,Import Problems and Public Policies: The U.S. Textile Industry

Import Problems and Public Policies: The U.S. Textile Industry


 

Publication Date: June 1982

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Thomas T. Bennett; Thomas J. DiLorenzo

Research Area: Manufacturing and industry; Trade

Keywords: Trade and foreign aid

Type: Report

Abstract:

This study addresses two important questions related to the issue of the decline of U.S. industry as a result of increasing foreign imports: Why have American firms been losing their ability to compete with foreign firms? What are the policy alternatives? The analysis focuses on the textile industry, but the general findings are applicable to a number of industries threatened by imports from abroad.