Remodeling Maidiac
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Can you read??? He CLEARLY stated NAFTA was PART of the problem.American hasn't had the infrastructure for large scale clothing production for decades.Oh, let's be real, I don't believe for a hot second that these tariffs would bring these garment jobs back to America, but I am not certainly not going to shed a tear if they pick up and move to another country to avoid the risk and tariffs in China. Why? Because Fuck China! That's why.
I recall reading somewhere that only 2% of the garments bought in the United States are actually made here. There are a lot reasons for that and NAFTA is certainly one of them as it did away with many of the duties and restrictions on foreign-made clothes. The garment industry here couldn't compete anymore and shed almost 750k jobs in the last 30 years.
What does NAFTA have to do with China and the trade war with China?
The answer is NOTHING.
NAFTA means North American Free Trade Agreement.
In case you didn't learn it in school, China isn't in North America. The nations in North America are The United States, Canada and Mexico.
NAFTA isn't any part of this trade war with China and has nothing to do with jobs going to Bangladesh from China.
Do you know what part means?