‘Made in China’. Contraband, Labour and the Gendered Effects of ‘Free-Trade’, China-Peru
探讨中秘自由贸易协定后，中国纺织品涌入秘鲁，当地女性中间商在边境管制和竞争加剧下面临的生计变化，揭示商品流动去地方化的性别化影响。
In Peru, textiles have increasingly become contested as commodities and objects of consumption, especially following the free trade agreement between Peru and China, signed in 2009, which accommodates increased importation of Chinese textiles. This article discusses how local intermediaries, often women who have found a livelihood working with the importation and vending of textiles, are affected by increased border regulations and competition from over-seas, more formalised forms of importation. Reflecting on enactments of femininities and the social and spatial embeddedness of trade in the border areas, the article discusses the multifaceted and gendered implications of a de-localisation of commodity flows.