Protecting Free Trade
ISBN: 9789882208995
Platform/Publisher: Project MUSE / Hong Kong University Press, HKU
Digital rights: Users: Unlimited; Printing: Chapters; Download: Chapters
Subjects: Textile industry; Industrial policy; Export controls;

Protecting Free Trade traces the story of a paradox that both limited and stimulated Hong KongOCOs post-war economy. In order to preserve its com mitment to open markets, Hong Kong was obligated by international agreements to accept restraints on its ex ports; and in order to sustain its growth and development, Hong Kong had to subject its largest industryOCotextilesOCoto a massive network of restric tions. The focus is on how Hong Kong handled, through negotiation, attempts by devel oped economies to limit inter national trade through protec tive measures.


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