Video 1: How one Chinese shirt-maker uses automation to safeguard its future
Video 2: Chinese investors move clothing factory to Bangladesh
Video 3: Can Vietnam become the next China?
Discussion questions (for FASH455: Please finish watching ALL the three short videos above before sharing your viewpoints)
- How are textile and apparel “Made in Asia” changing its face? What are the driving forces of these changes?
- What are the examples of the “flying geese model” from the videos? Overall, why or why not do you think this model is still valid today?
- Why or why not do you think the U.S.-China tariff war has fundamentally changed the patterns of textile and apparel production and trade in Asia?
FASH455 Global Apparel & Textile Trade and Sourcing 