This text written by James Brook and is based on an article published in the famous The New York Times on April 23, 2005.
We will first present what the free exchange, and what it implies.
Then we will analyze consequences of the free exchange
The free exchange consists in opening the tariff and nontariff barriers with freedom of movement of the products. However, as the free exchange facilitates the international exchanges it facilitates also Chinese exports of clothing at weak price because of the low cost of the labour. Thus; these exports implies several in particular economic consequences for the country
But which are its consequences?
These exports result in cause a drop in the Sales turnover of the companies which end up closing the entrerprise and increasing the unemployment of the country and thus to decrease the economic growth of the country in particular here of Saipan.
Moreover, as in Saipan the textile is very important for the country it is very difficult to find an employment this is why specialists are afraid to see violence and the number male prostitutes to increase downtown.
Moreover, the Chinese women do not want to turn over in their countries because they would make same employment but for a starvation wage (30 hundreds in China per hour against 3.05$ in Siapan)
I think that the opening of the tariff barrier is a big problem for the rich countries. Indeed, the free exchange has very heavy economic consequences in each country. This is why I think that it is preferable to limit the entries of textile at weak price on the territories.
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Bonsoir, pas mal de poetites erreurs dans ton texte, quelques suggestions
- this text IS written
- enlève "the famous"
- we will first present...: typique français mais pas du tout anglais. Mets plutot quelque chose comme "this study/essay explains..."
- The free exchange: tu veux dire "libre-échange"? Dans ce cas c'est Free trade, et enlève THE devant (dans tout le texte)
- the international exchanges : pas de THE
- cost of the labour : idem
- the exports implies...: these exports have an economic impact on the country (ici, country = Chine n'est-ce pas?)
- But which are its consequences? j'enlèverais cette question ou alors "WHAT is the impact"
Chinese export result in a drop in sales /turnover (l'un ou l'autre, pas les 2)
- the companies : enlève THE (la phrase entière est trop longue et donc peu claire)
- the textile: enlève THE
- number OF male prostitute
- the Chinese women : enlève THE
- this text IS written
- enlève "the famous"
- we will first present...: typique français mais pas du tout anglais. Mets plutot quelque chose comme "this study/essay explains..."
- The free exchange: tu veux dire "libre-échange"? Dans ce cas c'est Free trade, et enlève THE devant (dans tout le texte)
- the international exchanges : pas de THE
- cost of the labour : idem
- the exports implies...: these exports have an economic impact on the country (ici, country = Chine n'est-ce pas?)
- But which are its consequences? j'enlèverais cette question ou alors "WHAT is the impact"
Chinese export result in a drop in sales /turnover (l'un ou l'autre, pas les 2)
- the companies : enlève THE (la phrase entière est trop longue et donc peu claire)
- the textile: enlève THE
- number OF male prostitute
- the Chinese women : enlève THE
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merci ms vs pensez pour un compte rendu? il n'y a pas d'autres fautes? Le texte c'est ca:*
SAIPAN, Nothern Mariana Islands. This quiet little American territory, a tropical island that struggled for years to improve working conditions in its sweatshops, maynow lose many of its apparel factories to the forces of the free market.
The factories could fall victim to a flood of cheap Chinese clothing surging into the United States. And as Saipan’s factories close or cut jobs, thousands of wokers most them Chinese women are left with a cruel choice: go back to China’s sweatshops and earn a fraction of their current pay or stay in Saipan, where the prospects for legal work are dim at best.
As clothing makers around the globe adjust to the brave new world of markets to benefit consumers, the economy here offers a clear illustration of the impact on producers long sheltered from competition.
Since garment trade quotas ended worldwide on January 1, four of Saipan’s factories, which have long benefited from tariff-free access to the American market, have closed. Orders to the rest have plummeted. About 1585 workers have lost jobs.
While Washington is moving to impose some restraints to soften the impact from the explosion in Chinese apparel exports, the largest company here, Concorde Garment Manufacturing, says many of its workers may still lose their jobs by June. The Spain Garment Manufacturers Association predicts sales could drop by 50 percent in 2005
This is all part of a long awaited global shift driven by the lifting of country-by-country quotas, allowing the fashion industry to develop a more efficient worldwide supply network in Chinese clothing exports to the united States jumped to $1.2 billion, a 75 percent increase over a year earlier, according to Chinese givernment trade figures. For the first two months of the year, China quadrupled its exports of knit and synthetic tops a Saipan speciality to the United States.
“We are down by 28 percent; it’s brutal,”Richard A.Pierce, executive director of the industry association, said of those categories. “It is happening so quickly now,every factory in ou association is downsizing. We guess we will lose 3 to more factories by the end of this year”.
In the 2004 fiscal year, Saipan sold $821 million worth of garments, well below the peak of $1.05 billion in 1999.
“We want our tickets.We want to go home,”a dozen newly unemployed women chanted here recently outside the office of Saipan’s governor, Juan N. Babauta.
In interviews, several Chinese women said they could go home to do the same sewing job in China, but for 30 cents an hour here they get $3,05 or they could stay in Saipan, where the most lucrative option is a furtive life of hunting male tourists who will pay $50 for a “special massage.”
“It is very hard to get a new job,” said a four-year veteran of the garment factories, who called herself Doudou. “A lot of the girls now working in Garapan as prostitutes used to be garment workers.”
Qian Ma, a Chinese translator who works with garment workers, said: “Many people come to me, crying saying, “What can I do pay my bills?” There is going to be more prostitution more robbery. The best solution is for people to go home”.
Garment production started here two decades ago as part of an effort by Washington to encourage growth and to cut subsides to this island. Under the covenant between the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and the United State, Saipan controlled its immigration policy, set its minimum wage rate and sent garments to the American mainland duty free, with the label “Made in the UA”, in unlimited quantities as long as workers here added at least 50 percent to the value.
The garment industry remains one of Saipan’s two economic pillars, along with tourism. The industry’s 14000 workers account for at least one half of the jobs on this island of 78000 people, according to Samuel F McPhetres, a social sciences instructor at Nothern Marianas College.
“The truth is the majority os those girls do not want to go back to China,” said Jun Mei Wang, 36, who moved from garment worker to student at Nothern Marianas College. “It is hard to find a job in China, and, even if they find a job, they earn less money. My friends who finished their contracts, some became house maids, some went into the massage shops”.
Mr McPhetres said that “what we fear is being stuck with 1000 to 2000 people who can’t go home.
SAIPAN, Nothern Mariana Islands. This quiet little American territory, a tropical island that struggled for years to improve working conditions in its sweatshops, maynow lose many of its apparel factories to the forces of the free market.
The factories could fall victim to a flood of cheap Chinese clothing surging into the United States. And as Saipan’s factories close or cut jobs, thousands of wokers most them Chinese women are left with a cruel choice: go back to China’s sweatshops and earn a fraction of their current pay or stay in Saipan, where the prospects for legal work are dim at best.
As clothing makers around the globe adjust to the brave new world of markets to benefit consumers, the economy here offers a clear illustration of the impact on producers long sheltered from competition.
Since garment trade quotas ended worldwide on January 1, four of Saipan’s factories, which have long benefited from tariff-free access to the American market, have closed. Orders to the rest have plummeted. About 1585 workers have lost jobs.
While Washington is moving to impose some restraints to soften the impact from the explosion in Chinese apparel exports, the largest company here, Concorde Garment Manufacturing, says many of its workers may still lose their jobs by June. The Spain Garment Manufacturers Association predicts sales could drop by 50 percent in 2005
This is all part of a long awaited global shift driven by the lifting of country-by-country quotas, allowing the fashion industry to develop a more efficient worldwide supply network in Chinese clothing exports to the united States jumped to $1.2 billion, a 75 percent increase over a year earlier, according to Chinese givernment trade figures. For the first two months of the year, China quadrupled its exports of knit and synthetic tops a Saipan speciality to the United States.
“We are down by 28 percent; it’s brutal,”Richard A.Pierce, executive director of the industry association, said of those categories. “It is happening so quickly now,every factory in ou association is downsizing. We guess we will lose 3 to more factories by the end of this year”.
In the 2004 fiscal year, Saipan sold $821 million worth of garments, well below the peak of $1.05 billion in 1999.
“We want our tickets.We want to go home,”a dozen newly unemployed women chanted here recently outside the office of Saipan’s governor, Juan N. Babauta.
In interviews, several Chinese women said they could go home to do the same sewing job in China, but for 30 cents an hour here they get $3,05 or they could stay in Saipan, where the most lucrative option is a furtive life of hunting male tourists who will pay $50 for a “special massage.”
“It is very hard to get a new job,” said a four-year veteran of the garment factories, who called herself Doudou. “A lot of the girls now working in Garapan as prostitutes used to be garment workers.”
Qian Ma, a Chinese translator who works with garment workers, said: “Many people come to me, crying saying, “What can I do pay my bills?” There is going to be more prostitution more robbery. The best solution is for people to go home”.
Garment production started here two decades ago as part of an effort by Washington to encourage growth and to cut subsides to this island. Under the covenant between the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas and the United State, Saipan controlled its immigration policy, set its minimum wage rate and sent garments to the American mainland duty free, with the label “Made in the UA”, in unlimited quantities as long as workers here added at least 50 percent to the value.
The garment industry remains one of Saipan’s two economic pillars, along with tourism. The industry’s 14000 workers account for at least one half of the jobs on this island of 78000 people, according to Samuel F McPhetres, a social sciences instructor at Nothern Marianas College.
“The truth is the majority os those girls do not want to go back to China,” said Jun Mei Wang, 36, who moved from garment worker to student at Nothern Marianas College. “It is hard to find a job in China, and, even if they find a job, they earn less money. My friends who finished their contracts, some became house maids, some went into the massage shops”.
Mr McPhetres said that “what we fear is being stuck with 1000 to 2000 people who can’t go home.
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