LETTER: Let buying power decide
Labelling country of origin will make a difference to employment
29 June 2020 - 17:02
One small piece of legislation the government could enact that would make a difference to employment in SA is simply to require that all retail items that are not made in SA, or are only partly SA-made, be marked with the country of origin or the imported portion of the product.
The value for the imported portion would be the cost, insurance & freight (cif)/landed cost or equivalent. For this purpose, local value added is irrelevant. ..
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