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Trade between the two countries is modest, totalling just under $15 million in 2010. Canadian exports (primarily used clothing) were worth just over $11 million, while imported Ugandan goods (primarily vanilla beans, coffee, tea and cobalt) totalled $3.7 million.
For anyone who had questions about the impact of second hand clothing on recipient countries, the fact that the majority of Canada’s exports to Uganda are used clothing is telling in many ways.
Emphasis added.
HT @TMSRuge
Telling and effed-up. New rallying cry: “trade, not SWEDOW.”
A telling example of the inequality in global trade relationships.
(Source: canadainternational.gc.ca, via professorbutterscotch)
Amazing video about systemic apathy in Canadian political systems and society, and what we can do about it.
Very interesting. New ways of communication are so important for political engagement.
(Source: professorbutterscotch)
