CEO Lawson Whiting calls Canada’s move ‘disproportionate response’ to levies imposed by Trump administration
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TIL - Levi Strauss & Co., one of the world’s most iconic denim manufacturers, a brand that exemplifies many aspects of the American Dream, is made in:
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Not anymore made in the USA. Changing economic realities and global manufacturing has changed things for decades, trade agreements have been the reason why Americans can afford their lifestyles. So get ready to pay upwards of $300 for a pair of jeans people.
To be fair, they were probably made with forced labor from prisons (aka slave labor) prior to off-shoring. So, probably a net positive for ethics.
Also, fun fact, the heir to the Levi Strauss fortune just bought himself the mayorship of San Francisco.