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Explaining cross-industry variations in trade protection: textiles, clothing and footwear in Canada*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2009

M. Ramesh
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The high level of protection for the textile, clothing and footwear industries in the developed countries is well recognized in the literature. What is not so well recognized is the significant variations in the level and form of protection accorded them and the crucial role that international forces have played in shaping the variations. The studies that do focus on international factors deal with the largest state and therefore provide little insight into trade protection in smaller states. These shortcomings persist despite the fact that trade protection is perhaps the most intensively studied phenomenon in political economy. This paper attempts to plug these gaps in the literature through the study of textile, clothing and footwear industries in Canada.

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Review of International Studies , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1994 , pp. 75 - 96
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Copyright © British International Studies Association 1994

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