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Miriam Ramirez, chapter 5. T-shirts are very cheap now a days because workers in China are working at little wages with poor working conditions. When people go visit the factories, the truth is hidden and they pretend to have great working conditions. The real truth is not known by the public therefore factories and companies continue to treat their works bad and pay them such little money for all their hard work.
1.)Introduces a young women named Jiang Lan ,describes her working background and what she does for a living in order to provide for herself. Also the unfair working conditions that go on in China,and what people do in order to get a job. 2.)If you are a Chinese migrator moving for work,they look at where you have been and judge you off your background and your surroundings.Chinese government is unfair,especially to women,they rather choose to work in factories than farms. 3.)Cotton mills were difficult to work in and it was difficult for the women to get jobs like these. Although there were other companies like BMW who payed more and working conditions were better for the chinese people,but the Center & Repatriation would look at your background and even keep you on hold and make you stay at their housing centers.
Chapter 4 1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for the following: fuel, food, fish bait, clothing, pillows. 2. From Rags to Riches- West Texas, once a known as a weak producer in fiber crops, became a powerhouse thanks to the help of the vast improvements in technology- tractors/genetically modified seeds, trade-internet opens global markets, and government subsidies- crop insurance/ price ceilings. 3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they lack the right technology, education, and no financial help from the government.
Response: Those farming in Texas have a reason to farm, the government makes it easy for them. The farmers have full government support, and are guaranteed to make massive profits.
1. China was the more advanced civilization, until the 1700s when Europe took a great leap. 2. Family at the time were into clothing making and textile production. 3. Women and children were hired because they worked for cheap labor and worked just as good as men.
I learned over the years clothing making and textile production has advanced, I believe the author included this chapter to show how much has changed.
Author introduces Jiang Loun, Describes what she does of work, cirl lack of altornatives; lack of exprience, limited describes the Hukoa system and how it works; China has unfair working wages for their people. People move around to try to find better jobs but their always threatend by their government. They treat workers all different by where they come. Like city workers are treated better by putting them in a better position, and the migrants in the worst position. The economy is being really different around the world, such as china on a simple T-shirt. Many chinese women choosed the factory over a farm because in the factory the workers had a better position. Cotton mills were very harsh working conditions, especiouy for women, and new companies, such as BMW and other auto mobile companies took workers from the mills and gave them better conditions such as a better pay.
Chapter 5 explains that cheap T-shirts from China is the result of low wages and hard working conditions. In China's apparel factories, young women are forced to work in bad and unsafe working conditions with little pay and this problem is hidden from visitors. Pages 89-91 explains the meaning of the text "The Race to The Bottom" by Alan Tonelson. "Race to the bottom" refers to the competition for the lowest prices, but lower prices often come with worse working conditions.
The main points or arguments in Chapter 5 pgs. 77-91 1. The US and China are different countries with different cultures, language, and environment. They still have the same goal to make cotton into T-shirts. 2. When the author enter the Number 36 Cotton Yarn Factory, She heard loud noises from the machines, saw light dust of cotton flurries in the air(which is hard to breathe in a closed space), and smelled sweet cotton that could be addicting to the workers. 3. While the T-shirts are very cheap to buy, the workers in China earned low wages with poor conditions in the factory and at home.
The evaluation or reflection in Chapter 5 is... The author is explaining that to us consumers are happy with the low prices for a T-shirt, but the workers who made the T-shirt are unhappy to work low wages with poor working conditions that threaten the workers' health and safety.
All the dominance in the world market is temporary all the most impressive and successful stories of an industrial advantage end in sobering post scripts. All the production and materials and materials that countries produce and provide shift and change around from country to country. An example would be advantages in steel have moved from the U.S. Rust belt to Japan to South Korea. It changes over time. The wealthy countries usually are the ones that trade and the poor ones are the ones that have a hard time to catch up with the other countries on trading.
Evaluation/ Analysis Big leading countries set the trading boundaries and control the trade market, and the small poor countries have trouble competing with the more powerful richer countries, thus pretty much eliminating from prospering.
After reading chapter 6 “The Long Race To The Bottom” I learned that the divide of poor sweatshop workers in China and Europe is mainly a family production. It is a home based industry. Many workers in the sweatshops are children. Women’s labor was also cheaper than mens. Young girls by the age of 7 worked more than 60 hours per week and the working conditions were terrible. By the mid 1930’s Japan had approximately 40 percent of the world’s exports of cotton goods. In the early 1900’s for cotton workers in Japan got paid 20 to 47 percent larger wages than in the United States.
1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing materials, pillow & also many African Americans don't have cotton farms because before they did not receive as much as white cotton growers. 2. From rags to riches: West Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsidies. 3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they lack the right tech, edu, and have no financial help from gov.
In chapter 7 Chi-ying makes seven to eight times as much money and the workers that do all the the work get a little amount of the money.They are working more and chi-ying is just the boss and he still will not give a little more money to the workers. They have the right to get a little more money because they work hard to earn it and the boss chi-ying is just will not give them more money.
Cottonseed was once considered garbage but is not used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing materials, pillows, and also many african americans don’t have many cotton farms because before they did not receive as much as white cotton growers. From rags to riches; West Texas became a power-house thanks to the help of improvement in technology, trade, and government subsidize. Other countries are unable to keep up with america because they don’t have the righ technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government.
Evaluation/Analysis: Cottonseed is now a major part of many things we use today. We find it in the clothes we were, some of our utilities, and it is also used to feed the animals that bring us food. It is very useful for everyday use and is considered profitable.
Melissa Gonzales Chapter 4 The use of cotton has grown tremendously over the years. It is now used for so many things such as fish bait and fuel. Because of the growth in technology and trade, Texas became a powerhouse. The United States cotton industry is advanced compared to other countries. Other countries don’t have the advantage of technology and education like the United States.
Countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government. For example West Texas became a powerhouse thanks to help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsides. A big product they produce is cotton seed which was considered garbage but is now used for a variety of things and is very valuable.
The Travel Of A T-shirt chp.6 The sweatshop workers in China and Europe were mainly a family production, it’s a home based industry. By 1812, virtually all of the important technologies related to cotton textile production had been transfer to New England. New England mills took the world’s largest textile mills. Young girls would start working since they were 7 years old, and they would work 60 hours per week. There working conditions were terrible. By the mid 1930s, Japan had approximately 40 percent of the world’s exports of cotton goods. In the early 1900s, for cotton mill workers in japan were 20 to 47 percent lower than wages in the United States.
Based on what i read and In my opinion I think that people were treated like slaves and the owner is been unfair with all this mills workers for example, girls would start working at age of 7 and would work 60 hour per week and they could only miss 2 days per month. The peoples wages were very low too. This is my opinion on article 6.
Evan Gonzalez, Chapter 6 Chapter 6 is about how sweatshops work in china and europe and how it is mainly a family production and hows its mainly a home based industry. It also starts to talk about the advancement in technology related to the cotton production, like the new england mills , the worlds largest mills. Also it talks about how low the wages are in Japan than in the US by giving us stats.
Cottonseed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing material, pillows and also many African Americans didn’t have cotton farms because before they didn’t receive as much as white cotton growers. From rags to riches; west Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government. Subsidize Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and financial help from the government.
Evaluation/Analysis: America has used advanced technology to turn what used to be garbage into profitable products and this is why no other country can keep up the America in this industry.
Maria Vasquez After reading chapter six “The long race to the bottom” this chapter is talking about china textile production took a place at the level of the family, also early cotton workers were pushed into the mills not by preference but by desperation and a lack of alternatives, children and rural women were recruited by early mill owners only because their low price and manufactures found men to be more difficult, whereas women and childrens were just a productive people and a lot of trouble, by 1812, virtually all of the important technology related to the textile production had been send it to new england , and new england mills took the worlds largest textile mills, also and the textile cotton they had a young age people like seven years old worked a lot of hours per week, and working connections were terrible.
main Point- 1.cotton textiles led the industrialization of the region. cotton mills were the first factories in the southern America and the "Mill Villages" turned into town and diversified the southern economy away from Ag and spurred the development of ancillary industries 2. Copeland criticized the white people from the south by calling them "tackies or crackers" and by making fun of how they cooked, cleaned, and lived but admitted that, " although lacking ingenuity, foresight, and ambition, they were however, adaptable to factory life. 3. Mill worker agents believed that the women were the ideal person to work the mill because they were "unsophisticated, but honest, with great powers of endurance. Evaluation- The cotton factory has evolved from when it first started in south america. The factory started out with the white working in them. They were made fun of for how they lived their life, but when it came down to it they worked super good. The factory then open in japan where only women worked because they were unsophisticated yet honest and full of powers of endurance. the japanese factories produced more than the american factories
1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing material, pillows & also many African Americans don’t have cotton farm because before they didn’t receive as much as white cotton growers. 2. From rags to riches; west Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvement in technology, trade, and government subsidies. 3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government.
1.The British cotton industry from the beginning developed an export bias, and by 1800 was shipping cotton cloth to asia. 2.New England had emerged as the leader in the race to the bottom, and the golden era of British cotton manufacture come to a close. 3.In the race to the bottom, New England's golden age in textile manufacture would be much briefer than Britain's.
chapter 7 1)Yuan zhin has worked as a cutter at Shanghai Brightness for eight years, it is a good job for a girl from farm in 2007 her pay was nearly $ 300 per month. 2) Yuan zhin said the she miss only two things about her home village. one is the spectacular scenery and the other is her son who is back in jianxi in care of his grandparents. 3) For the young woman from the rural villages, lee found poor working conditions, limited freedoms and highly structure hierrerchical labor system that limited workers conversations their use of the toilet and their diet.
In this chapter a young woman named Jiang Lan who worked long hours six days a week tells us about the poor working conditions of the sweatshop she called her job. This chapter states that migrants who leave their town to find work are judged by their background by employers and are denied health care, housing, etc. Migrants, especially women, do prefer working in factories rather than farms because farm working is much poor than factory work. Either way you work long hours for a low pay, but as big companies such as M=BMW came along, they provided migrants higher quality and higher paying jobs to benefit them and their family.
Chapter 4 West African farmers receive 25 cents per pound of cotton where U.S. farmers receive 50 cents this caused many African Americans not to like cotton farms. Where labor costs are low there is no money to use sophisticated methods to battle insects, instead worm squishers are hired. Other countries have difficulties keeping up with America because they do not have the right technology, enough knowledge, and no financial help from the government. Cotton was once considered unuseful, however now it is used for fuel, fish bait, clothing materials, pillows and many other items.
The working industry in China is hard work and very judgemental towards women. It's either brutal working conditions in factories, farm labor or prostitution for many of these women. Jiang Lan is one of the many Chinese factory workers that struggle to support their family.
1.China was thought to be the more advanced civilization, until Europe took a great leap into the late 1700s. 2. Families at the time were into textile and clothing production. For example, sewing, weaving, and cutting. Weaving in Europe became a cottage industry rather than the typical wool spinning at home. 3. Owners started hiring women and children to do the work, because they were paid less and worked as good as men.
Evaluation/analysis I learned that textile and clothing production has changed over the years. My conclusion is that textile and clothing industry has become more advanced over time. The author wants to teach us of how the 1700 is different than now and how we have come far in this type of industry.
Brandan Conrad, Chapter 4 I learned that cotton has many uses and is used for many wanted things. But cottons history, even recent history, is dark. Back in the U.S. history only white farmers could sell cotton or at least sell it higher than minorities. Today West Texas has become the king of the cotton growing thanks to advanced technology, great trade, and government subsides. Other countries, especially, undeveloped countries, can’t keep up due to poor technology, education, financial from the government.
In chapter 7 of Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy it discusses Jiang Lan who worked eight hours per day, six days per week, having the same task of fixing broken yarn and she says she likes and enjoys her job, It also informs us about the poor working conditions of her job. This chapter states that migrants who leave their town to find work are judged by their background by employers and are denied health care, housing. Migrants, especially women, do prefer working in factories rather than farms because farm working is much poor than factory work. There are examples of how factories have different housing systems. For example the houku system that is required by law in both Communist country of China and Taiwan
Yvette Aldana Chapter 4 1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bair, clothing material, pillows and also many African Americans don't have cotton farms because because before they didn't receive as much as white cotton growers. 2. From rags to riches, west Texas became a power house thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsides. 3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don't have the correct technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government. Evaluation/Analysis: Cotton seed is very useful, even though it was once considered trash. America uses technology to it's advantage to create more money.
Ch. 9 Pg147-148 1.Politics play a huge role in the market economy. Probably just as important as the economy itself. 2. The United States wish to make a difference by not competing with sweat shops, but it has not gone that well. 3. Chinese businesses has 85% apparel imports in several other import countries.
Conclusion- Big industries have made it nearly impossible for small companies to compete thus making it hard for our economy to prosper.
Christopher Herrera ch.9 1.according to the (CAFTA), in order for the apparel to have duty-free access to the U.S. market, it must generally meet the yarn-forward test, which requires that each step of apparel production from the spinning of the yarn "forward" take place in one of the member countries 2. T-shirts travel through the western coast of Mexico through Panama canal heading to Miami port until it reaches to the sherry manufacturing 3.Chinese apparel has captured 88% of apparel imports in several other industrialized countries Evaluation- when making shirts and transporting them back to the US they product must first past the yarn-forward test in order for the product to have a duty-free access to the us. In order to pass the test the product has to be made up of a certain percent of materials made in one of the countries that are apart of (CAFTA).
Nancy Avila CH. 9 1. Politics in the market economy is as important as the market economy itself. 2. The U.S industries don’t wish to compete with for example sweatshops. They believe that putting up this “ fence” will help keep out small business but it not working so well. 3. Chinese apparel has captured 85% of apparel imports in several other industrialized countries.
Evaluation/Analysis Politics in the market economy, has to do a lot with how the market flows. My conclusion is that big industries have made it almost impossible for small companies to make it in the market economy because of economy politics.
1. They had protective quotas in the U.S. that did not allow free trade with other countries. They wanted to remove these quotas and establish free trade. 2. "Free trade" is basically being able to trade freely within countriuntries without any government restrictions. Countries wanted to be able to trade as much as they want with whoever they want. 3. After the quota was lifted, China's exports exploded about 800% and became the dominant country of trade and textiles. This caused anger against China.
Chapter 12 mainly explains how some of the quota restrictions on China led to an explosion in the market. Ports for chinese goods opened in the US and now China is domininating the market in textile goods. Its Starting to become hard for the US to compete in textile goods against China, so in order to keep textile jobs in America, innovation has to take place to create new jobs.
The U.S. government institute restricting chinese textile and also demanding from other countries that are in use of chinese fabrics. Also Washington was one that was representing the U.S. for fabrics. The people that lay down the rules, the regulations and restrictions for importing apparel are hundreds of lobbyist and lawyers as well as bureaucrats that vary in positions of the government.
Evaluation
Basically, Ch.9 talks about how the government of each country and the wealthy a lawyers and lobbyist implement all the rules and restrictions on textile and apparel imports.
Main points: 1.The U.S government institute restricting chinese textile and also demanding from other countries that are in use of chinese fabrics. 2.Also washington was one that was representing the U.S for fabrics. 3.T-Shirts travel through the western coast of mexico through panama canal heading to miami port until it reaches to the sherry manufacturing.
new york city they were talking about the terrorist and their weapons should be out of the united state but their was some people that said why are they talking about it if they were talking about the t-shirt not the terrorist and weapons so they disscusted the t-shirt but their were so people that wanted to talk about the terrorist more than the problem of the t-shirt
Evan Gonzalez period 3 Chapter 9 talks about the dangers and risks that come from trading t shirts with China. It talks about how China is Dominating the t-shirt industry and how the US is trying to put quotas and restrictions on the trade industry. China is flooding the textile industry because no country can compete with them due to their mass production and low working wages. If we don’t do something about it like put restrictions China is going to create a monopoly with the textile industry.
Chapter 12 Main Point 1. China's gate is almost like an window, it won't stay open for long for other countries to make agreements, to govern apparel trade to seem is not exactly "free market". 2. In the wealthy regions like Hong Kong, Macao, and South Korea is where the trade decrease. However, in the poorest regions like China, India, and Haiti is where the US trade increase because of cheap labor. 3. David Birnbaum warn the importers that the products we need is wasn't the price, quality, factories, or the shipping cost is what he worried about. What he was worried about most is the politics because the jobs in the US is diminishing.
Evaluation/Analysis The author want to teach us that china is like a small window, after we got the offer to trade the US the products push forward to production because china is one of the poorest countries to make it seem easier for the US to pay the shipping fee and the products. In around the Obama debate, he wants to limit the trade so he could bring back more jobs in America and produce more product of their own.
Chapter 9 1. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) imports apparel from different countries which is free from tariffs. But requires certain rules like how it must be spun, the fabric manufactured and how its sewn in a member country part of the (CAFTA)
2. T-shirts travel through the western coast of Miami port until it reaches the Sherry Manufacturing
3. The U.S government institutes restricts Chinese textile and also demands apparel from other countries that are in use of chinese fabrics.
Brandan Conrad, Chapter 10 This chapter discusses the strength of the U.S. in the trade business due to its size and strength of the textile industry and the caution of trade with other countries, especially China. The chapter goes on to talk about negotiations over ending the MFA and how they are complete but not really being acted on. The short term Arrangement on the cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangement was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
1.In 2008 a multi-year negotation over the pocketing provisions of CAFTA was finally settled. In the original agreement, the fabric that comprised the “essential Character” of the garment was required to meet the various tests. 2.Equally complex but different rules gevern T-shirt imports from sub-saharan Africa, under the African Growth and opportunity act, and from Bolivia, Columbia, and Ecuador, under the Andean trade preference act. 3.In 2008, cotton T-shirts that did not meet the requirements for “Preferential Treatment” either because they came from countries outside.
chapter 10. 1.Though the farmers of the united states constitution responsibility for formulating trade policy on the shoulders of the congress, during the past 50 years. 2.In his 1968 presidential campaign , richard nixon promise senator strom that he would seek to broaden the LTA into MFA and would extend quotas from cotton to wool, synthetic fibers and blends. 3.The america cotton manual institute (ACMI) announced that a crisis was at hands not in other thing.
1. United States dominates in the trade business because of the size of textile, the strength of industry, and the nervous feeling of trade with other countries, especially China.
2. The negotiations over ending the MFA have been met, however countries are undecided over which country should be freed by quotas.
3. The short term arrangement on cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangements was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
Chapter 10 1)Only when it is discarded does a T-shirt enters a free market, in which American exports of used clothing and other textile products dominate the world market
2)unpredictable ways. U.S.recycling features thousands of small family businesses, Ed Steuben's Tran. Most used clothing ends up headed for Africa; T-shirts are sold to African buyers for 20-25 cents
3) The short term Arrangement on cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangement was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles
1.Talks about the dangers that comes when trading T-shirts with china. It also talks about how china is demanding the t-shirt industry and its slowly trying to put quotes, so China won’t dominate the industry. 2.Talks about the global economy, and how sided and restricted the imports from china. It also talks and explains what happen with Auggies Army has an unfair advantage for nearly 60 years. 2,500 textile workers lost their jobs on a single day in 2003. This happen because pillowtex factories closed. 3.In 2006 American free trade agreement imports appared different countries (el salvador, honduras,nicaragua etc.) free from tariffs.In order farther apparel to have duty. The fabric manufactured , and sewn a member country part of the CAFTA.9 ( Chapter 9)
1.The estimated cost of textile and appeael quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved. 2.U.S Pays china to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs. 3.Huge retail companies are gaining political influence and lowering trade barries for their companies.
ch.11 1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin.
1. The estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion, it would cost $174,825 per job saved. 2. The U.S. pays China to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs. Many people are unaware that this is one of the consequences of paying China. 3. Huge retail companies are going political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies.
ch.11 1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin. 2.Global trotting- the apperal industry has globalized in response to trade barriers, rather than to respond to open markets. Wal-Mart Squeeze- huge demands bankrupts U.S. suppliers and outsource to Chinese factories, all to save 25 cents. Innovation- low tech textile jobs are becoming obsolete in the U.S. and are beginning to transition to high tech jobs. 3. Tenenbaum promised to build trade walls, DeMint promised to tear them down. U.S. collects more revenue from Cambodian underwear than it does from Australian wine or Japanese steel. Quota system ends and now anyone can step up and take a countries market away. ex. Quota baby clothes reserved for Philippines is ended giving anyone a chance to capture the market
1. The United States of America is always looking for an edge when it comes to domination in the trading business, which causes them to have hesitation in trading with other countries especially China.
2. The U.S. finds ways in saving money any way they can, which includes a system of recycling clothes through mom and pop stores. The recycled clothes can be sold in the future at a cheaper price, which brings in profit.
3. There are two types of arrangements in the cotton textile business long, and short term.
The estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved. U.S. pays China to make the t-shirts and keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs. Huge retail companies are gaining political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies. I learned that it costs money to make money, but sometimes jobs are lost in the process.
chapter 9 talks about the risk that come from trading t shirts with china. also new york city is talking about terrorist and their weapons should be out of the united states but theirs was some people they were talking about terrorist and weapons. talks about global economy in 2006 central america free trade agreement importants appeared from differents countries for example, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua, free from tariffs. inspections specialist at the countrys 300 ports of entry are responsible for keeping out terrorists and their weapons southern textile interest are living in the past, clinging to something that makes no sense today.
Chapter 11 The estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved. U.S. pays china to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs. Huge retail companies are going political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies.
ch.11 1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin. 2.Global trotting- the apperal industry has globalized in response to trade barriers, rather than to respond to open markets. Wal-Mart Squeeze- huge demands bankrupts U.S. suppliers and outsource to Chinese factories, all to save 25 cents. Innovation- low tech textile jobs are becoming obsolete in the U.S. and are beginning to transition to high tech jobs. 3. Tenenbaum promised to build trade walls, DeMint promised to tear them down. U.S. collects more revenue from Cambodian underwear than it does from Australian wine or Japanese steel. Quota system ends and now anyone can step up and take a countries market away. ex. Quota baby clothes reserved for Philippines is ended giving anyone a chance to capture the market
1. U.S. is always looking for an edge to domination in the trading business, which causes them to have hesitation in trading with other countries especially China.
2. The U.S. finds ways in saving money any way they can, which includes a system of recycling clothes. The recycled clothes can be sold in the future at a cheaper price, which brings in profit. Negotiations about the MFA is met.
3. There are two types of arrangements in the cotton textile business long, and short term. Short term serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
1.In 2004, poor countries came together to shape the global trade agenda.
2.Since World War II ended, every US president has publicly supported the doctrine of free trade trade either because they felt it was the best economic policy.
1.)Trans American Co. is a recycling family business of clothing,in Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Eighty-five employees will process 70,000 pounds of clothing a day.
2.)All supply not demand;People are willing to pay $100 dollars for an American gently used t-shirt.
3.)Africa is the largest leading exports of America for used clothing.
christopher herrera ch.15 1.customers still prefer the "old clothing from America to the new clothing from china, Geofrey said, because the quality is believed to be better. But prices of new clothing from china have been falling while prices for American clothing have been going up. Geofrey expects that over time the quality of the chinese clothing will improve. 2. EPZs are an intermediate step between free trade and closed borders: goods are allowed into the country for assembly on processing and subsequent re-export, but aren't allowed into the domestic marketplace for consumption 3. Africa has a horrible garnace that is why their aren't doing to well in the textile industry
Nancy Avila Chapter 15 1.While north carolina how lost its textile industry to low wage workers from china, the african textile industry has lost to high wage workers of america.
2.Mitumba, a country, destroies some jobs, but others are built and created.
3.Africa has a horrible governance. That is why they are not doing so well in the textile industry.
Main Points for Conclusion 1. The past decade around 1990s backlash against the trade liberalization evolved in more mainstream about the global trade, but downturn in 2008. 2. All the hard work of shifting of the global apparel operates finish, but the only important thing is the factory of being responsible of supply chains. Globalization is something we can't control, but people do write the rules, however it always changing everyday. 3. Prosperity brings out the best in human nature. To have economic growth they need to invest and innovate clean energy and new technologies for prosperity in the future.
Evaluation/Analysis The author's conclusion summarize the travels of a T-shirt and how we tried to change our global trade, which quickly downfall in 2008, by having other countries to make the T-shirt. Now the US is trying to bring the economic growth by having clean energy and new technology for the prosperity in the future.
the global used clothing industy for the facinating study in the market for snowflakes but people that trade will make less money than the people that sell the t-shirts 100 t-shirts each will be diffrient and this snowflakes fator has inportant imfications for how many money they make
1. T-shirts are "born" in Texas, made in China, and shipped to America. Although african farmers and Asian sweatshop workers work hard with worse working conditions; the market isn't cruel to them, its the lack of opportunities they get. 2. There are still issues in labor conditions and the poor suffer more from political exclusion than the market itself
turned to a free market after extreme poverty and hunger. One man’s trash…- Used american t-shirts are shipped by the thousands and put up on the Dar es Salaam market. Each shirt being sold for around $0.50 and those with brand names, such as nike, may reach up to $3. 2. mitumba dealers make 90% of bale’s value from only 10%of the articles in them dealers have parties where they charge $1-2 for entry to little auctions for articles western diplomats and business people describe life in Dar as “Tarzania Time”- living life to a slow and unscheduled rhythm 3. Gulam purchased clothing from American dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds apiece. Category A contained only good condition clothing, Category B contained slightly used clothing, and Category C contained torn clothing but Gulam accepted it all. Customers started to get picky and wanted certain colors and styles, Gulam found it difficult to compete with the smaller entrepreneurs who spent energy staying on top of consumer preferences. Gulam ceded his mitumba business to smaller traders.
People in Tanzania live off $1 dollar a day and are willing to spend three days work on a t-shirt.
Main points: 1.Tells how markets work the business on T-Shirts on how a picture color shirt is less than a plain white T-Shirt that is more because of the fabric. 2.All supply do not demand; people are willing to pay top dollar for example: $100 a used T-shirt. 3.Trading company is a recycling business of clothing. (family owers)
Stephanie Zambrano Chapter 15 1. Prices for American clothing has gone up while China’s has came down. People prefer Americans clothing because it is in higher quality. China’s clothing is poor quality but they believe China is striving to bring their clothing quality up. 2. Africa isn’t doing good in the textile industry because there government isn’t great and leads Africa to have no decent benefits to practically everything. 3. Goods are allowed into the country for assembly on process but aren’t allowed into domestic marketplace for consumption.
1. More than 30 countries ban the import of used clothing through outright prohibitions, or impenetrable bureaucratic walls.
2. The Mitumba trade shrinks employment in textile factories, and it also prevents Africa from its foot on the development ladder like America, and China already have.
3. Most goods that are imported into Africa that somehow made it through customs are re-exported back to other countries.
Explains the t-shirt’s story. How the t-shirt traveled throughout different countries and how it was made in the different regions. The t-shirt had an impact. It reveals that the moral and political discussions are critical today if the double movement is to have widespread blessings. Along the travels from the t-shirt there is a chain of friends that come along with it. It is stretched all around the world with different people with different races and religions.
[ Chapter 13 ] 1. There are many challenges & complications in the t-shirt industry such as: all supply and no demand, abundant amount of t-shirts being thrown each year and the richer people become, the bigger the mounds of clothing.
3. The Stubbin family have stayed in the clothing business for many years now. They still continue to go against Goodwill and the Salvation Army with donated clothes.
2. Clothing is separated by the amount of wear ranging from new to slightly worn. In the trans-Americans warehouse, Japanese pay top dollars, around $100, for American used t-shirts depending on the type.
(chapter 15) 1.It was a decade or so go , it was common for observers to draw a line between the " formal " and " informal " sectors of Africa economies. 2.Further, some experts have pointed out that so many types of activities are now lumped under the heading " informal " organizational forms do not look American. 3.In 2002 , Tanzania gained duty access for its apparel experts to the United states when it qualified for textile benefits under the African growth and opportunity act ( AGOA).
1. The barriers to the mitumba trade have in large measure been erected by the groans of the local textile industry.
2. Many critics of the mitumba trade suggest darkly that if Americans only knew what they wrought by throwing away their clothing, fewer people would be lined up outside the Salvation Army trucks. 3. Trans-Americas will continue to adapt and survive, thrive, even in the global race of faster-better-cheaper.
Chapter 13 1. Many challenges and complications in the t-shirt industry all supply and no demand, abundant amount of t-shirts are being thrown each year. The richer people become, the bigger the amounts of clothing.
2. Clothing is separated by the amount of wear ranging from like new to slightly worn in the Trans-Americans Warehouse. Japanese are willing to pay $100 for old American T-shirts.
3. It discusses the Stubin family business and how they have stayed in the clothing business going up against the Salvation Army and Goodwill.
Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by the entreprenuers When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, you must be careful, there is no garbage in the middle and you are lucky to find a ‘jewel’ (Nice clothing such as a prom dress) Major corporation (Geofry and Mohammed Enterprices Tanzania Limited) seperates clothing into 3 categories: A- Nice Clothing, B- Faded Clothing, C- Torn/ Stained Clothing
1.It was a decade or so go , it was common for observers to draw a line between the " formal " and " informal " sectors of Africa economies. 2. The Mitumba trade shrinks employment in textile factories, and it also prevents Africa from its foot on the development ladder like America, and China already have. 3. Goods are allowed into the country for assembly on process but aren’t allowed into domestic marketplace for consumption.
chapter 15 pg. 242-244 1. Mitumba dealers in dar es salaam produced clothes that showed up in america for the 1st time. 2. Exports to the U.S. qualified for textile benefits under the african growth and opportunity act. 3. increased by 300% from 2003 to 2007 and all goods to the U.S. nearly doubled.
In Chapter 15, we learned middlemen are making money off of U.S. generosity by donating to africa. If americans knew what was going on we stop going through the middle man and just ship it ourselves.
Yvette Aldana Per. 3 3-18-15 1. Tanzania is one of the poorest in the world. Their economy is being slavery built by entrepreneurs. 2. When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, must be careful there is no garbage in the middle. 3. Gulam purchased clothing from American dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds a piece.
chapter 14 Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by entrepreneurs. When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, you must be careful there is no garbage in the middle and you are lucky to find a “jewel” - a nice article of clothing. Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (METL) and Geofrey, an entrepreneur, sort the bales into categories: A- like new, B- missing a button or faded, C- stained or torn. All is profitable though.
Chapter 14 1. Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by the entrepreneurs. 2. When selling a shirt in africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, must be careful there is no garbage in the middle. 3. Gulam purchased clothing from american dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds a piece.
The conclusión talks about the T-shirts story, how it was traveled throughout the different countries and how it was made in the different regions .Also talks about the free trade and competitive market forces, especially upon the workers and their environment. .After he completed his travels, he believed in moral case for trade that is even more copelling than the economic case. After observing two world wars, the trade was an instrument of peace. (Conclusion)
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ReplyDeleteT-shirts are very cheap now a days because workers in China are working at little wages with poor working conditions. When people go visit the factories, the truth is hidden and they pretend to have great working conditions. The real truth is not known by the public therefore factories and companies continue to treat their works bad and pay them such little money for all their hard work.
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1.)Introduces a young women named Jiang Lan ,describes her working background and what she does for a living in order to provide for herself. Also the unfair working conditions that go on in China,and what people do in order to get a job.
2.)If you are a Chinese migrator moving for work,they look at where you have been and judge you off your background and your surroundings.Chinese government is unfair,especially to women,they rather choose to work in factories than farms.
3.)Cotton mills were difficult to work in and it was difficult for the women to get jobs like these. Although there were other companies like BMW who payed more and working conditions were better for the chinese people,but the Center & Repatriation would look at your background and even keep you on hold and make you stay at their housing centers.
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ReplyDelete1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for the following: fuel, food, fish bait, clothing, pillows.
2. From Rags to Riches- West Texas, once a known as a weak producer in fiber crops, became a powerhouse thanks to the help of the vast improvements in technology- tractors/genetically modified seeds, trade-internet opens global markets, and government subsidies- crop insurance/ price ceilings.
3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they lack the right technology, education, and no financial help from the government.
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Those farming in Texas have a reason to farm, the government makes it easy for them. The farmers have full government support, and are guaranteed to make massive profits.
Teddi DIedrich
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1. China was the more advanced civilization, until the 1700s when Europe took a great leap.
2. Family at the time were into clothing making and textile production.
3. Women and children were hired because they worked for cheap labor and worked just as good as men.
I learned over the years clothing making and textile production has advanced, I believe the author included this chapter to show how much has changed.
Jessica Villafana
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Author introduces Jiang Loun, Describes what she does of work, cirl lack of altornatives; lack of exprience, limited describes the Hukoa system and how it works; China has unfair working wages for their people. People move around to try to find better jobs but their always threatend by their government.
They treat workers all different by where they come. Like city workers are treated better by putting them in a better position, and the migrants in the worst position. The economy is being really different around the world, such as china on a simple T-shirt. Many chinese women choosed the factory over a farm because in the factory the workers had a better position.
Cotton mills were very harsh working conditions, especiouy for women, and new companies, such as BMW and other auto mobile companies took workers from the mills and gave them better conditions such as a better pay.
Tyrese Barfield Chapter 5
ReplyDeleteChapter 5 explains that cheap T-shirts from China is the result of low wages and hard working conditions. In China's apparel factories, young women are forced to work in bad and unsafe working conditions with little pay and this problem is hidden from visitors. Pages 89-91 explains the meaning of the text "The Race to The Bottom" by Alan Tonelson. "Race to the bottom" refers to the competition for the lowest prices, but lower prices often come with worse working conditions.
The main points or arguments in Chapter 5 pgs. 77-91
ReplyDelete1. The US and China are different countries with different cultures, language, and environment. They still have the same goal to make cotton into T-shirts.
2. When the author enter the Number 36 Cotton Yarn Factory, She heard loud noises from the machines, saw light dust of cotton flurries in the air(which is hard to breathe in a closed space), and smelled sweet cotton that could be addicting to the workers.
3. While the T-shirts are very cheap to buy, the workers in China earned low wages with poor conditions in the factory and at home.
The evaluation or reflection in Chapter 5 is...
The author is explaining that to us consumers are happy with the low prices for a T-shirt, but the workers who made the T-shirt are unhappy to work low wages with poor working conditions that threaten the workers' health and safety.
good description
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ReplyDeleteAll the dominance in the world market is temporary all the most impressive and successful stories of an industrial advantage end in sobering post scripts.
All the production and materials and materials that countries produce and provide shift and change around from country to country. An example would be advantages in steel have moved from the U.S. Rust belt to Japan to South Korea. It changes over time.
The wealthy countries usually are the ones that trade and the poor ones are the ones that have a hard time to catch up with the other countries on trading.
Evaluation/ Analysis
Big leading countries set the trading boundaries and control the trade market, and the small poor countries have trouble competing with the more powerful richer countries, thus pretty much eliminating from prospering.
good evaluation
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading chapter 6 “The Long Race To The Bottom” I learned that the divide of poor sweatshop workers in China and Europe is mainly a family production. It is a home based industry. Many workers in the sweatshops are children. Women’s labor was also cheaper than mens. Young girls by the age of 7 worked more than 60 hours per week and the working conditions were terrible. By the mid 1930’s Japan had approximately 40 percent of the world’s exports of cotton goods. In the early 1900’s for cotton workers in Japan got paid 20 to 47 percent larger wages than in the United States.
1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing materials, pillow & also many African Americans don't have cotton farms because before they did not receive as much as white cotton growers.
ReplyDelete2. From rags to riches: West Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsidies.
3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they lack the right tech, edu, and have no financial help from gov.
Gilberto Ventura
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In chapter 7 Chi-ying makes seven to eight times as much money and the workers that do all the the work get a little amount of the money.They are working more and chi-ying is just the boss and he still will not give a little more money to the workers. They have the right to get a little more money because they work hard to earn it and the boss chi-ying is just will not give them more money.
Mystery Magdaleno
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Cottonseed was once considered garbage but is not used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing materials, pillows, and also many african americans don’t have many cotton farms because before they did not receive as much as white cotton growers.
From rags to riches; West Texas became a power-house thanks to the help of improvement in technology, trade, and government subsidize.
Other countries are unable to keep up with america because they don’t have the righ technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government.
Evaluation/Analysis:
Cottonseed is now a major part of many things we use today. We find it in the clothes we were, some of our utilities, and it is also used to feed the animals that bring us food. It is very useful for everyday use and is considered profitable.
good response
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ReplyDeleteThe use of cotton has grown tremendously over the years. It is now used for so many things such as fish bait and fuel. Because of the growth in technology and trade, Texas became a powerhouse. The United States cotton industry is advanced compared to other countries. Other countries don’t have the advantage of technology and education like the United States.
Countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government. For example West Texas became a powerhouse thanks to help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsides. A big product they produce is cotton seed which was considered garbage but is now used for a variety of things and is very valuable.
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ReplyDeleteThe sweatshop workers in China and Europe were mainly a family production, it’s a home based industry. By 1812, virtually all of the important technologies related to cotton textile production had been transfer to New England.
New England mills took the world’s largest textile mills. Young girls would start working since they were 7 years old, and they would work 60 hours per week. There working conditions were terrible.
By the mid 1930s, Japan had approximately 40 percent of the world’s exports of cotton goods. In the early 1900s, for cotton mill workers in japan were 20 to 47 percent lower than wages in the United States.
Based on what i read and In my opinion I think that people were treated like slaves and the owner is been unfair with all this mills workers for example, girls would start working at age of 7 and would work 60 hour per week and they could only miss 2 days per month. The peoples wages were very low too. This is my opinion on article 6.
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ReplyDeleteChapter 6 is about how sweatshops work in china and europe and how it is mainly a family production and hows its mainly a home based industry. It also starts to talk about the advancement in technology related to the cotton production, like the new england mills , the worlds largest mills. Also it talks about how low the wages are in Japan than in the US by giving us stats.
Jared Gordon
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Cottonseed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing material, pillows and also many African Americans didn’t have cotton farms because before they didn’t receive as much as white cotton growers.
From rags to riches; west Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government. Subsidize
Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and financial help from the government.
Evaluation/Analysis: America has used advanced technology to turn what used to be garbage into profitable products and this is why no other country can keep up the America in this industry.
Maria Vasquez
ReplyDeleteAfter reading chapter six “The long race to the bottom” this chapter is talking about china textile production took a place at the level of the family, also early cotton workers were pushed into the mills not by preference but by desperation and a lack of alternatives, children and rural women were recruited by early mill owners only because their low price and manufactures found men to be more difficult, whereas women and childrens were just a productive people and a lot of trouble, by 1812, virtually all of the important technology related to the textile production had been send it to new england , and new england mills took the worlds largest textile mills, also and the textile cotton they had a young age people like seven years old worked a lot of hours per week, and working connections were terrible.
Christopher Herrera Ch.6
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1.cotton textiles led the industrialization of the region. cotton mills were the first factories in the southern America and the "Mill Villages" turned into town and diversified the southern economy away from Ag and spurred the development of ancillary industries
2. Copeland criticized the white people from the south by calling them "tackies or crackers" and by making fun of how they cooked, cleaned, and lived but admitted that, " although lacking ingenuity, foresight, and ambition, they were however, adaptable to factory life.
3. Mill worker agents believed that the women were the ideal person to work the mill because they were "unsophisticated, but honest, with great powers of endurance.
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The cotton factory has evolved from when it first started in south america. The factory started out with the white working in them. They were made fun of for how they lived their life, but when it came down to it they worked super good. The factory then open in japan where only women worked because they were unsophisticated yet honest and full of powers of endurance. the japanese factories produced more than the american factories
1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bait, clothing material, pillows & also many African Americans don’t have cotton farm because before they didn’t receive as much as white cotton growers.
ReplyDelete2. From rags to riches; west Texas became a powerhouse thanks to the help of improvement in technology, trade, and government subsidies.
3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don’t have the right technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government.
Julio Arias
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1.The British cotton industry from the beginning developed an export bias, and by 1800 was shipping cotton cloth to asia.
2.New England had emerged as the leader in the race to the bottom, and the golden era of British cotton manufacture come to a close.
3.In the race to the bottom, New England's golden age in textile manufacture would be much briefer than Britain's.
chapter 7
ReplyDelete1)Yuan zhin has worked as a cutter at Shanghai Brightness for eight years, it is a good job for a girl from farm in 2007 her pay was nearly $ 300 per month.
2) Yuan zhin said the she miss only two things about her home village. one is the spectacular scenery and the other is her son who is back in jianxi in care of his grandparents.
3) For the young woman from the rural villages, lee found poor working conditions, limited freedoms and highly structure hierrerchical labor system that limited workers conversations their use of the toilet and their diet.
Stephanie Zambrano
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In this chapter a young woman named Jiang Lan who worked long hours six days a week tells us about the poor working conditions of the sweatshop she called her job. This chapter states that migrants who leave their town to find work are judged by their background by employers and are denied health care, housing, etc. Migrants, especially women, do prefer working in factories rather than farms because farm working is much poor than factory work. Either way you work long hours for a low pay, but as big companies such as M=BMW came along, they provided migrants higher quality and higher paying jobs to benefit them and their family.
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ReplyDeleteWest African farmers receive 25 cents per pound of cotton where U.S. farmers receive 50 cents this caused many African Americans not to like cotton farms. Where labor costs are low there is no money to use sophisticated methods to battle insects, instead worm squishers are hired. Other countries have difficulties keeping up with America because they do not have the right technology, enough knowledge, and no financial help from the government. Cotton was once considered unuseful, however now it is used for fuel, fish bait, clothing materials, pillows and many other items.
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The working industry in China is hard work and very judgemental towards women. It's either brutal working conditions in factories, farm labor or prostitution for many of these women. Jiang Lan is one of the many Chinese factory workers that struggle to support their family.
Nancy Avila
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1.China was thought to be the more advanced civilization, until Europe took a great leap into the late 1700s.
2. Families at the time were into textile and clothing production. For example, sewing, weaving, and cutting. Weaving in Europe became a cottage industry rather than the typical wool spinning at home.
3. Owners started hiring women and children to do the work, because they were paid less and worked as good as men.
Evaluation/analysis
I learned that textile and clothing production has changed over the years. My conclusion is that textile and clothing industry has become more advanced over time. The author wants to teach us of how the 1700 is different than now and how we have come far in this type of industry.
Brandan Conrad, Chapter 4 I learned that cotton has many uses and is used for many wanted things. But cottons history, even recent history, is dark. Back in the U.S. history only white farmers could sell cotton or at least sell it higher than minorities. Today West Texas has become the king of the cotton growing thanks to advanced technology, great trade, and government subsides. Other countries, especially, undeveloped countries, can’t keep up due to poor technology, education, financial from the government.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 7 of Travels of a T-Shirt in a Global Economy it discusses Jiang Lan who worked eight hours per day, six days per week, having the same task of fixing broken yarn and she says she likes and enjoys her job, It also informs us about the poor working conditions of her job. This chapter states that migrants who leave their town to find work are judged by their background by employers and are denied health care, housing. Migrants, especially women, do prefer working in factories rather than farms because farm working is much poor than factory work. There are examples of how factories have different housing systems. For example the houku system that is required by law in both Communist country of China and Taiwan
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ReplyDelete1. Cotton seed was once considered garbage but is now used for fuel, food, fish bair, clothing material, pillows and also many African Americans don't have cotton farms because because before they didn't receive as much as white cotton growers.
2. From rags to riches, west Texas became a power house thanks to the help of improvements in technology, trade, and government subsides.
3. Other countries are unable to keep up with America because they don't have the correct technology, enough education, and no financial help from the government.
Evaluation/Analysis: Cotton seed is very useful, even though it was once considered trash. America uses technology to it's advantage to create more money.
Juliana Saavedra
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1.)T-shirts travel through the western coast of Mexico through Panama Canal heading to Miami port until it reaches to the Sherry Manufacturing
2.)The U.S government institute restricts Chinese textile and also demands apparel from other countries that are in use of Chinese fabrics
3.)According to the (CAFTA),in order for the apparel to have duty free access to the U.S MArket must meet the yarn forward test
Ch. 9 Pg147-148
ReplyDelete1.Politics play a huge role in the market economy. Probably just as important as the economy itself.
2. The United States wish to make a difference by not competing with sweat shops, but it has not gone that well.
3. Chinese businesses has 85% apparel imports in several other import countries.
Conclusion- Big industries have made it nearly impossible for small companies to compete thus making it hard for our economy to prosper.
Christopher Herrera ch.9
ReplyDelete1.according to the (CAFTA), in order for the apparel to have duty-free access to the U.S. market, it must generally meet the yarn-forward test, which requires that each step of apparel production from the spinning of the yarn "forward" take place in one of the member countries
2. T-shirts travel through the western coast of Mexico through Panama canal heading to Miami port until it reaches to the sherry manufacturing
3.Chinese apparel has captured 88% of apparel imports in several other industrialized countries
Evaluation- when making shirts and transporting them back to the US they product must first past the yarn-forward test in order for the product to have a duty-free access to the us. In order to pass the test the product has to be made up of a certain percent of materials made in one of the countries that are apart of (CAFTA).
Nancy Avila
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1. Politics in the market economy is as important as the market economy itself.
2. The U.S industries don’t wish to compete with for example sweatshops. They believe that putting up this “ fence” will help keep out small business but it not working so well.
3. Chinese apparel has captured 85% of apparel imports in several other industrialized countries.
Evaluation/Analysis
Politics in the market economy, has to do a lot with how the market flows. My conclusion is that big industries have made it almost impossible for small companies to make it in the market economy because of economy politics.
Miriam Ramirez Chapter 12
ReplyDelete1. They had protective quotas in the U.S. that did not allow free trade with other countries. They wanted to remove these quotas and establish free trade.
2. "Free trade" is basically being able to trade freely within countriuntries without any government restrictions. Countries wanted to be able to trade as much as they want with whoever they want.
3. After the quota was lifted, China's exports exploded about 800% and became the dominant country of trade and textiles. This caused anger against China.
Chapter 12 mainly explains how some of the quota restrictions on China led to an explosion in the market. Ports for chinese goods opened in the US and now China is domininating the market in textile goods. Its Starting to become hard for the US to compete in textile goods against China, so in order to keep textile jobs in America, innovation has to take place to create new jobs.
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Main point/argument
The U.S. government institute restricting chinese textile and also demanding from other countries that are in use of chinese fabrics.
Also Washington was one that was representing the U.S. for fabrics.
The people that lay down the rules, the regulations and restrictions for importing apparel are hundreds of lobbyist and lawyers as well as bureaucrats that vary in positions of the government.
Evaluation
Basically, Ch.9 talks about how the government of each country and the wealthy a lawyers and lobbyist implement all the rules and restrictions on textile and apparel imports.
Jessica Villafana
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Main points:
1.The U.S government institute restricting chinese textile and also demanding from other
countries that are in use of chinese fabrics.
2.Also washington was one that was representing the U.S for fabrics.
3.T-Shirts travel through the western coast of mexico through panama canal heading to miami port until it reaches to the sherry manufacturing.
Gilberto V
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new york city they were talking about the terrorist and their weapons should be out of the united state but their was some people that said why are they talking about it if they were talking about the t-shirt not the terrorist and weapons so they disscusted the t-shirt but their were so people that wanted to talk about the terrorist more than the problem of the t-shirt
Evan Gonzalez
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Chapter 9 talks about the dangers and risks that come from trading t shirts with China. It talks about how China is Dominating the t-shirt industry and how the US is trying to put quotas and restrictions on the trade industry. China is flooding the textile industry because no country can compete with them due to their mass production and low working wages. If we don’t do something about it like put restrictions China is going to create a monopoly with the textile industry.
Chapter 12 Main Point
ReplyDelete1. China's gate is almost like an window, it won't stay open for long for other countries to make agreements, to govern apparel trade to seem is not exactly "free market".
2. In the wealthy regions like Hong Kong, Macao, and South Korea is where the trade decrease. However, in the poorest regions like China, India, and Haiti is where the US trade increase because of cheap labor.
3. David Birnbaum warn the importers that the products we need is wasn't the price, quality, factories, or the shipping cost is what he worried about. What he was worried about most is the politics because the jobs in the US is diminishing.
Evaluation/Analysis
The author want to teach us that china is like a small window, after we got the offer to trade the US the products push forward to production because china is one of the poorest countries to make it seem easier for the US to pay the shipping fee and the products. In around the Obama debate, he wants to limit the trade so he could bring back more jobs in America and produce more product of their own.
Chapter 9
ReplyDelete1. The Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) imports apparel from different countries which is free from tariffs. But requires certain rules like how it must be spun, the fabric manufactured and how its sewn in a member country part of the (CAFTA)
2. T-shirts travel through the western coast of Miami port until it reaches the Sherry Manufacturing
3. The U.S government institutes restricts Chinese textile and also demands apparel from other countries that are in use of chinese fabrics.
Brandan Conrad, Chapter 10
ReplyDeleteThis chapter discusses the strength of the U.S. in the trade business due to its size and strength of the textile industry and the caution of trade with other countries, especially China. The chapter goes on to talk about negotiations over ending the MFA and how they are complete but not really being acted on. The short term Arrangement on the cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangement was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
Julio Arias
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Main Points-
1.In 2008 a multi-year negotation over the pocketing provisions of CAFTA was finally settled. In the original agreement, the fabric that comprised the “essential Character” of the garment was required to meet the various tests.
2.Equally complex but different rules gevern T-shirt imports from sub-saharan Africa, under the African Growth and opportunity act, and from Bolivia, Columbia, and Ecuador, under the Andean trade preference act.
3.In 2008, cotton T-shirts that did not meet the requirements for “Preferential Treatment” either because they came from countries outside.
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ReplyDelete1.Though the farmers of the united states constitution responsibility for formulating trade policy on the shoulders of the congress, during the past 50 years.
2.In his 1968 presidential campaign , richard nixon promise senator strom that he would seek to broaden the LTA into MFA and would extend quotas from cotton to wool, synthetic fibers and blends.
3.The america cotton manual institute (ACMI) announced that a crisis was at hands not in other thing.
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ReplyDelete1. United States dominates in the trade business because of the size of textile, the strength of industry, and the nervous feeling of trade with other countries, especially China.
2. The negotiations over ending the MFA have been met, however countries are undecided over which country should be freed by quotas.
3. The short term arrangement on cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangements was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
Chapter 10
ReplyDelete1)Only when it is discarded does a T-shirt enters a free market, in which American exports of used clothing and other textile products dominate the world market
2)unpredictable ways. U.S.recycling features thousands of small family businesses, Ed Steuben's Tran. Most used clothing ends up headed for Africa; T-shirts are sold to African buyers for 20-25 cents
3) The short term Arrangement on cotton textiles serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term arrangement was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles
1.Talks about the dangers that comes when trading T-shirts with china. It also talks about how china is demanding the t-shirt industry and its slowly trying to put quotes, so China won’t dominate the industry.
ReplyDelete2.Talks about the global economy, and how sided and restricted the imports from china. It also talks and explains what happen with Auggies Army has an unfair advantage for nearly 60 years. 2,500 textile workers lost their jobs on a single day in 2003. This happen because pillowtex factories closed.
3.In 2006 American free trade agreement imports appared different countries (el salvador, honduras,nicaragua etc.) free from tariffs.In order farther apparel to have duty. The fabric manufactured , and sewn a member country part of the CAFTA.9 ( Chapter 9)
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ReplyDelete1.The estimated cost of textile and appeael quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved.
2.U.S Pays china to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs.
3.Huge retail companies are gaining political influence and lowering trade barries for their companies.
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ReplyDelete1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin.
Yvette Aldana Chapter 11 Per. 3
ReplyDelete1. The estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion, it would cost $174,825 per job saved.
2. The U.S. pays China to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs. Many people are unaware that this is one of the consequences of paying China.
3. Huge retail companies are going political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies.
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ReplyDelete1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin.
2.Global trotting- the apperal industry has globalized in response to trade barriers, rather than to respond to open markets. Wal-Mart Squeeze- huge demands bankrupts U.S. suppliers and outsource to Chinese factories, all to save 25 cents. Innovation- low tech textile jobs are becoming obsolete in the U.S. and are beginning to transition to high tech jobs.
3. Tenenbaum promised to build trade walls, DeMint promised to tear them down.
U.S. collects more revenue from Cambodian underwear than it does from Australian wine or Japanese steel.
Quota system ends and now anyone can step up and take a countries market away.
ex. Quota baby clothes reserved for Philippines is ended giving anyone a chance to capture the market
Sal Alaniz
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1. The United States of America is always looking for an edge when it comes to domination in the trading business, which causes them to have hesitation in trading with other countries especially China.
2. The U.S. finds ways in saving money any way they can, which includes a system of recycling clothes through mom and pop stores. The recycled clothes can be sold in the future at a cheaper price, which brings in profit.
3. There are two types of arrangements in the cotton textile business long, and short term.
Chapter 11
ReplyDeleteThe estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved.
U.S. pays China to make the t-shirts and keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs.
Huge retail companies are gaining political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies.
I learned that it costs money to make money, but sometimes jobs are lost in the process.
Maria Vasquez
ReplyDeletechapter 9 talks about the risk that come from trading t shirts with china. also new york city is talking about terrorist and their weapons should be out of the united states but theirs was some people they were talking about terrorist and weapons. talks about global economy in 2006 central america free trade agreement importants appeared from differents countries for example, el salvador, honduras, nicaragua, free from tariffs. inspections specialist at the countrys 300 ports of entry are responsible for keeping out terrorists and their weapons southern textile interest are living in the past, clinging to something that makes no sense today.
Chapter 11
ReplyDeleteThe estimated cost of textile and apparel quota is between $7 and $12 billion. It would cost $174,825 per job saved.
U.S. pays china to keep prices on clothing down, but it costs us our own jobs.
Huge retail companies are going political influence and lowering trade barriers for their companies.
ch.11
ReplyDelete1. Production, revenues, and exports are growing, employment is shrinking because of rapid advances in technology and labor productivity. The quotas encouraged china and other potential low-end producers to become high-end producers, and have in effect encouraged more high-margin.
2.Global trotting- the apperal industry has globalized in response to trade barriers, rather than to respond to open markets. Wal-Mart Squeeze- huge demands bankrupts U.S. suppliers and outsource to Chinese factories, all to save 25 cents. Innovation- low tech textile jobs are becoming obsolete in the U.S. and are beginning to transition to high tech jobs.
3. Tenenbaum promised to build trade walls, DeMint promised to tear them down.
U.S. collects more revenue from Cambodian underwear than it does from Australian wine or Japanese steel.
Quota system ends and now anyone can step up and take a countries market away.
ex. Quota baby clothes reserved for Philippines is ended giving anyone a chance to capture the market
ReplyDelete1. U.S. is always looking for an edge to domination in the trading business, which causes them to have hesitation in trading with other countries especially China.
2. The U.S. finds ways in saving money any way they can, which includes a system of recycling clothes. The recycled clothes can be sold in the future at a cheaper price, which brings in profit. Negotiations about the MFA is met.
3. There are two types of arrangements in the cotton textile business long, and short term. Short term serves as a temporary assistance to the industry. Long term was created by the Kennedy administration for cotton textiles.
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Chapter 10
1.In 2004, poor countries came together to shape the global trade agenda.
2.Since World War II ended, every US president has publicly supported the doctrine of free trade trade either because they felt it was the best economic policy.
3.The government limits exploitation.
Juliana Saavedra
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1.)Trans American Co. is a recycling family business of clothing,in Greenpoint neighborhood in Brooklyn. Eighty-five employees will process 70,000 pounds of clothing a day.
2.)All supply not demand;People are willing to pay $100 dollars for an American gently used t-shirt.
3.)Africa is the largest leading exports of America for used clothing.
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ReplyDelete1.customers still prefer the "old clothing from America to the new clothing from china, Geofrey said, because the quality is believed to be better. But prices of new clothing from china have been falling while prices for American clothing have been going up. Geofrey expects that over time the quality of the chinese clothing will improve.
2. EPZs are an intermediate step between free trade and closed borders: goods are allowed into the country for assembly on processing and subsequent re-export, but aren't allowed into the domestic marketplace for consumption
3. Africa has a horrible garnace that is why their aren't doing to well in the textile industry
Nancy Avila
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1.While north carolina how lost its textile industry to low wage workers from china, the african textile industry has lost to high wage workers of america.
2.Mitumba, a country, destroies some jobs, but others are built and created.
3.Africa has a horrible governance. That is why they are not doing so well in the textile industry.
Main Points for Conclusion
ReplyDelete1. The past decade around 1990s backlash against the trade liberalization evolved in more mainstream about the global trade, but downturn in 2008.
2. All the hard work of shifting of the global apparel operates finish, but the only important thing is the factory of being responsible of supply chains. Globalization is something we can't control, but people do write the rules, however it always changing everyday.
3. Prosperity brings out the best in human nature. To have economic growth they need to invest and innovate clean energy and new technologies for prosperity in the future.
Evaluation/Analysis
The author's conclusion summarize the travels of a T-shirt and how we tried to change our global trade, which quickly downfall in 2008, by having other countries to make the T-shirt. Now the US is trying to bring the economic growth by having clean energy and new technology for the prosperity in the future.
Conclusion
ReplyDelete1. The business establishment and most economists continue to laud the effects of free trade and markets.
2. T-shirts journey from China to the United States is engineered today by a web of highly political constraints on market.
3. Environmental responsibility, as a corporate creed, has gone mainstream in a short time.
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ReplyDeletethe global used clothing industy for the facinating study in the market for snowflakes but people that trade will make less money than the people that sell the t-shirts 100 t-shirts each will be diffrient and this snowflakes fator has inportant imfications for how many money they make
1. T-shirts are "born" in Texas, made in China, and shipped to America. Although african farmers and Asian sweatshop workers work hard with worse working conditions; the market isn't cruel to them, its the lack of opportunities they get.
ReplyDelete2. There are still issues in labor conditions and the poor suffer more from political exclusion than the market itself
This is the Conclusion
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ReplyDeleteturned to a free market after extreme poverty and hunger.
ReplyDeleteOne man’s trash…- Used american t-shirts are shipped by the thousands and put up on the Dar es Salaam market. Each shirt being sold for around $0.50 and those with brand names, such as nike, may reach up to $3.
2. mitumba dealers make 90% of bale’s value from only 10%of the articles in them
dealers have parties where they charge $1-2 for entry to little auctions for articles
western diplomats and business people describe life in Dar as “Tarzania Time”- living life to a slow and unscheduled rhythm
3. Gulam purchased clothing from American dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds apiece. Category A contained only good condition clothing, Category B contained slightly used clothing, and Category C contained torn clothing but Gulam accepted it all. Customers started to get picky and wanted certain colors and styles, Gulam found it difficult to compete with the smaller entrepreneurs who spent energy staying on top of consumer preferences. Gulam ceded his mitumba business to smaller traders.
People in Tanzania live off $1 dollar a day and are willing to spend three days work on a t-shirt.
CH 14 How Small Entrepreneurs Clothe East Africa with Old American T-Shirts
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Main points:
1.Tells how markets work the business on T-Shirts on how a picture color shirt is less than a plain white T-Shirt that is more because of the fabric.
2.All supply do not demand; people are willing to pay top dollar for example: $100 a used T-shirt.
3.Trading company is a recycling business of clothing. (family owers)
Stephanie Zambrano
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1. Prices for American clothing has gone up while China’s has came down. People prefer Americans clothing because it is in higher quality. China’s clothing is poor quality but they believe China is striving to bring their clothing quality up.
2. Africa isn’t doing good in the textile industry because there government isn’t great and leads Africa to have no decent benefits to practically everything.
3. Goods are allowed into the country for assembly on process but aren’t allowed into domestic marketplace for consumption.
Sal Alaniz
ReplyDeleteChapter 15.
1. More than 30 countries ban the import of used clothing through outright prohibitions, or impenetrable bureaucratic walls.
2. The Mitumba trade shrinks employment in textile factories, and it also prevents Africa from its foot on the development ladder like America, and China already have.
3. Most goods that are imported into Africa that somehow made it through customs are re-exported back to other countries.
Manuel Rodriquez
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Explains the t-shirt’s story. How the t-shirt traveled throughout different countries and how it was made in the different regions.
The t-shirt had an impact. It reveals that the moral and political discussions are critical today if the double movement is to have widespread blessings.
Along the travels from the t-shirt there is a chain of friends that come along with it. It is stretched all around the world with different people with different races and religions.
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ReplyDelete1. There are many challenges & complications in the t-shirt industry such as: all supply and no demand, abundant amount of t-shirts being thrown each year and the richer people become, the bigger the mounds of clothing.
3. The Stubbin family have stayed in the clothing business for many years now. They still continue to go against Goodwill and the Salvation Army with donated clothes.
2. Clothing is separated by the amount of wear ranging from new to slightly worn. In the trans-Americans warehouse, Japanese pay top dollars, around $100, for American used t-shirts depending on the type.
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ReplyDelete1.It was a decade or so go , it was common for observers to draw a line between the " formal " and " informal " sectors of Africa economies.
2.Further, some experts have pointed out that so many types of activities are now lumped under the heading " informal " organizational forms do not look American.
3.In 2002 , Tanzania gained duty access for its apparel experts to the United states when it qualified for textile benefits under the African growth and opportunity act ( AGOA).
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Chapter 15
1. The barriers to the mitumba trade have in large measure been erected by the groans of the local textile industry.
2. Many critics of the mitumba trade suggest darkly that if Americans only knew what they wrought by throwing away their clothing, fewer people would be lined up outside the Salvation Army trucks.
3. Trans-Americas will continue to adapt and survive, thrive, even in the global race of faster-better-cheaper.
Chapter 13
ReplyDelete1. Many challenges and complications in the t-shirt industry all supply and no demand, abundant amount of t-shirts are being thrown each year. The richer people become, the bigger the amounts of clothing.
2. Clothing is separated by the amount of wear ranging from like new to slightly worn in the Trans-Americans Warehouse. Japanese are willing to pay $100 for old American T-shirts.
3. It discusses the Stubin family business and how they have stayed in the clothing business going up against the Salvation Army and Goodwill.
Chapter 14
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Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by the entreprenuers
When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, you must be careful, there is no garbage in the middle and you are lucky to find a ‘jewel’ (Nice clothing such as a prom dress)
Major corporation (Geofry and Mohammed Enterprices Tanzania Limited) seperates clothing into 3 categories: A- Nice Clothing, B- Faded Clothing, C- Torn/ Stained Clothing
Julio Arias
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1.It was a decade or so go , it was common for observers to draw a line between the " formal " and " informal " sectors of Africa economies.
2. The Mitumba trade shrinks employment in textile factories, and it also prevents Africa from its foot on the development ladder like America, and China already have.
3. Goods are allowed into the country for assembly on process but aren’t allowed into domestic marketplace for consumption.
chapter 15 pg. 242-244
ReplyDelete1. Mitumba dealers in dar es salaam produced clothes that showed up in america for the 1st time.
2. Exports to the U.S. qualified for textile benefits under the african growth and opportunity act.
3. increased by 300% from 2003 to 2007 and all goods to the U.S. nearly doubled.
In Chapter 15, we learned middlemen are making money off of U.S. generosity by donating to africa. If americans knew what was going on we stop going through the middle man and just ship it ourselves.
Yvette Aldana Per. 3 3-18-15
ReplyDelete1. Tanzania is one of the poorest in the world. Their economy is being slavery built by entrepreneurs.
2. When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, must be careful there is no garbage in the middle.
3. Gulam purchased clothing from American dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds a piece.
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ReplyDeleteTanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by entrepreneurs.
When selling a shirt in Africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, you must be careful there is no garbage in the middle and you are lucky to find a “jewel” - a nice article of clothing.
Mohammed Enterprises Tanzania Limited (METL) and Geofrey, an entrepreneur, sort the bales into categories: A- like new, B- missing a button or faded, C- stained or torn. All is profitable though.
Chapter 14
ReplyDelete1. Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world. Their economy is being slowly built up by the entrepreneurs.
2. When selling a shirt in africa, brand names are still worth more when buying a bale, must be careful there is no garbage in the middle.
3. Gulam purchased clothing from american dealers in huge bales weighing up to 2,000 pounds a piece.
The conclusión talks about the T-shirts story, how it was traveled throughout the different countries and how it was made in the different regions
ReplyDelete.Also talks about the free trade and competitive market forces, especially upon the workers and their environment.
.After he completed his travels, he believed in moral case for trade that is even more copelling than the economic case. After observing two world wars, the trade was an instrument of peace.
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