The Impact on U.S. Imports and Employment of Granting Most-Favored-Nation Status to the People's Republic of China

摘要

Section II outlines some general problems associated with estimating the impact on U.S. imports and employment of extending Most-Favored-Nation (MNF) treatment to the PRC. Section III describes two models used in making the estimates and discusses the empirical results. Section IV presents a detailed analysis of the probable impact on one key sector, the U.S. textile and apparel industry. Section V presents some tentative conclusions. A detailed description of the methodologies is presented in the Appendices.