Africa and Used Clothes
418 views · Published 8 August 2018 · 3:35 · Indexed 31 October 2026
Channel: VOA Africa · 2018 · News & Politics
When U.S. and European charity shops have unsold clothes, they’re packed in bulk and bought by exporters, who ship them to Sub-Saharan Africa. Moves by Sub-Saharan nations to impose tariffs or bans on used clothing importation in order to protect their indigenous textile industries have been strongly responded to by U.S. trade authorities, which just hit Rwanda’s secondhand clothing importation tariff with a significant counter-move. Details from VOA Senior Analyst Jeffrey Young.
