The economic issue goes back to the closing of the textile mills and garment factories in the US. Manufacturers need to show short-term profits to the shareholders or they will be out on their fat behinds. They were able to circumvent federal safety regulations, union living-wage requirements, and federal and state taxes, and make a pile of money for the shareholders, by going off-shore. Works for them.
For me, I'm glad to have affordable clothes, and enough disposable income to spend cutting perfectly good cotton fabric which cost $10-12/yard in to little bits and then spend countless hours sewing it back together in clever ways.
Go in piece!