Originally Posted by ecmoore
I suppose what really fries me is that we're importing the same products. Moda fabric is ALL being imported from Korea, and yet we're paying a full 50-70% more. And it isn't as though there's a textile industry to really protect, anymore. And the LQSs in Ontario aren't any happier than we are about it- I'd rather support the fantastic ladies at my local ones, and do as much as I can, but I don't see what's being "protected" by us paying such ridiculous fees.
Anymore is a key word, I think. We'll never know now - because you can't roll the clock back and undo history - but I cannot help but wonder if here in the US we would still be printing & finishing fabrics if we'd had that kind of tariff on the imported cloth. Before Cranston stopped printing in Massachusetts, I had asked them for how many cents per yard the industry was lost... but was not able to get an answer. I would (still) really like to have known!