Impacts of global shift

Question 1

Impacts of outsourcing in Rust belt to Mexico

Answer 1

• From new york to midwest once dominated by manufacturing plants eg. pennsylvania, ohio, michigan, indiana etc
• Detroit = motor city
• Car manufacturers like ford, mustang, cadillac etc now moved to mexico
• Late 70s started to go down
• Leads to crime, unemployment, poverty, low life expectancy
• Poverty rates in new york 12%

Question 2

Impacts of outsourcing in China from UK

Answer 2

• damage to environment
• bad air quality = respiratory problems
• lead poisoning
• can’t eat crops grown
• Thick layers of soot
• Some factories secretly discharge pollution
• Some factories shut down treatment plants when electricity is in short supply
• More cancer rates in last few decades then the world ever has
• Costs lots of money for poor villages to get treatment