As fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution
The volume of secondhand clothing sent to Africa has led to complaints of the continent being used as a dumping ground. In 2018, Rwanda raised tariffs on such imports in defiance of U.S. pressure, citing concerns the West’s refuse undermined efforts to strengthen the domestic textile industry
We're going to be hearing a lot about them in months to come.
Tariffs, according to this Wikipedia article about the history of tariffs in the U.S., "allow for import substitution industrialization (industrialization of a nation by replacing imports with domestic production) by acting as a protective barrier around infant industries."
It may seem incongruous to consider U.S. industries infant, but in some cases they definitely need to be reborn.
