Upgrading Paths of Chinese Textile and Clothing Based on Game Theory

The game theory is applied to analyze the benefits and losses of trade confliction between China and USA/EU in textile and clothing industry. Current situations of Chinese textile and clothing industry are also analyzed. The innovative upgrading paths of Chinese textile and clothing industry are suggested to realize from OEM, ODM to OBM in order to increase the competitive capacity, to add additional values, and to avoid the trade barriers of international market. The countermeasures and suggestiov.s are also put forward to make full use of comparative and backwardness advantages of China to win the game in the world market.

Korea's Textile and Clothing Industry still Sees China as a Major Trading Partner

On June 2-3,International Textile and Clothing Bureau held its inaugural meeting for Private Sector Consultative Committee(PICC)in Geneva on June 2-3 to discuss the issues of common concerns and impacts that challenged textile and clothing sectors against global economic recession.

Global Quota System and China’s Textile and Clothing Industry

By the middle of 2005, many Chinese textile and clothing enterprises were unable to continue business. Because of the safeguard actions invoked by WTO member countries, especially the USA, the EU and some developing countries, such as Turkey and Mexico, a stable and predictable overseas market no longer exists for export-oriented Chinese firms. It had actually been predicted that China would be the big winner after the elimination of the global quota system on 1 January 2005. What has happened to China＇s textile and clothing industries？ What are the prospects for them over the next few years？ Using a partial equilibrium analysis framework, this paper finds that China was the big loser under the quota system before 2005, and that China will be the big loser once again after the ending of that system.

Carbon Emissions Embodied in China’s International Trade of Textiles and Clothing

International trade of textiles and clothing has numerous environmental implications, such as carbon leakage. In order to estimate the CO2 emissions embodied in China's imports and exports of textiles and clothing, an empirical analysis was carried out with environmental input-output analysis (EIOA) method using the most recent data available. The results indicate that China is a net exporter of embodied CO2 emissions on account of its international trade of textiles and clothing. The amount of the net exported embodied CO2 emissions increases from 110 million metric tons(Mt) of CO2 in 2002 to 280 Mt of CO2 in 2011. In particular, United States, Japan, and European Union transfer to China 339 Mt of CO2, 291 Mt of CO2 and 396 Mt of CO2 respectively during the period of 2002 -2011.

Go West——The Western China International Trade Fair for Textiles and Clothing will launch from 16^(th) to 19^(th) October, 2009.

Sichuan, one of the most prosperous provinces in Western China, possesses an enormous potential of textile industry development. Currently, the western region is becoming a big mart and new manufacturing base in China textile industry for the reason of the abundant material resources,

Anti-dumping in Textiles and Clothing

In the run up to the expiry of quota restrictions that had long regulated much of global trade in textiles and clothing, many a pundit predicted widespread recourse to anti-dumping actions.

The Analysis of Competitiveness of China's Textiles and Clothing

This essay,starting with the development of the textile trade in China,analyzed the competitiveness of China's textiles and clothing industry,by means of two indexes:international market share and competitiveness index,combining with the factors of influencing the trade of China's textiles,finally got the conclusion.

Doing Business in Textiles and Clothing with China——What You Need to Know

In the global textile and clothing market,China has been a major player for almost two decades.Since becoming a member of the World Trade Organization,China’s textile and clothing manufacturing and sales have

United States Textiles and Clothing Imports in Worst Fall in 20 Years

Compared to 2008,United States textiles and clothing(T&C)imports in 2009 suffered a drop of 13.1%.Coming on top of a decrease of 3.3% in the previous year,it brought the total US T&C imports in 2009 lower(by USD

Determinants of Competitiveness: Observations in China's Textile and Apparel Industries

This paper attempts to explore key determinants of competitiveness in the textile and apparel industries, with special reference to Chinese Mainland. The authors conduct a survey that is designed to use productivity, supply-side and demand-side determinants to measure enterprises＇ competitiveness. The collected survey data is then analyzed using factor analysis to capture the related determining factors indicative of competitiveness at the enterprise level. The findings demonstrate that government policies and related industry infrastructure are the most important determinants of competitiveness in the textile and apparel industries, followed by domestic demand. This suggests that the improvement of industry infrastructure can foster industry performance, and that more resources should be endowed to enhance the domestic business competitiveness of local enterprises. The development of domestic demand will foster the competitiveness of the textile and apparel industries on a more sustainable basis.