The short essay “Dogs Snarling Together: How Politics Came to Rule the Global Apparel Trade” by Pietra Raivoli was a very long and boring essay. I thought the author used to many abbreviations of the different companies that are involved in making T-shirts. The only part of the essay that I could follow easily without losing my attention to it was the beginning were it talked about Auggie and his army that he had to keep the made in China shirts from getting out on the market in the United States.
In the essay where it described what Auggie does was kind of interesting. He basically runs around Washington persuading politicians to make laws that restrict some of the free trade from other countries. This seems kind of smart in a since that if he didn’t do this then by now the United States would probably wouldn’t have any textile mills left. This would take away several jobs in the United States which would hurt our economy even more that how it already is. In the essay, it mentioned Julia Hughes, who is a Washington representative for the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel. Her job consists of trying to get some of the laws that Auggie gets passed lifted. She thinks that the T-shirts that are coming from China are a good thing. As Pietra put it, “They follow each other around Washington constantly plugging holes where in the import dike and the other is trying to punch them out. Because they are in constant motion the trade laws are always changing making it harder for other countries to make profit in the U.S.
In conclusion it thinks that I agree with what Auggie is doing because he helps some textile workers keep their job. This is good for our economy because it helps the unemployment level and it gives several people jobs. And I think that if it is made in America it is instantly better that things that are made in China. When I think of “Made in China” I instantly think that the quality of the produce is as cheap as it can and probably wouldn’t last as long.
In the essay where it described what Auggie does was kind of interesting. He basically runs around Washington persuading politicians to make laws that restrict some of the free trade from other countries. This seems kind of smart in a since that if he didn’t do this then by now the United States would probably wouldn’t have any textile mills left. This would take away several jobs in the United States which would hurt our economy even more that how it already is. In the essay, it mentioned Julia Hughes, who is a Washington representative for the United States Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel. Her job consists of trying to get some of the laws that Auggie gets passed lifted. She thinks that the T-shirts that are coming from China are a good thing. As Pietra put it, “They follow each other around Washington constantly plugging holes where in the import dike and the other is trying to punch them out. Because they are in constant motion the trade laws are always changing making it harder for other countries to make profit in the U.S.
In conclusion it thinks that I agree with what Auggie is doing because he helps some textile workers keep their job. This is good for our economy because it helps the unemployment level and it gives several people jobs. And I think that if it is made in America it is instantly better that things that are made in China. When I think of “Made in China” I instantly think that the quality of the produce is as cheap as it can and probably wouldn’t last as long.
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