South Africa Adopts Trade Protection Measures &Nbsp; Chinese Clothing Enterprises Are Affected.

Ms. Liu, a Chinese businessman, recently wanted to open a shop in a famous shopping center in Johannesburg and sell female fashion products. After applying to the store manager, she was asked to issue a detailed business plan to introduce the source, price and origin of the products in the store.

The management pointed out that this move is to ensure the overall operation level of the shopping malls, that is, to provide consumers with high-quality, high-grade products, and protect the interests of other businesses.

That is to say, the commodities that Ms. Liu manages must be able to meet the market positioning standards.

Another Chinese Zhang wanted to open a clothing store in a small shopping center. There were only a dozen shops in the shopping center, but the popularity was very strong.

Because the surrounding residents are more, every day the car comes to the car, so the rent is not cheap. It needs 15 thousand Rand a month.

The shopping center originally had only one large, one small, two clothing stores. Other shops sold cakes, some sold cigarettes and wine, some barber shops, and Woolworth, Pick 'nPay and other large chain retailers.

Mr. Zhang thinks his application should have no problems, but he is refused by the management.

The reason is that shopping malls need to maintain diversity of business types.

The management believes that because of limited space, only accommodating as many business items as possible can provide convenience for the residents nearby to the greatest extent, which is a win-win choice for shopping malls, businesses and consumers.

Finally, Mr. Zhang's shop was sold by Sunglasses merchants.

In fact, many large shopping centers in South Africa will take similar measures.

Many South African netizens are talking about cheap imports, especially Chinese made garments and textiles.

Some people think that cheap imported clothing is a big blessing for the low-income group. "If I can buy a dress with 80 Rand, why do I have to throw 200 Rand to buy domestic goods?" some netizens said that Chinese workers worked hard and paid no reward, while South African workers were protected by the minimum wage standards of the government and trade unions, and the cost of products was naturally higher.

The main source of objection is the clothing industry practitioners. A netizen said his father had worked in the clothing industry for more than 40 years, but now he has lost his job.

It can be said that the fundamental social problems in South Africa, such as unemployment, can not be solved, and the government is bound to introduce a series of relevant measures to deal with it. Under the trend of globalization, protectionism has been widely condemned for its shortsightedness, but it can be regarded as a good remedy for a country's economic downturn. Earlier this year, when the ministers of various government departments in South Africa met in Cape Town, they urged the South African International Trade Executive Committee to step up protectionist measures so as to increase the form of tariffs in a targeted manner and protect some of the vulnerable industries in a precarious position in the surging tide of importers.