MFA

Asia-Latina Women’s Exchange

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:56:13 +0000

Coming ten months after the demise of the Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), the Asia-Latina Women's Exchange was designed to give participants an opportunity to share what the end of the import quota system has meant for workers and communities in Thailand, China/Hong Kong, Cambodia, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and the Dominican Republic and to discuss strategies for better defending workers' rights in a post-quota industry.

MFA Phase-out: A Series on Trade and Labour Rights in the Garment Industry

Mon, 13 Jun 2005 03:12:01 +0000

This series of five fact sheets explains the MFA phase-out, defines terms related to the MFA and trade, outlines a proposed action program, looks to Cambodia as a case study, and asks what CAFTA means for the Central American garment industry.

Managing the Transition to a Responsible Global Textiles and Garment Industry

Sat, 01 Jan 2005 03:40:21 +0000

Thirteen-page report summarizing research by AccountAbility, Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and the World Bank on predicted impacts of the phase-out on industry, policy options for different actors, the private sector perspective on the impacts on sourcing decisions, and lessons learned from the restructuring of other industries. View Report.

After Sweatshops? Apparel politics in the circum‐Caribbean

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:25:02 +0000

This article provides an overview of apparel politics in Central America and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on the Dominican Republic, in light of the 2005 phase-out of the MFA quota system and implementation of DR-CAFTA. It includes an analysis of transnational organizing to protect labour rights in the region.

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