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makers. Based on that statement, the topic can spread

on ..china,s thriving SUV-only automaker rooks to globar growth." Before starting this topic one

in the capacity of an economy

must ask what is "global growth"? Global growth is,r"aninorease

another'" Wei Jianjun, who

to produce goods and services, compared from one period of time to

that by the year

is the chief matchmaker in China's love affair with the SUY is trying to assure

of 2020 SIfV,s will become the world's largest specialty brand. Their globalization strategy is

based on trying to meet the American safety Standards. However when rising up growth in the

global economy supply is met with high demands.Their large sales percentage has made them

one of the highest Auto market. "They are growing fastest in the lowest price ranges, dominated

by Haval and Chinese rivals." That has helped Chinese brands to claw back market share they
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their main focus is one product. The main focus of Wei's product distribution is consistently

doing it in a very fast time manner. With this comes with his negligent way of doing things.
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of achieving that is to start out with a limited production that is new and improved, and it's test

outcome by in the global nation.

Mass marketing production is a highly competitive. Its understood there is pressure that

comes with high demands but does this mean it's highly worth it when you start sacrificing

employee safety, over 300 deaths at this period. It is known by trying to reach global growth

vehicles". They will also raise their investments with the recent success of their products. With

all this I still leave with one question. Is Wei willing to improve working conditions, wages, and

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A study was held based off the human toll was shown on how air pollution from global

manufacturing and trade indicates buying goods that were made from far away can lead to

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This issue is not a local issue anymore. It has reached national heights and T)" I
requiring "global cooperation" as scientist Dabo Guan, a scientists from harvard university has

mention. It is being established that environmental burden falls abundant on countries where

companies set up shop to take advantage of low labor costs and relatively loose environmental
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regulations. The solution that our president Donald trump and his political party has assorted

with is "Producing more goods locally would change where deaths occur and potentially reduce

overall deaths if local emissions rules are tighter. Bringing back manufacturing to the United
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States," . By doing so "it would bring more air pollution deaths to the U.S., but reduce deaths

worldwide because pollution laws are stricter."

Some additional reading that I have choose to do outside the Washington Post came from

the Morning Post, and opinions from the original article I read on the Washington Post seem to
 differ. Other parties and scientists believe that a "production was likely to remain concentrated in

Asia, and it would have to be up to those countries to better regulate their own industrial

emissions," said Peter Adams, an engineering professor and air pollution expert at Carrregie

Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who wasn't part of the study. Other mention that "relying on

consumer altruism," would not be enough.

The limitation to the first solution is not fixing the deaths that surpass due to this

problem. It may decreasing it but it is not necessarily fully mending the problem. The siruation is

being advertised well but with the solution that came was come up with our president, no

resolution is being resolved. The second solution, although I wasn't entirely the biggest sceptical

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air and is try to find resolutions, without trying to spread out the pollutants with in other states as

fh**p is trying to do. It would of done almost equivalently nothing to flx it. If we were to goirrg
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decreasing the problem from another which solves nothing regardless labor laws being strict.

Eventually the number of deaths within one country will equal to the number of deaths within

two countries due to working conditions, and labor manufacturing will be two times more

effective.

This is a Yery conflicting topic due to that we are saving more lives, If countries decide to

trade in boundaries but we are also losing a lot of global trade and essential needs. It is

understood that work labor is bad but if we were to shut down distribution within other countries

workers would be paid much less of the amount then they already are receiving for their

"minimum wage." We need to get to the bottom of global manufacturing and pick out all the
cons in the system and immediately putting an effect on it. Although I do not have the greatest

knowledge on this situation I suggest, looking into the laws and seeing ( other than trading with

other countries ) what is the other biggest cause leading deaths from global manufacturing and

report laws to ban it. Through my research I am left with two questions. How is trump planning

on fixing the many deaths that will still befall if he chooses to stick with United States

premecessies? Is global manufacturing highly needed, regardless off all the air pollution, and

deaths it is forsaking.?