Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Although protesting and regulation might have had something to do with the move to Asia, it’s just as likely they moved offshore for the same reasons as much of the manufacturing base has moved offshore. Follow the money.
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Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Although protesting and regulation might have had something to do with the move to Asia, it’s just as likely they moved offshore for the same reasons as much of the manufacturing base has moved offshore. Follow the money.[/QUOTE]
I agree with this. It may have been to avoid pressure, more likely I think it’s a combination of cheaper production (farmers in NA had to spend more to provide good conditions for their horses, the companies had to invest in marketing, and NA farmers have a higher standard of living so everything is going to cost more, plus probably higher business taxes) and opening/emerging markets. China, and Asia as a whole, is experiencing a lot of economic growth, which means a lot of women able to pay for things like hormone therapy who wouldn’t have been able to afford it even a decade ago. Producing the product in the same areas where it’s going to be used is a no-brainer, especially considering the business costs.
And with the research on potential dangers of HRT and the outrage over the horses, the market in North America dropped off a ton over the last decade, too.
[QUOTE=LauraKY;7912921]
Correlation doesn’t equal causation. Although protesting and regulation might have had something to do with the move to Asia, it’s just as likely they moved offshore for the same reasons as much of the manufacturing base has moved offshore. Follow the money.[/QUOTE]
Animal rights extremists take credit for closing PMU farms and run them off to where now most are outsourced.
When that is pointed out to them, their response is to coyly say oh, we didn’t do that, it is not our fault when unintended consequences happened.
Sorry, can’t have it both ways.
