preparing for a comeback. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
The Volatile Sock Market Though we may wish the U.S. textile industry well, we may do best to avoid investing in it. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003 |
The Folly Of Slapping Quotas On China America's second-largest trading partner buys lots of U.S. exports -- and mountains of U.S. debt |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Stephanie Anderson Forest |
When Quotas End, Who Gets The Goodies? When decades-old quotas on apparel imports from low-cost manufacturing countries expire, wholesale apparel prices will plunge, but retailers may not pass on a lot of savings. |
Reason
January 2006
Kerry Howley |
I, T-Shirt The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, Power, and Politics of World Trade, by Pietra Rivoli posits that to see what we are sacrificing by embracing protectionism while preaching free markets, Americans need look no further than their closets. |
CFO
June 1, 2005
Don Durfee |
Go Direct, Young Man Despite the headaches, more retailers and smaller manufacturers are turning to do-it-yourself sourcing. |
BusinessWeek
February 9, 2004
Carol Matlack |
Scared Of China? Not Europe U.S. bugaboos -- a big trade gap and loss of jobs -- don't worry the Continent yet |
CFO
November 1, 2010
Janet Kersnar |
Is a Trade War at Hand? Many finance executives are concerned that the current discussions in Washington, regardless of whether any bills being promoted are actually passed, will spark a trade war. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Gail Edmondson |
Italy: The Euro Zone's Sickest Patient First-quarter data released this month reveal that Italy, the euro zone's third-largest economy, is officially in recession. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2009
Nick Zubko |
Tailored to Fit MFG.com has launched an online marketplace dedicated to buyers, purchasing professionals, and factory manufacturers of apparel, footwear, home and commercial textiles. |
BusinessWeek
December 26, 2005
Maureen Kline |
Italian Style Makes A Stand Reeling under the Chinese onslaught, manufacturers are stressing their strengths. |
BusinessWeek
December 15, 2003
Robert J. Barro |
The GOP Doth Protect Too Much, Methinks Tariffs and giveaways help only the special interests -- as outlays soar. |
Inc.
May 2008
Stephanie Clifford et al. |
Trading Places Who has petrodollars to spend? Where can you sell construction equipment? Jewelry? Management consulting? And where is the market that grew an astounding 55,414 percent last year? Read on. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Hans Peter Lankes |
Market Access for Developing Countries Poor countries could boost growth and reduce poverty by expanding exports to the rich countries and to each other. But, despite the progress made in trade liberalization under successive multilateral agreements, many barriers persist in both developing and industrial countries. |
BusinessWeek
October 18, 2004
Miller, Engardio & Roberts |
High Expansion. Low Inflation. What Gives? China's boom, heady investment, and growing trade make for a potent combo. |
BusinessWeek
November 5, 2007
James C Cooper |
A Helping Hand from Foreign Demand Solid growth around the world, in developed and emerging markets, means trading partners provide extra oomph just when the U.S. needs it. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Roberts & Balfour |
Is China Running Out Of Workers? As farmers stay home, factories in China scramble for employees. It's all putting pressure on wages. |
