GLOBALAPPARELCLOTHINGEUROPE.pptVIP

GLOBAL APPAREL/CLOTHING EUROPE:  COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE LIBERALIZATION AND PRODUCTION NETWORKS IN THE NEW EUROPEAN CLOTHING INDUSTRY Convenors John Pickles (UNC) Gary Gereffi (Duke University) Meenu Tewari (UNC) Adrian Smith (Queen Mary College, University of London) Sponsors Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies Center for European Studies EU Center University Center for International Studies Carolina Asia Center National Science Foundation Special thanks to… Robert Jenkins (CSEEES) Jeremy Pinkham (CSEEES) Ruth Mitchell-Pitts (CES) Gali Beeri (CES) Meredith Clason (CSEEES) Niklaus Steiner (UCIS) Global Apparel/Clothing Europe The Challenge of Outsourcing: How Are We To Think About Industrial and Community Adjustment I. North Carolina II. The Role of the European Union Post-quota/ Post-January 1 2005 Challenges International Standards, Company Codes, and Fair Trading Initiatives Competitive Pressure, Upgrading, and Regional Production Systems Global Apparel/Clothing Europe – Lessons Central and East European Integration into GCCs 1980s?Outsourcing to Central/Eastern Europe 1990s? End of MFA and January 1 2005? Globalization or/and regionalization? The role of the EU and ‘state’ regulation? Industrial and institutional legacies? Labor markets Trade unions and labor codes Managerial skills, contacts, and know-how Laws/regulations/institutions Does place matter? “We will pay particular attention to the ways in which locally and regionally specific institutions, legacies, and norms make a difference in how the post-socialist European clothing industry is being inserted into pan-European and global production networks.” Central and East European Apparel Central and East European Apparel Global Apparel? “China will dominate the world” IMF Survey “U.S. textile companies have had 10 years to prepare for quota abolition. If they haven’t done so, they can’t come crawling to us for help.” US official quoted in Financial Times July 2004