摘要
Redundant outcry over U.S. Olympic uniforms’made-in-China origins In the run-up to the London Olympic Games,American fashion designer Ralph Lauren was caught off guard by a public outcry after it was revealed that the U.S.team’s uniforms had been manufactured in China.
In the run-up to the London Olympic Games, American fashion designer Ralph Lauren was caught off guard by apublic outcry after it was revealed that the LI.S. team＇s uniforms had been manufactured in China. In fact, U.S. Olympic team uniforms have been made outside the country since 1998, so why the controversy now？ There are two reasons. First, from 1998 until 2008, a comDmy called Roots manufac- tured the uniforms in Canada. Outsourcing m Canada was nmch less threatening than hand- ing the order off to the cheap-labor alternative of America＇s economic rival, China. Second, it＇s an election year and outsourc- ing and unemployment are key issues on the mind of every American.
