This is a positive sign and an important step towards stabilty. I’d buy Iraqi-made goods if they were available. Anything is better than the slave labor produced crap coming out of China anyway:
One of the biggest success stories to date is the Iraqi textile industry, which hopes to export Iraqi-made clothing to the U.S. market in time for the holidays, Araji reported. The Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations (in) Iraq, which Brinkley heads, is negotiating with several U.S. retailers to work out arrangements.
If all goes as hoped, a factory in Mosul could be exporting teenage clothing, a factory in Najaf, ready-made suits, and other factories, leather jackets.
Araji said they’ll likely be sold in small numbers and in limited markets, possibly Washington, New York, Chicago and Detroit. “It is a modest beginning of capturing of a market,” he said.
But Brinkley said these sales will send “a powerful symbolism” that goes beyond sales figures. In addition to educating the U.S. and global market about Iraq’s capabilities, he said they’ll help restore the Iraqi people’s faith in their own products.
The Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations – Iraq has more information.
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