Sweatshops Contradictions

For over 400 years of its history, America has always been involved in foreign affairs. However, the contradiction between the government’s handling of domestic issue and foreign issues often create entanglements. It is evident that the US government promotes certain policies in homeland that the government itself goes against in other countries. While it promotes working standards at home, it also allows sweatshops to violate basic human rights abroad. The US has always venerated democracy, but also has a history of backing dictators in foreign countries. This contradiction is of course related to profits. Many governments, not just that of US, demonstrate similar patterns in their foreign policies in order to bring as much profit as they can to their countries. Nevertheless, such difference in handling foreign issues and domestic issues can be harmful to the people who are in those countries. …show more content…
By emphasizing that the company does not set up sweatshop, it was able to get more attention. Concerns over sweatshops and their working conditions have been raising over the years. Most American brand clothings are made overseas, in countries like Bangladesh, the Philippines, and China. Many of them establish sweatshops. Sweatshops employ manual workers at very low wages, and these workers aren’t protected with any standard; they suffer from poor conditions and long hours. Even child labor is a serious issue in sweatshops. While the US provides protection for American laborers with fair labor standards, it has failed to regulate its companies. The lack of regulations for sweatshops serves as an example of how the American government handles foreign issues differently from domestic