From Rags To Riches.(international textile industry, end of trade quotas on China)(Statistical Data Included)

The tiny island of Mauritius is so remote, both in geography and the popular imagination, that it is really only famous for one thing: the dodo. The giant flightless bird, driven to extinction by European settlers more than 300 years ago, has become a symbol of irretrievable loss--and a synonym for slow-footed stupidity. Mauritius's current leaders, however, have been neither slow nor stupid in turning their isolated outpost on the Indian Ocean into a leading producer of jeans for such renowned brands as the Gap and Tommy Hilfiger. How have they done it? By soaking up the spillover from cheaper and more efficient producers--namely, China--that are shackled by the West with ...