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China has a huge shoe industry.

Nike is the biggest shoe company in the world because it operates in countries were it is against the law to collectively bargain for more money and better working envoirment.
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The material used to make Crocs was made in Canada.
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Sometimes the shoe companies make shoe in the same factories they just have a different the logos. The shoe companies have there factories in China because they don't have to pay fair wages.

V**ocabulary** __**Tax Free Zone**__: along the coast of china were there is no taxes. __**Sweatshop**__: A shop employingworker forlow wages,for long hours, and under poor conditions. __**Outsourcing**__: to obtain goods or services from an outside source (China). __**Living Wage**__: a wage on which it is possible for a wage earner or an individual and his or her family to live at least according to minimum customary standards. __**Child Labor Law**__: a law regulating or prohibiting the employment of a person who is below a specified age.

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The shoe industry in China is a huge part of the global economy. Most of the major American shoe brands have their factories in china. Some examples are Nike, Reebok, and Adidas.

China doesn’t have child labor laws which means that they can have children work in factories for little to no pay. Even the adult workers get on average about a $1.75 a day for working twelve hour shift.

Most of the shoe companies being in China have an enormous impact on the American economy. If those jobs were available in the U.S most of the unemployed would have a sustainable job. Our country might have more of a deficit because they would have to pay fair wages.

In China they have tax free zones. Tax free zones are located along the coast, and literally means a zone were taxes don’t exist. Most of the factories are located in the tax free zones.

In the future almost all products will be produced in China. A pair of$100 shoe cost $3 to make and companies get a $97 profit. China started producing American shoe brand in the 1980’s.

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