African trade (was lots of re:) Mexico: Same DepressingTale on Labor Rights

[Eugene Coyle]

Brad De Long wrote:

> I think that removing quotas on U.S. imports of African-made textiles
> will make the world a better place: more better jobs at better wages
> for Africans. It isn't "bogus."
>

If there are going to be better jobs at better wages in Africa, where
are the folks who lose their jobs?

Guatamala?  China?  Indonesia? USA?

Somebody has to pay with their livelihood.

Or is your argument that clothes will become so much cheaper we will
throw them away just that much more rapidly that demand will meet the
new supply?

Gene Coyle