This paper analyzes Chinaâs experience under U.S. apparel and textile quotas. It makes use of a unique new database that tracks U.S. trading partnersâ performance under the quota regimes established by the global Multifiber Arrangement (1974 to 1995) and subsequent Agreement on Textiles andClothing(1995to2005). We findthatChinawas relativelymoreconstrained underthese regimes than other countries and that, as quotas were lifted, Chinaâs exports grew disproportionately.