Life after 2005 and The China Syndrome
In his last column, David Birnbaum argued that in the next 10 years Mexico would grow to become the world’s largest garment exporter. Critics of the piece suggested that after 2005, China will be not only the world’s largest garment exporter, China will be the only major garment exporter. Here David makes a case against what he calls ‘The China Syndrome,’ and looks at what is needed to survive in the post-2005 apparel industry.