Timeline label

Reagan Missive

Image caption

The United States had been appreciating the low cost of clothing and textiles from China so much that it was reducing the amount of products made in the US, which had a significant impact on the US economy. With the ongoing recession, unemployment was already a major concern for the nation and any outsourcing of labor would only exacerbate the problem. Additionally, Reagan did not like the idea of his ideological rival, the communist state of China, potentially increasing their economic power and consequently increasing their world influence.

美国一直享受着中国服装和纺织品的低廉价格，以至于美国开始生产越来越少的服装，这对美国经济产生了很大的负面影响。由于美国经济已经表现不佳，人们已经担心失去工作的人数众多，因此将工作转移到其他国家只会使问题变得越来越严重。此外，里根总统不喜欢他的竞争对手共产主义中国可能增加其经济实力，从而增加其对世界的影响的想法。

Timeline date

1982

Creator

Ronald Reagan

Bibliographic Citation

United States Executive Office of the President. [Textile Negotiations]., 1982. ProQuest. Web. 21 Jan. 2021.