Purpose – The paper seeks to explain the pattern of strategic responses by the US textile and apparel industries to changes in their business environment since 1979. Design/methodology/approach – The study is based on a literature review and interviews with officers from leading US...

Purpose – This paper seeks to present a preliminary investigation into long‐term patterns of trade specialization among leading textile‐ and apparel‐exporting nations, assessing patterns of comparative advantage across the textile machinery, man‐made fiber, textile and apparel sectors...