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Here's why the used clothing trade deserves more attention
2018-11-15 10:58:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
While friction over the ban of used clothing exports from the US to East Africa seems to have come to an end, some fundamental issues still remain, according to Shannon Brady and Sheng Lu from the University of Delaware. Their latest research throws up complex economic, social, legal and political factors linked with the trade in second-hand clothes - and questions the effectiveness of preference programmes such as AGOA as a tool for economic development.
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