[AYBABTME]

> we should strive to have more of our stuff produced in the west

Why exactly is it preferable to favor "the west" over other places? These types of statements read a lot like "us vs them" to me. What makes "the west" an intrinsically morally better source for products?

[akavel]

As j-pb mentioned in the immediately preceding sentences: "the west" comes with the assumption that people working on the product have reasonably good living and working conditions, protected by law that is most probably not too cheated on through corruption. Whereas for goods produced in "the east", the usual assumption seems to be that it's the opposite, that the workers are most probably being taken advantage of.