The first line of the article is, "Wearing clothes that are made in the U.S.A. is almost a political statement these days."

I wonder how many know/recall that swadeshi, or made in India, was one of the planks on which MK Gandhi based his non violent struggle for India's independence from the British. He convinced Indians to shun fabric made in British mills, and wear handloom woven Indian fabric instead.

After hawking globalisation to the world for a hundred years, American politicians are towing Gandhi's line. The first few governments of independent India indulged in protectionism, closing India's economy to foreign goods, promoting Indian goods. The World Bank and everyone else wants the Indian economy to open up completely. They even want the vulnerable farming sector to be completely open to global competition.

Meanwhile, America is doing this.