Does WTO accession matter for the Chinese textile and clothing industry?

Cambridge Journal of Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 937-954

  Yeung, Godfrey ^a   Mok, Vincent ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; International standards; Textile and clothing industry International trade; WTO accession

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANUFACTURING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TRADE AGREEMENT; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; WORLD; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 8744311403     PISSN: 0309166X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cje/beh040     Document Type: Article

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