International Trade and Finance Association 15th International Conference

POLITICAL SOLUTIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC DILEMMA: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF U.S. TEXTILE AND APPAREL LEGISLATION

Jan M. Hathcote, University of Georgia
Kathleen Rees, Louisiana State University
Nipoli Kamdar, Trinity University
Jorge G. Gonzalez, Trinity University

This is a much abridged version of a paper presented at the 12th International Conference of the International Trade and Finance Association in Bangkok, Thailand, May 29-June 2, 2002.

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ABSTRACT:

This paper examines the U.S. textile industry's quest for import restraints. It considers significant legislation and voting patterns in Congress during the last decades of the 20th century.

The following is an abridged version of the paper presented at the 12th International Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, May 2002.

SUGGESTED CITATION:
Jan M. Hathcote, Kathleen Rees, Nipoli Kamdar, and Jorge G. Gonzalez, "POLITICAL SOLUTIONS FOR AN ECONOMIC DILEMMA: AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF U.S. TEXTILE AND APPAREL LEGISLATION" (May 2002). International Trade and Finance Association Conference Papers. International Trade and Finance Association 15th International Conference. Working Paper 13.
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