Ukusetshenziswa kukakotini kulindeleke ukuthi kufinyelele ezingeni eliphansi kakhulu eminyakeni engaphezu kweyi-100 ukuvalwa kwemishini kakotini e-US kuyashesha

Ngokusho kwezindaba zakwamanye amazwe ngo-Ephreli 1, umhlaziyi u-IlenaPeng uthe isidingo sabakhiqizi base-US sikakotini asipheli futhi siyashesha. Ngesikhathi se-Chicago World's Fair (1893), cishe izimboni zikakotini ezingu-900 zazisebenza e-United States. Kodwa i-NationalCottonCouncil ilindele ukuthi lelo nani libe cishe yi-100 okwamanje, kanti izimboni eziyisishiyagalombili zivala ezinyangeni ezinhlanu zokugcina zika-2023 kuphela.
“Njengoba ukukhiqizwa kwezindwangu zasekhaya sekuphelile, abalimi bekotini bancane amathuba okuthola abathengi emakhaya ukuze bathole isivuno esilandelayo.” Izigidi zamahektha ezitshalo zekotini ziyatshalwa kule nyanga kusukela eCalifornia kuya eCarolinas.”

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UJohnMcCurry we-FarmProgress ubike ekuqaleni kukaMashi ukuthi “ukushintsha kwezivumelwano zokuhweba, ikakhulukazi i-North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), kuye kwaphazamisa kakhulu imboni.”

“Abaphathi bezokukhiqiza basole ukuvalwa okungazelelwe kwezitshalo eziningana zakamuva ngokuthi ‘okungabalulekile,’ igama elichazwa ngokuthi alibalulekile noma alinamsebenzi, kodwa kulokhu lisho lutho oluphambene nalokho.” Libhekisela entubeni yenqubomgomo yokuhweba evumela ukungeniswa kwezimpahla ngaphandle kwentela ngaphansi kwama-$800. Umkhandlu kazwelonke wezindwangu (i-National CouncilofTextileOrganizations NCTO) uthe ngokuthandwa kwezentengiselwano ze-elekthronikhi, ‘indlela encane isetshenziswa ngobuningi obukhulu, isenza sithengise ngezigidi eziningana zezimpahla ezingenantela’.”

“I-NCTO isola indlela encane yokuvala izimayini zikakotini eziyisishiyagalombili ezinyangeni ezintathu ezedlule,” kuphawula uMcCurry. “Izimayini zikakotini ezivaliwe zifaka phakathi i-188 Mills eGeorgia, imboni yokuphotha ephethwe nguhulumeni eNorth Carolina, iGildan Yarn Mill eNorth Carolina, kanye nemboni yokuluka i-Hanesbrands e-Arkansas.”

“Kweminye imboni, izinyathelo zakamuva zokuthuthukisa ukuvuselelwa zibuyisele igagasi lokukhiqiza okusha e-US, ikakhulukazi lapho kusiza ekunciphiseni izithiyo zokuthumela kanye nokungezwani kwezepolitiki, njengemishini yokulinganisa noma izinsimbi zezimboni ezibalulekile ekuthuthukiseni izintambo zokuphakelwa kwezimoto zikagesi zasekhaya,” kubika uPeng. Kodwa izindwangu azinakubaluleka okufanayo nama-chips noma amaminerali athile. '” Nakuba u-ErinMcLaughlin, isazi sezomnotho esiphezulu e-think tank ConferenceBoard, ekhombe ukuthi isidingo esiphuthumayo sezimpahla zokuzivikela ezifana namamaski ngesikhathi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 sigcizelela ukubaluleka kwemboni.

Ukusetshenziswa komshini wokugaya ukotini kuphansi kakhulu kusukela ngo-1885

I-Economic Research Service yoMnyango Wezolimo wase-United States (i-USDA) ibika ukuthi “Ngesikhathi sika-2023/24 (Agasti-Julayi), ukusetshenziswa kwemishini yokotini yase-US (inani lokotini ongahluziwe ocutshungulwe waba yizindwangu) kulindeleke ukuthi kube amabhali ayizigidi ezingu-1.9. Uma kunjalo, ukusetshenziswa kokotini ezimayini zezindwangu zase-US kuzokwehla kube sezingeni eliphansi kakhulu okungenani eminyakeni eyi-100. Ngo-1884/85, kwasetshenziswa amabhali ekotini angaba yizigidi ezingu-1.7.”

Ngokusho kombiko we-USDA Economic Research Service: “Ngaphambi kokuba iSivumelwano Sezindwangu Nezingubo Se-World Trade Organisation (WTO) siqale ukuqeda izilinganiso zokungenisa izindwangu nezingubo emazweni athuthukile, ukusetshenziswa kwezimayini zikakotini e-United States kwanda futhi kwafinyelela esicongweni futhi maphakathi nawo-1990. Ngasekuqaleni kwawo-2000, ukusetshenziswa kwezimayini zikakotini kwanda emazweni amaningana, ikakhulukazi eShayina. Ngenkathi ukuthunyelwa kwe-cotton eluhlaza e-US kuye kwazuza ekwandeni kwesidingo esivela ezimayini zaphesheya kwezilwandle, izimayini zase-US zisebenzisa okuncane, futhi lo mkhuba uholele ekutheni ukusetshenziswa kwezimayini zase-US kwehle cishe kube phansi emlandweni ngo-2023/24.”

UGaryAdams, i-CEO ye-National Cotton Council, uthe, “Idatha kahulumeni ikhombisa ukuthi ngaphezu kwezingxenye ezintathu kwezine zokunikezwa kukakotini e-US kuzothunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kulo nyaka, okuyisabelo esiphezulu kakhulu. Ukuthembela ngokweqile ekudingweni kokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe kwenza abalimi babe sengozini enkulu yokuphazamiseka kwezepolitiki kanye nokunye.”