Trump factory jobs sent to China may never come back

[DonViejo]

Source: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has pledged to bring long lost American manufacturing jobs back from China. But he may be too late — even for products that bear his family name.

A Chinese company that makes shoes for his daughter’s fashion line is moving production to Africa, where labour is much cheaper.

The billionaire tycoon has frequently accused China of stealing US jobs through unfair trade practices and currency manipulation, while simultaneously relying on the country to make Trump-branded goods. But the kind of work that goes into making such products may never return to America, the president of major footwear producer Huajian Group told AFP.

“Some manufacturers can’t even survive in China anymore,” Zhang Huarong said, speaking in his office in the southern factory hub of Dongguan. His company has made about 100,000 pairs of Ivanka Trump-branded shoes over the years, according to spokesman Liu Shiyuan. In August it filled an order for 20,000 — just weeks after Trump accepted the Republican nomination, with a speech vowing to bring jobs back to the US.

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[True Dough]

1. Jobs sent to "Gina"

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2. And low-info voters continue to be fooled by this selfish hypocrite

He and his daughter's clothing lines are made in China and he's blaming Obama for jobs going over there.

What a POS.

[Andy823]

5. Exactly

All his BS about China, and he has not brought back one company of his to the US, and he never will. Yet he continues to spew lie after like, show his hypocrisy daily, and his brain dead base can't see through the BS. His new hotel is full of things NOT made in the US. For Trump it's all about the "profit", and pulling the biggest con of his life on those who fall for his shit.

[SummerSnow]

3. Hopefully Hillary will bribng this up in the next debate..

his answer will be that he is a smart businessman, and his spawns will cheer him on.

[BumRushDaShow]

4. “'Some manufacturers can’t even survive in China anymore'"

I remember a bunch of years ago when the disgrace that was happening at Foxconn and subsequent Chinese uprisings about it and bad PR, eventually resulted in workers demanding and generally receiving a "raise" to at least something like the equivalent of $12/day. That is apparently is too much.

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6. Unregulated capitalism always seeks the lowest wage they can find to exploit

Now they are moving manufacturing to countries in Africa. The workers there will be exploited until they too demand higher wages, probably decades later.

Where will the exploiters go then? Maybe by then it will have come full-circle and the lowest wages will be found in the US.

Maybe this is what Trump is talking about by bringing manufacturing jobs here?

[BumRushDaShow]

7. "Maybe this is what Trump is talking about by bringing manufacturing jobs here?"

He's probably figuring that by the time that happens, it would be on his sons to deal with as it won't be his problem anymore.

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8. Yep, he cares nothing about the country.